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July 21, 2011

UPMC gains in U.S. News honor roll rankings

Untitled-1UPMC is once again western Pennsylvania’s only medical center on the annual U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals. UPMC is ranked 12th overall, up from 13th. UPMC is one of only 17 hospitals nationwide that made the honor roll of the nation’s best in the 2011 survey.

UPMC was ranked in 15 of 16 adult specialty areas, including nine specialties for which UPMC is in the top 10. UPMC improved its ranking in 10 specialties, more than in any other year to date.

According to U.S. News, the honor roll lists those institutions that demonstrate excellence and breadth of expertise by ranking at or near the top in at least six specialties.

UPMC’s ranked specialties are: Ear, nose and throat, 2nd; respiratory disorders, 6th; gynecology, 7th; two rankings for orthopaedics — 7th for UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside and 42nd for Magee-Women’s Hospital; psychiatry, 8th; geriatric care, 9th; neurology and neurosurgery, 10th; rheumatology, 10th; digestive disorders, 10th; kidney disorders, 15th; rehabilitation, 16th; diabetes and endocrinology, 18th; heart and heart surgery, 20th; urology, 26th, and two rankings in cancer — 29th for UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside and 45th for Magee-Women’s Hospital.

The 2011-12 publication of America’s Best Hospitals is accessible online now at www.usnews.com/besthospitals. The hard copy  will be on sale at newsstands in mid-August.


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