New York Presbyterian University Hospital held onto its crown as the No. 1 medical facility in the metropolitan area and the 7th best hospital in the nation for another year, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals 2013-2014 Ranking.
The 2,264 bed facility located in Washington Heights and the Upper East Side was recognized nationally for being the 3rd best hospital in the country for cardiology and neurology and nephrology, the 4th best for psychiatry, the 5th best for urology and the 7th best for diabetes, endocrinology and gastroenterology.
“It’s an immensely gratifying feeling to know that people think highly of you,” said. Dr. Steve Corwin, CEO of New York Presbyterian Hospital.
“It’s really a big win for us, and more importantly for our patients.”
He said the hospital plans to focus its spending on the cancer center that dropped five spots this year in its national ranking from No. 17 to No. 22.
NYU’s Langone Medical Center was named the second best hospital in the tri-state area but dropped three spots on the honor roll list from seventh best hospital in the country to No. 14. Only three percent of hospitals in the country made the U.S. News’ honor roll list. Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD stole the title of No.1 clinic in the nation from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA this year.
NYU was recognized for excelling in 12 of 18 adult specialties including orthopedics, neurology and geriatrics and cardiology and heart surgery.
Lenox Hill hospital, a favorite among celebrities for their luxury birthing suites, was ranked No. 10 among the 55 best hospitals in the metropolitan area.
Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, which the state is threatening to close down, was ranked No. 30 with recognition for its high-performing in Ear, Nose and Throat, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Neurology and Urology specialties.
Sloan-Kettering‘s Cancer Center was recognized as the No. 2 facility in the country for cancer and was ranked No. 6 in the metro area. Mount Sinai was ranked No. 4 of the 179 New York area hospitals that were reviewed.
Beth Israel Medical Center and Staten Island University Hospital were ranked No. 36. Harlem Hospital Center was named No. 49.
St. Barnabus Hospital in the Bronx climbed from the No. 44 spot last year to the No. 12 spot on the list of the city’s best hospitals.