Eight adult medical specialties ranked among nation’s best
Hospital tied for most top-50 honors in Florida by U.S. News
Outstanding efforts of our faculty and staff were recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings, as UF Health Shands Hospital was recognized as one of the nation’s best in eight adult specialties — tied for the most in Florida.
U.S. News & World Report assessed 16 adult medical specialties ranging from cancer to urology in approximately 5,000 hospitals.
Nephrology, tied for 11th, is our highest-ranking specialty. Also ranked are neurology and neurosurgery (21st), pulmonology (25th), gynecology (29th), geriatrics (33rd), urology (42nd), diabetes and endocrinology (tied for 48th) and cancer (49th). Neurology and neurosurgery jumped to 21st from 40th place last year. Of these, UF Health is highest-ranked in Florida in four specialties — gynecology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, and pulmonology.
“These rankings reflect our unwavering dedication to providing high-quality care for our patients, and our focus on continually evolving our standard of care,” said David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., UF senior vice president for health affairs and UF Health president. “Our continued rise in the rankings validates the work that our physicians, nurses and staff do every day.”
UF Health was also rated as “high performing” in three specialties: cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, and orthopaedics.
The rankings are based on three dimensions of health care: patient safety and survival; resources related to patient care, such as the hospital’s volume and nurse staffing; and the hospital’s reputation among specialists for developing and sustaining the delivery of high-quality care for patients who have the most challenging conditions or need difficult procedures.
While the specialty rankings focus on patients with complicated diseases, many people still need routine care — and U.S. News & World Report has begun evaluating these procedures. Among these, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, colon cancer surgery, hip replacement, lung cancer surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure were given a “high-performing” rating at UF Health.
“At UF Health, we focus on care not only for patients with rare conditions, but also the everyday health conditions that plague us all,” said Ed Jimenez, UF Health Shands CEO. “These rankings and ratings show that our physicians, nurses and staff represent a range of expertise, and are fully equipped to take good care not only of patients here in Gainesville, but patients who travel across the state and country to find care here as well.”