cincinnati-childrens-hospital-2For the second straight year, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn has been ranked as the No 1 hospital for adult pulmonology care nationwide, according to US News & World Report’s annual best hospitals rankings.

In addition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center was ranked No 1 in pediatric pulmonology. [Read RT Magazine’s 2013 profile of Cincinnatti Children’s.]

The top 10 ranked systems for adult pulmonology are:

  1. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn)
  2. National Jewish Health, Denver – University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora, Colo)
  3. Cleveland Clinic
  4. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
  5. Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston)
  6. UC San Diego Medical Center
  7. Duke University Hospital (Durham, NC)
  8. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University (St Louis)
  9. UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles)
  10. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania – Penn Presbyterian (Philadelphia)

The top 10 ranked systems for pediatric pulmonology are:

  1. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  2. Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)
  3. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  4. Boston Children’s Hospital
  5. Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, Ohio)
  6. Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  7. Children’s Hospital Colorado (Aurora, Colo)
  8. St. Louis Children’s Hospital – Washington University (St Louis)
  9. Seattle Children’s Hospital
  10. Johns Hopkins Children’s Center (Baltimore)