
World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2021
In our nine decades, Newsweek has covered all aspects of health care—scientific challenges, economic disruption, the occasional medical miracle and most of all, what these developments mean for our readers. As part of that commitment, we've partnered with Statista Inc., the global market research and consumer data firm, to rank the world's best hospitals.
Now we're expanding that expertise by looking at specialties. After the publication of the first part in September, in which we awarded the best hospitals for cardiology, oncology and endocrinology, we conclude this year's ranking with the best hospitals for neurology, gastroenterology and orthopedics. Each list includes a ranking of the 50 best global hospitals, while ranks 51 to 100/200 are sorted alphabetically. If you or a loved one needs specialized care in one of those areas, as millions of us do, you want to know which hospitals or medical centers have state-of-the-art facilities and the most knowledgeable, accomplished physicians.
Where will you have access to the best diagnosticians, highest level of care and most effective treatments? We're proud to offer our readers these independent, authoritative and reliable Newsweek/Statista rankings.
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Rank | Hospital | Department | Score | City | Country |
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1 | MD Anderson Cancer Center | MD Anderson Cancer Center | 100.0% | Houston, TX | United States |
2 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 99.2% | New York, NY | United States |
3 | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 98.0% | Boston, MA | United States |
4 | Mayo Clinic - Rochester | Department of Oncology | 97.0% | Rochester, MN | United States |
5 | Institut Gustave Roussy | Institut Gustave Roussy | 93.5% | Villejuif | France |
6 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center | 90.2% | Berlin | Germany |
7 | Asan Medical Center | Asan Cancer Institute | 89.9% | Seoul | South Korea |
8 | The Johns Hopkins Hospital | The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center | 88.3% | Baltimore, MD | United States |
9 | Samsung Medical Center | Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center | 86.9% | Seoul | South Korea |
10 | The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre | The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre | 84.9% | Toronto | Canada |
11 | IEO - Istituto Europeo di Oncologia | IEO - Istituto Europeo di Oncologia | 84.6% | Milan | Italy |
12 | Seoul National University Hospital | SNU Cancer Hospital | 84.4% | Seoul | South Korea |
13 | The Royal Marsden Hospital - London | The Royal Marsden Hospital - London | 82.2% | London | United Kingdom |
14 | Hospital Universitario La Paz | Department of Oncology | 81.9% | Madrid | Spain |
15 | Fondazione IRCCS | Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori | 81.5% | Milan | Italy |
16 | National Cancer Center Hospital | National Cancer Center Hospital | 81.5% | Tokyo | Japan |
17 | Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center | 81.4% | Cleveland, OH | United States |
18 | The Catholic University Of Korea - Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital | Department of Oncology | 80.9% | Seoul | South Korea |
19 | Universitätsklinikum Köln | Innere Medizin I | 80.7% | Cologne | Germany |
20 | Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron | Department of Oncology | 80.3% | Barcelona | Spain |
21 | Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein | Centro de Oncologia e Hematologia Einstein Família Dayan | 80.1% | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
22 | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | 80.0% | Melbourne | Australia |
23 | Massachusetts General Hospital | Mass General Cancer Center | 80.0% | Boston, MA | United States |
24 | Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg | Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Rheumatologie | 80.0% | Heidelberg | Germany |
25 | Istituto Clinico Humanitas | Unitá Medica ed Ematologia | 79.8% | Milan | Italy |
26 | The Mount Sinai Hospital | Department of Oncology | 79.5% | New York, NY | United States |
27 | Severance Hospital - Yonsei University | Department of Oncology | 79.2% | Seoul | South Korea |
28 | Hospital Sirio Libanes | Centro de Oncologia | 78.7% | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
29 | Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf | Zentrum für Onkologie | 78.6% | Hamburg | Germany |
30 | A.C. Camargo Cancer Center | A.C. Camargo Cancer Center | 78.4% | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
31 | Institut Curie | Institut Curie | 78.4% | Paris | France |
32 | Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center | 78.2% | Baltimore, MD | United States |
33 | Mayo Clinic - Phoenix | Department of Oncology | 78.0% | Phoenix, AZ | United States |
34 | Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova | Reparto di Oncologia Medica 1 | 78.0% | Padova | Italy |
35 | Clinica Universidad de Navarra | Departamento de Oncología Médica | 77.4% | Pamplona | Spain |
36 | The Christie | The Christie | 77.3% | Manchester | United Kingdom |
37 | National Cancer Center | National Cancer Center | 77.3% | Goyang | South Korea |
38 | Hokkaido University Hospital | Department of Oncology | 77.1% | Hokkaido | Japan |
39 | Cancer Research Ariake Hospital | Cancer Research Ariake Hospital | 77.1% | Tokyo | Japan |
40 | Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Napoli - Fondazione G. Pascale | Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Napoli - Fondazione G. Pascale | 76.9% | Naples | Italy |
41 | Keio University Hospital | Cancer Center | 76.6% | Tokyo | Japan |
42 | The University of Tokyo Hospital | Department of Hematology and Oncology | 76.5% | Tokyo | Japan |
43 | Universitätsklinikum Essen | Das Westdeutsche Tumorzentrum | 76.4% | Essen | Germany |
44 | Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière | Centre Intégré de Cancérologie | 76.4% | Paris | France |
45 | Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre | Servicio de oncología médica | 76.2% | Madrid | Spain |
46 | Addenbrooke's | Department of Oncology | 76.2% | Cambridge | United Kingdom |
47 | National Cancer Center Hospital East | National Cancer Center Hospital East | 76.2% | Kashiwa | Japan |
48 | Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología | Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología | 76.1% | Valencia | Spain |
49 | Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda | Department of Hematology and Oncology | 75.8% | Milan | Italy |
50 | Shizuoka Cancer Center | Shizuoka Cancer Center | 75.7% | Nagaizumi | Japan |
- | A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza | C.A.S. Presidio Molinette | - | Turin | Italy |
- | Austin Hospital - Heidelberg | Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre | - | Melbourne | Australia |
- | Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant'Andrea | U.O.C. Oncologia | - | Rome | Italy |
- | Barnes-Jewish Hospital | Siteman Cancer Center | - | Saint Louis, MO | United States |
- | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Cancer Center | - | Boston, MA | United States |
- | BP – A Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo | Centro Oncológico | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Department of Radiation Oncology | - | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
- | Centre Antoine Lacassagne | Centre Antoine Lacassagne | - | Nice | France |
- | Centre Léon-Bérard | Centre Léon-Bérard | - | Lyon | France |
- | Centres de Lutte contre le Cancer | Centre JEAN PERRIN | - | Clermont Ferrand | France |
- | Chiba University Hospital | Medical Oncology | - | Chiba | Japan |
- | Chonnam National University - Hwasun Hospital | Cancer Clinic | - | Hwasun | South Korea |
- | CHU Grenoble - Site Nord | Service d'oncologie médicale | - | La Tronche | France |
- | CHU de Bordeaux | Pôle Cancérologie | - | Bordeaux | France |
- | City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center | City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center | - | Duarte, CA | United States |
- | Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital | Cancer Center | - | Cleveland, OH | United States |
- | CRLCC François Baclesse | CRLCC François Baclesse | - | Caen | France |
- | Duke University Hospital | Division of Medical Oncology | - | Durham, NC | United States |
- | Erasmus Medisch Centrum | Erasmus MC Kanker Instituut | - | Rotterdam | Netherlands |
- | Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia - IRCCS | Istituto di Candiolo | - | Candiolo | Italy |
- | Freeman Hospital | Northern Centre for Cancer Care | - | Newcastle Upon Tyne | United Kingdom |
- | Gangnam Severance Hospital - Yonsei University | Gangnam Severance Cancer Hospital | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | Guy's Hospital | Cancer Centre | - | London | United Kingdom |
- | Hammersmith Hospital | Cancer Centre | - | London | United Kingdom |
- | Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch | Department of Hema-oncology | - | Berlin | Germany |
- | Hôpital Bichat - Claude-Bernard | Service de Cancérologie | - | Paris | France |
- | Hôpital Claude-Huriez | Pôle Spécialités Médicales et Oncologiques | - | Lille | France |
- | Hôpital Cochin | Service de Cancérologie | - | Paris | France |
- | Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou | Cancérologie | - | Paris | France |
- | Hopital Hôtel-Dieu | Department of Hematology-Oncology | - | Nantes | France |
- | Hôpital Lyon Sud (HCL) | L’Institut de cancérologie | - | Pierre Benite | France |
- | Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph | Oncologie – Cancérologie | - | Paris | France |
- | Hôpital Saint-Antoine | Service d'oncologie | - | Paris | France |
- | Hôpital Saint-Louis | Oncologie médicale | - | Paris | France |
- | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona | Medical Oncology | - | Barcelona | Spain |
- | Hospital Clínico San Carlos | Oncología médica | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo | Instituto do Câncer | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau | Medical Oncology Service | - | Barcelona | Spain |
- | Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón | Servicio de Oncología Médica | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian | Abramson Cancer Center Penn Presbyterian | - | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
- | Hospital Oswaldo Cruz | Centro Especializado em Oncologia | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | Hospital Ramón y Cajal | Servicio de Oncología Médica | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital Ruber Internacional | Oncología | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital Santa Catarina | Oncology Center | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge | Institut Català d'Oncologia | - | Barcelona | Spain |
- | Hospital Universitario HM Montepríncipe | Servicios Cardiología Clínica | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro | Oncología Médica | - | Majadahonda | Spain |
- | Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío | Cartera de Servicios de Oncología Médica y Radioterápica | - | Sevilla | Spain |
- | Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe | Department of Oncology | - | Valencia | Spain |
- | Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston Methodist Cancer Center | - | Houston, TX | United States |
- | I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Oncologico Veneto | I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Oncologico Veneto | - | Padova | Italy |
- | Indiana University Health Medical Center | Cancer Care | - | Indianapolis, IN | United States |
- | Inselspital Bern | University Cancer Center Inselspital (UCI) | - | Bern | Switzerland |
- | Institut Bergonié | Comprehensive Cancer Center | - | Bordeaux | France |
- | Institut de Cancerologie de Lorraine | Institut de Cancerologie de Lorraine | - | Nancy | France |
- | Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest Paul Papin | Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest Paul Papin | - | Angers | France |
- | Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest René Gauducheau | Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest René Gauducheau | - | St. Herblain | France |
- | Institut Mutualiste Montsouris | Département d’Oncologie Médicale | - | Paris | France |
- | Institut Paoli-Calmettes | Institut Paoli-Calmettes | - | Marseille | France |
- | Institut Régional du Cancer | Institut Régional du Cancer | - | Montpellier | France |
- | Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo | Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | IUCT Oncopole | Medical Oncology Department | - | Toulouse | France |
- | John Radcliffe Hospital | Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre | - | Oxford | United Kingdom |
- | Kameda Medical Center | Department of Medical oncology | - | Kamogawa | Japan |
- | Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset | Cancer Theme | - | Solna | Sweden |
- | Keck Hospital of USC | USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center | - | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
- | Kliniken Essen-Mitte - Standort Essen-Huttrop | Klinik für Internistische Onkologie & Hämatologie | - | Essen | Germany |
- | Klinikum der Universität München | Medizinische Klinik III | - | Munich | Germany |
- | Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München | Innere Medizin III | - | Munich | Germany |
- | Konkuk University Medical Center | Cancer Services | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | Korea Cancer Center Hospital | Korea Cancer Center Hospital | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | Korea University - Anam Hospital | Oncology and Hematology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | Korea University - Guro Hospital | Department of Oncology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | Kurashiki Central Hospital | Department of Hematology/Oncology | - | Kurashiki | Japan |
- | Kyoto University Hospital | Department for Hematology and Oncology | - | Kyoto | Japan |
- | KyungHee University Medical Center | Department of Medical Oncology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | Kyushu University Hospital | Department of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases | - | Fukuoka | Japan |
- | Leeds General Infirmary | Leeds Cancer Centre | - | Leeds | United Kingdom |
- | Martini-Klinik am UKE | Prostatakrebszentrum | - | Hamburg | Germany |
- | Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville | Cancer Center | - | Jacksonville, FL | United States |
- | MD Anderson Cancer Center - Madrid | MD Anderson Cancer Center - Madrid | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Medizinische Hochschule Hannover | Klinik für Hämatologie, Hämostaseologie, Onkologie und Stammzelltransplantation | - | Hanover | Germany |
- | Moffitt Cancer Center | Moffitt Cancer Center | - | Tampa, FL | United States |
- | Montreal General Hospital - McGill University Health Centre | Cedars Cancer Centre | - | Montreal | Canada |
- | National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) | National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) | - | Singapore | Singapore |
- | National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center | National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center | - | Fukuoka | Japan |
- | New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell | Cancer Care | - | New York, NY | United States |
- | Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Division of Hematology and Oncology | - | Chicago, IL | United States |
- | Nuffield Health - Cambridge Hospital | Cancer Services | - | Cambridge | United Kingdom |
- | NYU Langone Hospitals | Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology | - | New York, NY | United States |
- | Ohio State University | The James Comprehensive Cancer Cener | - | Columbus, OH | United States |
- | OHSU Hospital | Knight Cancer Institute | - | Portland, OR | United States |
- | Okayama University Hospital | Department of Hematology and Oncology | - | Okayama | Japan |
- | Osaka Medical College Hospital | Cancer Center | - | Takatsuki | Japan |
- | Osaka University Hospital | Department of Hematology and Oncology | - | Osaka | Japan |
- | Ospedale San Raffaele - Gruppo San Donato | Unità Clinica Oncologia medica | - | Milan | Italy |
- | Policlinico Umberto I | D.A.I. Ematologia, Oncologia e Dermatologia | - | Rome | Italy |
- | Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli | Comprehensive Cancer Center | - | Rome | Italy |
- | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham | Cancer Centre | - | Birmingham | United Kingdom |
- | Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center | Beverly Hills Cancer Care | - | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
- | Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Roswell Park Cancer Institute | - | Buffalo, NY | United States |
- | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | Cancer care services | - | Brisbane | Australia |
- | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | Cancer Services | - | Sydney | Australia |
- | Seoul National University - Bundang Hospital | Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology | - | Seongnam | South Korea |
- | St George's Hospital | Cancer Centre | - | London | United Kingdom |
- | St Mary's Hospital | Cancer Services | - | London | United Kingdom |
- | St. Bartholomew's Hospital | Barts Cancer Centre | - | London | United Kingdom |
- | St. Luke's International Hospital | Medical Oncology Department | - | Tokyo | Japan |
- | Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital | Cancer Center | - | Stanford, CA | United States |
- | Strong Memorial Hospital - University of Rochester | Wilmot Cancer Institute | - | Rochester, NY | United States |
- | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Odette Cancer Centre | - | Toronto | Canada |
- | Teine Keijinkai Hospital | Oncology Center | - | Sapporo | Japan |
- | The Alfred | William Buckland Cancer Centre | - | Melbourne | Australia |
- | The Catholic University Of Korea - Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital | Department of Radiation Oncology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | The Clatterbridge Cancer Center | The Clatterbridge Cancer Center | - | Wirral | United Kingdom |
- | The Royal Marsden Hospital - Surrey | The Royal Marsden Hospital - Surrey | - | Sutton | United Kingdom |
- | The Royal Victoria Hospital - McGill University Health Centre | Cedars Cancer Centre | - | Montreal | Canada |
- | Thoraxklinik Heidelberg | Thoraxonkologie | - | Heidelberg | Germany |
- | Tohoku University Hospital | Cancer Center | - | Sendai | Japan |
- | Tokyo Medical And Dental University - Medical Hospital | Department of Clinical Oncology | - | Tokyo | Japan |
- | Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital | Department of Oncology | - | Tokyo | Japan |
- | Toranomon Hospital | Department of Medical Oncology | - | Tokyo | Japan |
- | UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica | Oncology Unit | - | Santa Monica, CA | United States |
- | UCSF Medical Center | Division of Oncology | - | San Francisco, CA | United States |
- | Universitätsklinikum Bonn | Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III | - | Bonn | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden | Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen Dresden (NCT/UCC) | - | Dresden | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf | Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Klinische Immunologie | - | Düsseldorf | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt | Hämatologie/Medizinische Onkologie | - | Frankfurt am Main | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Freiburg | Innere Medizin I | - | Freiburg | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Jena | Abteilung für Hämatologie und Internistische Onkologie | - | Jena | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Leipzig | Universitäres Krebszentrum Leipzig | - | Leipzig | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Münster | Medizinische Klinik A | - | Münster | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Regensburg | Comprehensive Cancer Center Ostbayern (CCCO) | - | Regensburg | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck | Universitäres Cancer Center Lübeck (UCCL) | - | Lübeck | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Tübingen | Innere Medizin II | - | Tübingen | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Ulm | Klinik für Innere Medizin III | - | Ulm | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Würzburg | Onkologisches Zentrum Würzburg (OZW) | - | Würzburg | Germany |
- | Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz | Onkologisches Zentrum | - | Mainz | Germany |
- | Universitätsmedizin Göttingen | Klinik für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie | - | Göttingen | Germany |
- | Universitätsspital Zürich | Comprehensive Cancer Center Zürich | - | Zurich | Switzerland |
- | University Hospital Of Wales | Cancer services | - | Cardiff | United Kingdom |
- | University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine | Department of Hematology and Oncology | - | Kyoto | Japan |
- | University of Chicago Medical Center | Cancer Center | - | Chicago, IL | United States |
- | University of Michigan Hospitals - Michigan Medicine | Division of Hematology and Oncology | - | Ann Arbor, MI | United States |
- | University of North Carolina Hospitals | Division of Hematology and Oncology | - | Chapel Hill, NC | United States |
- | University of Washington Medical Center | Division of Oncology | - | Seattle, WA | United States |
- | University of Wisconsin Hospitals | Carbone Cancer Center | - | Madison, WI | United States |
- | UPMC Presbyterian & Shadyside | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center | - | Pittsburgh, PA | United States |
- | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center | - | Nashville, TN | United States |
- | Westmead Hospital | The Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre | - | Sydney | Australia |
Methodology:
The ranking features the top 200 hospitals in both Oncology and Cardiology and the top 100 in Endocrinology, Neurology, Gastroenterology and Orthopedics. While global top hospitals are represented in multiple medical fields, leading specialized hospitals that are highly renowned in one or two specific medical fields or treatments also made it into the list in their specialization.
Hospitals which are not accessible to the public and/or are very small were excluded from the ranking since they were very unlikely to receive enough recommendations to make the final list.
The ranking is based solely on peer recommendations for specific areas of expertise from a global survey of medical professionals. Based on the underlying methodology, each list includes a ranking of the 50 best global hospitals, while ranks 51 to 100/200 are sorted alphabetically. Download the full methodology here.
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