U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals List Shifts Methodology

The magazine also lists the top hospitals in 16 medical specialties. They are:

1. Cancer —University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
2. Cardiology & Heart Surgery— Cleveland Clinic
3. Diabetes & Endocrinology— Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
4. Ear, Nose, & Throat— Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
5. Gastroenterology— Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
6. Geriatrics— Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
7. Gynecology— Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
8. Nephrology— Cleveland Clinic
9. Neurology & Neurosurgery— Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
10. Orthopedics— Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
11. Pulmonology— National Jewish Health, Denver-University of Colo. Hosp., Aurora
12. Urology— Cleveland Clinic
13. Ophthalmology— Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami
14. Psychiatry— Johns Hopkins Hospital
15. Rehabilitation— Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
16. Rheumatology— Johns Hopkins Hospital