The 50 best heart hospitals in the world
Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and The Johns Hopkins Hospital are the top three hospitals for cardiology in the entire world, according to a new global ranking published by Newsweek. The top five choices, and seven of the top 10, are all located in the United States.
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. While the ranking includes 300 hospitals for cardiology and oncology, the list for most other specialties stops at 100-150 hospitals.
“Information is a powerful tool when you or someone you love is facing an important healthcare decision, especially one that requires selecting a hospital or care team,” Nancy Cooper, Newsweek’s global editor in chief, said in her introduction to the rankings. “That's why Newsweek has once again partnered with global research firm Statista to rank the world's best specialized hospitals.”
The top 50 hospitals in the world for cardiology:
- Mayo Clinic – Rochester – Rochester, Minnesota – United States
- Cleveland Clinic / Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute – Cleveland, Ohio – United States
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital – Baltimore, Maryland – United States
- The Mount Sinai Hospital – New York, New York – United States
- Massachusetts General Hospital / Corrigan Minehan Heart Center – Boston, Massachusetts – United States
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin – Berlin, Germany
- Brigham and Women's Hospital – Boston, Massachusetts – United States
- AP-HP - Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière – Paris, France
- Royal Brompton Hospital – London, the United Kingdom
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell – New York, New York – United States
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai – Los Angeles, California – United States
- Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg – Heidelberg, Germany
- Hospital Universitario La Paz – Madrid, Spain
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center – Suita, Japan
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – United States
- Duke University Hospital – Durham, North Carolina – United States
- NYU Langone Hospitals – New York, New York – United States
- Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset – Solna, Sweden
- Centro Cardiologico Monzino – Milan, Italy
- Ospedale San Raffaele - Gruppo San Donato – Milano, Italy
- Instituto do Coração (InCor) – Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW – Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
- Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital – Stanford, California – United States
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón – Madrid, Spain
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein – Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital – Minneapolis, Minnesota – United States
- University of Michigan Hospitals - Michigan Medicine – Ann Arbor, Michigan – United States
- University of Chicago Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois – United States
- Herzzentrum Leipzig – Leipzig, Germany
- Universitätsspital Zürich – Zürich, Switzerland
- Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité – Berlin, Germany
- AP-HP - Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
- Asan Medical Center – Seoul, South Korea
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Chicago, Illinois – United States
- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
- MUHC Montreal General Hospital – Montreal, Canada
- Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi – Bologna, Italy
- Toronto General - University Health Network – Toronto, Canada
- The Prince Charles Hospital – Chermside, Australia
- Aarhus Universitetshospital – Aarhus, Denmark
- Inselspital Bern – Bern, Switzerland
- IRCCS Policlinico San Donato – San Donato Milanese, Italy
- Baylor University Medical Center – Dallas, Texas – United States
- Emory University Hospital – Atlanta, Georgia – United States
- Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center – Houston, Texas – United States
- Sheba Medical Center – Ramat Gan, Israel
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center – Baltimore, Maryland – United States
- Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli – Rome, Italy
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover – Hannover, Germany
- UCLA Health – Ronald Reagan Medical Center – Los Angeles, California – United States
Newsweek did emphasize that patients in need of care should not rely solely on its rankings when seeking treatment.
“The results of this ranking should not be used as the sole source of information for future deliberations,” the company wrote. “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 read the full 2024 ranking of the world’s best 300 hospitals for cardiology.
Michael has more than 18 years of experience as a professional writer and editor. He has written at length about cardiology, radiology, artificial intelligence and other key healthcare topics.