The world’s five best hospitals for cardiac surgery are all located in the United States, according to a new global ranking published by Newsweek. Mayo Clinic came in at No. 1, followed by Cleveland Clinic at No. 2; these were also the top two entries in a similar ranking of the world’s best hospitals for cardiology.
The 2024 World’s Best Specialized Hospitals represent a collaboration between Newsweek and Statista, a data and business intelligence platform based out of Germany. The rankings, based on survey data from more than 30 countries, cover 12 different specialties: cardiology, cardiac surgery, oncology, pediatrics, endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology, urology and obstetrics and gynecology.
“We hope that this ranking is helpful for you when seeking information about the right hospital for yourself or a loved one,” Nancy Cooper, Newsweek’s global editor in chief, said in her introduction to the rankings.
The top 50 hospitals in the world for cardiac surgery:
- Mayo Clinic - Rochester – Rochester, Minnesota – United States
- Cleveland Clinic / Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute – Cleveland, Ohio – United States
- Massachusetts General Hospital / Corrigan Minehan Heart Center – Boston, Massachusetts – United States
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital – Baltimore, Maryland – United States
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell – New York, New York – United States
- Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité – Berlin, Germany
- The Mount Sinai Hospital – New York, New York – United States
- Herzzentrum Leipzig – Leipzig, Germany
- Brigham and Women's Hospital – Boston, Massachusetts – United States
- AP-HP - Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière – Paris, France
- Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital – Stanford, California – United States
- The University of Tokyo Hospital – Tokyo, Japan
- Duke University Hospital – Durham, North Carolina – United States
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai – Los Angeles, California – United States
- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW – Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
- NYU Langone Hospitals – New York, New York – United States
- Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center – Houston, Texas – United States
- Toronto General - University Health Network – Toronto, Canada
- Royal Brompton Hospital – London, the United Kingdom
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Chicago, Illinois – United States
- UCLA Health – Ronald Reagan Medical Center – Los Angeles, California – United States
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – United States
- Centro Cardiologico Monzino
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center – Suita, Japan
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin – Berlin, Germany
- Houston Methodist Hospital – Houston, Texas – United States
- AP-HP - Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
- Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi – Bologna, Italy
- University of Chicago Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois – United States
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón – Madrid, Spain
- Mayo Clinic - Health System In Eau Claire – Eau Claire, Wisconsin – United States
- UCSF Medical Center – San Francisco, California – United States
- Sakakibara Heart Institute – Tokyo, Japan
- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
- University of Michigan Hospitals - Michigan Medicine – Ann Arbor, Michigan – United States
- University of Washington Medical Center – Seattle, Washington – United States
- Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset – Solna, Sweden
- Baylor University Medical Center – Dallas, Texas – United States
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover – Hannover, Germany
- AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude-Bernard – Paris, France
- Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville – Parkville, Australia
- Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg – Heidelberg, Germany
- Instituto do Coração (InCor) – Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Amsterdam UMC – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Deutsches Herzzentrum München – München, Germany
- Hospital Universitario La Paz – Madrid, Spain
- Ospedale San Raffaele - Gruppo San Donato – Milano, Italy
- Mayo Clinic – Phoenix – Phoenix, Arizona – United States
- Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center – Houston, Texas – United States
- Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg - Bad Krozingen – Freiburg, Germany
“The results of this ranking should not be used as the sole source of information for future deliberations,” according to Newsweek. “The information provided in this ranking should be considered in conjunction with other available information about hospitals or, if possible, accompanied by a visit to a facility.”
Click here to view the full ranking of the world’s best 150 hospitals for cardiac surgery.
Michael has more than 16 years of experience as a professional writer and editor. He has written at length about cardiology, radiology, artificial intelligence and other key healthcare topics.