University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is the highest-ranking hospital in the Twin Cities metro area, according to this year’s U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” list. It ranked nationally in 11 adult specialties:
- pulmonology - 17th
- cancer - 21st
- nephrology - 21st
- urology - 21st
- diabetes and endocrinology - 24th
- neurology and neurosurgery - 25th
- gastroenterology - 26th
- otolaryngology - 26th
- orthopaedics - 29th
- geriatrics - 43rd
- cardiology and heart surgery - 44th
It was one of 148 facilities — about 3 percent of those analyzed for the report — to be ranked in even one specialty.
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital also made the magazine’s list, receiving high rankings in six pediatric specialties:
- nephrology - 19th
- neonatology - 22nd
- cancer - 24th
- gastroenterology - 40th
- diabetes and endocrinology - 45th
- urology - 45th
Of the 178 pediatric centers analyzed nationally, University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital was one of 80 to make the rankings in at least one specialty.
