UVA Ranked No. 1 Hospital in Virginia — 9 Specialties Came Out on Top

U.S. News & World Report
has ranked University of Virginia Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in
Virginia for the fourth consecutive year. The U.S. News 2019-2020 “Best
Hospitals” guide also recognizes nine UVA adult specialties among the best in
the U.S.

Three specialties are in the
top 50 nationally:

• Ear, Nose & Throat: 15th
• Cancer: 26th
• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: 35th

Six specialties are rated “high performing,” placing them among
the 10 percent nationally:

• Geriatrics
• Nephrology
• Neurology & neurosurgery
• Orthopedics
• Pulmonology & lung surgery
• Urology

Based generally on care provided to inpatients ages 65 and older, UVA is also rated “high performing” — the best possible rating — in all nine common procedures or conditions evaluated by U.S. News. Only 57 hospitals nationally were rated high performing in all nine of these procedures or conditions:

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
• Aortic valve surgery
• Heart bypass surgery
• Heart failure
• Colon cancer surgery
• Hip replacement
• Knee replacement
• Lung cancer surgery

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Plus! See which UVA pediatric specialties U.S. News recognized this year in the U.S. News 2019-2020 “Best Children’s Hospitals” guide.