
World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2022
As part of Newsweek's long standing commitment to cover all aspects of health, we've again partnered with global research firm Statista to rank the world's best specialized hospitals.
Last year, we looked at the best facilities in six specialities: cardiology, oncology, endocrinology, neurology, gastroenterology and orthopedics. This year we are proud to expand that to ten specialities. The ranking features the top 250 hospitals for cardiology and oncology, the top 150 for cardiac surgery and pediatrics and the top 125 each in endocrinology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, neurology, neurosurgery and pulmonology.
If you or a loved one needs specialized care in one of those areas, you'll want to know which hospitals or state of the art facilities have the most accomplished physicians and diagnosticians and offer the highest level of care. We hope that you will find our ranking helpful.

- Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 - Cardiology
- Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 - Cardiac Surgery
- Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 - Endocrinology
- Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 - Gastroenterology
- Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 - Neurology
- Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 - Neurosurgery
- Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 - Oncology
- Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 - Orthopedics
- Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 - Pediatrics
- Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 - Pulmonology
Rank | Hospital | Name of Department | City | Country |
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1 | Cleveland Clinic | Cardiovascular Surgery Department | Cleveland, OH | United States |
2 | Mayo Clinic - Rochester | Cardiovascular Surgery | Rochester, MN | United States |
3 | Massachusetts General Hospital | Corrigan Minehan Heart Center - Cardiac Surgery | Boston, MA | United States |
4 | The Mount Sinai Hospital | Mount Sinai Heart - Cardiovascular Surgery | New York, NY | United States |
5 | Brigham And Women's Hospital | Heart & Vascular Center - Cardiac Surgery | Boston, MA | United States |
6 | The Johns Hopkins Hospital | Heart and Vascular Institute - Cardiac Surgery | Baltimore, MD | United States |
7 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell | Cardiac Surgery | New York, NY | United States |
8 | The University of Tokyo Hospital | Cardiovascular Surgery | Tokyo | Japan |
9 | Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin | Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie | Berlin | Germany |
10 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Smidt Heart Institute - Cardiac Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
11 | AP-HP - Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière | Service de Chirurgie cardiaque et thoracique | Paris | France |
12 | Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital | Heart Surgery Clinic | Stanford, CA | United States |
13 | NYU Langone Hospitals | Cardiothoracic Surgery | New York, NY | United States |
14 | Herzzentrum Leipzig | Herzchirurgie | Leipzig | Germany |
15 | Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center | Cardiovascular Care | Houston, TX | United States |
16 | Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW | Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie | Bad Oeynhausen | Germany |
17 | UCLA Health – Ronald Reagan Medical Center | Cardiovascular Center | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
18 | Duke University Hospital | Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery | Durham, NC | United States |
19 | Royal Brompton Hospital | Adult cardiac surgery | London | United Kingdom |
20 | Centro Cardiologico Monzino | Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery | Milano | Italy |
21 | Toronto General - University Health Network | Peter Munk Cardiac Centre - Cardiovascular Surgeon's Clinic | Toronto | Canada |
22 | National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center | Cardiovascular surgery department | Suita | Japan |
23 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Klinik für Kardiovaskuläre Chirurgie – Herzchirurgie | Berlin | Germany |
24 | Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi | Cardiochirurgia | Bologna | Italy |
25 | AP-HP - Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou | Service de Chirurgie cardio vasculaire | Paris | France |
26 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute | Chicago, IL | United States |
27 | UCSF Medical Center | Cardiothoracic Surgery | San Francisco, CA | United States |
28 | Medizinische Hochschule Hannover | Klinik für Herz-, Thorax-, Transplantations- und Gefäßchirurgie | Hannover | Germany |
29 | Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón | Cirugía Cardiaca | Madrid | Spain |
30 | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian | Penn Cardiovascular Surgery Penn Presbyterian | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
31 | Houston Methodist Hospital | Department of Cardiovascular Surgery | Houston, TX | United States |
32 | University of Chicago Medical Center | Heart & Vascular Center - Heart Surgery | Chicago, IL | United States |
33 | Boston Children's Hospital | Department of Cardiac Surgery | Boston, MA | United States |
34 | Mayo Clinic - Health System In Eau Claire | Cardiac Surgery | Eau Claire, WI | United States |
35 | Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg | Klinik für Herzchirurgie | Heidelberg | Germany |
36 | Sakakibara Heart Institute | Cardiovascular Surgery | Tokyo | Japan |
37 | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Institute | Barcelona | Spain |
38 | Instituto do Coração (InCor) | Sao Paulo | Brazil | |
39 | AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard | Service de Chirurgie cardiaque et vasculaire | Paris | France |
40 | University of Michigan Hospitals - Michigan Medicine | Cardiac Surgery | Ann Arbor, MI | United States |
41 | Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Parkville | Australia |
42 | Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset | Heart & Vascular Theme | Solna | Sweden |
43 | Mayo Clinic - Phoenix | Cardiovascular Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | United States |
44 | Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center | Heart & Vascular Institute | Houston, TX | United States |
45 | University of Washington Medical Center | Cardiac Surgery | Seattle, WA | United States |
46 | Great Ormond Street Hospital | Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit | London | United Kingdom |
47 | Deutsches Herzzentrum München des Freistaates Bayern | Klinik für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie | München | Germany |
48 | Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg - Bad Krozingen | Klinik für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie | Freiburg | Germany |
49 | Ospedale San Raffaele - Gruppo San Donato | Cardiochirurgia | Milano | Italy |
50 | Baylor University Medical Center | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Dallas, TX | United States |
51 | Hospital Universitario La Paz | Cirugía Cardiaca Adultos | Madrid | Spain |
52 | Asan Medical Center | Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Seoul | South Korea |
53 | Universitätsklinikum Bonn | Department of Cardiac Surgery | Bonn | Germany |
54 | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Cardiac Surgery | Toronto | Canada |
55 | Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant'Andrea | UOC Cardiochirurgia | Roma | Italy |
56 | Amsterdam UMC | Heart Center | Amsterdam | The Netherlands |
57 | National University Hospital | Heart Centre | Singapore | Singapore |
58 | Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron | Cardiac Surgery | Barcelona | Spain |
59 | Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia | Sao Paulo | Brazil | |
60 | John Radcliffe Hospital | Cardiothoracic Services | Oxford | United Kingdom |
61 | King's College Hospital | Cardiothoracic surgery | London | United Kingdom |
62 | Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht | Hart+Vaat Centrum | Maastricht | The Netherlands |
63 | Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein | Center of Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
64 | Keio University Hospital | Cardiovascular Surgery | Tokyo | Japan |
65 | Akademiska Sjukhuset | The heart clinic | Uppsala | Sweden |
66 | Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | Heart and Vascular Institute - Cardiac Surgery | Baltimore, MD | United States |
67 | St Vincent’s Hospital - Darlinghurst | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Darlinghurst | Australia |
68 | The Prince Charles Hospital | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Chermside | Australia |
69 | UPMC Presbyterian & Shadyside | Division of Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplant | Pittsburgh, PA | United States |
70 | Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville | Cardiovascular Surgery | Jacksonville, FL | United States |
71 | Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus Rüttenscheid | Klinik für Kardiologie, Elektrophysiologie, Nephrologie, Altersmedizin und Intensivmedizin | Essen | Germany |
72 | St. Bartholomew's Hospital | Barts Heart Centre | London | United Kingdom |
73 | Osaka University Hospital | Cardiovascular Surgery | Osaka | Japan |
74 | Aarhus Universitetshospital | Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery | Aarhus | Denmark |
75 | Royal Papworth Hospital | Cardiac Surgery | Cambridge | United Kingdom |
76 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Cardiac Surgery | Boston, MA | United States |
77 | Complexo Hospitalario Universitario a Coruña | Cirugía Cardiaca | Coruña, A | Spain |
78 | Seoul National University - Bundang Hospital | Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery | Seongnam City | South Korea |
79 | Universitätsspital Zürich | Universitäres Herzzentrum Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland |
80 | Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre | Cirugía Cardiovascular | Madrid | Spain |
81 | Hospital Pro Cardiaco | Cardiologia - Cirurgia Cardíaca | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil |
82 | CHU Bordeaux - Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin | Chirurgie Cardiaque Adulte | Bordeaux | France |
83 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Department of Surgery | New York, NY | United States |
84 | St. Luke's International Hospital | Cardiovascular Center | Tokyo | Japan |
85 | Narayana Bengaluru - Institute of Cardiac Sciences | Bangalore | India | |
86 | St. Michael’s Hospital | Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Inpatient Unit | Toronto | Canada |
87 | Harefield Hospital | Cardiac and thoracic surgery | Harefield | United Kingdom |
88 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences - Delhi | Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery (CTVS) | Delhi | India |
89 | Cleveland Clinic - Florida | Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiac Surgery | Weston, FL | United States |
90 | Barnes-Jewish Hospital | Heart & Vascular Center - Cardiac Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | United States |
91 | Juntendo University Hospital | Department of Cardiovascular Surgery | Tokyo | Japan |
92 | BP – A Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo | Conheça a Cardiologia | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
93 | Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal | Opération du système cardiaque | Montreal | Canada |
94 | Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío | Cardiología y Cirugia Cardiovascular | Sevilla | Spain |
95 | University of Miami Hospital | Cardiovascular | Miami, FL | United States |
96 | Advocate Christ Medical Center | Cardiovascular Surgery | Oak Lawn, IL | United States |
97 | Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine | Cardiovascular surgery | Tokyo | Japan |
98 | Ospedale Policlinico San Matteo | Dipartimento Medicina Intensiva - Cardiochirurgia | Pavia | Italy |
99 | Charing Cross Hospital | Cardiothoracic surgery | London | United Kingdom |
100 | Guy's Hospital | Cardiac surgery services | London | United Kingdom |
101 | Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien - Medizinischer Universitätscampus | Univ. Klinik für Herzchirurgie | Wien | Austria |
102 | Hospital Clínico San Carlos | Cirugía Cardíaca | Madrid | Spain |
103 | Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro | Cirugía Cardiaca | Majadahonda | Spain |
104 | Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo | Cardiopneumology | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
105 | Herzzentrum Dresden | Klinik für Herzchirurgie | Dresden | Germany |
106 | California Pacific Medical Center | CPMC Cardiovascular Surgery | San Francisco, CA | United States |
107 | Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova | Cardiochirurgia | Padova | Italy |
108 | Advocat Sherman Hospital | Cardiovascular & Thoracis Surgery | Elgin, IL | United States |
109 | AP-HM - Hôpital de la Timone | Chirurgie cardio-thoracique | Marseille | France |
110 | Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII | Cardiochirurgia | Bergamo | Italy |
111 | Universitätsklinikum Jena | Klinik für Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie | Jena | Germany |
112 | Hospital Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims | Chirurgie Cardio-Vasculaire et Thoracique | Reims Cedex | France |
113 | Austin Hospital - Heidelberg | Heart surgery | Heidelberg | Australia |
114 | Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery | Chicago, IL | United States |
115 | Abbeville General Hospital | Cardiopulmonary/ Respiratory Services | Abbeville, LA | United States |
116 | Centre Cardiologique du Nord | Saint-Denis | France | |
117 | Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf | Universitäres Herz- und Gefäßzentrum UKE Hamburg | Hamburg | Germany |
118 | Sao Luiz Unidade Copa D'or | Cirurgia Cardíaca | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil |
119 | CHU Rennes - Site Pontchaillou | Chirurgie thoracique, cardiaque et vasculaire | Rennes | France |
120 | Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano | Texas Health Heart & Lung Surgical Specialists | Plano, TX | United States |
121 | UC San Diego Health - Jacobs Medical Center | Heart Surgery | San Diego, CA | United States |
122 | Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini | UOC Cardiochirurgia E Dei Trapianti Di Cuore | Roma | Italy |
123 | AGAPLESION Bethanien Krankenhaus | Kardiologie | Frankfurt | Germany |
124 | CHU Strasbourg - Hôpital Civil | Chirurgie cardiovasculaire, transplantation et assistance cardiaques | Strasbourg | France |
125 | Children’s Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | Pediatric Heart Surgery | Aurora, CO | United States |
126 | MedStar Georgetown University Hospital | Cardiac Surgery | Washington, WA | United States |
127 | MD Anderson Cancer Center | Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Houston, TX | United States |
128 | Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla | Cirugía Cardiovascular | Santander | Spain |
129 | Aalborg Universitetshospital | Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Aalborg | Denmark |
130 | University of California - Davis Medical Center | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Sacramento, CA | United States |
131 | Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes | Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Homburg | Germany |
132 | Fortis Escorts Heart Institute | Adult Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery | Delhi | India |
133 | New England Baptist Hospital | Cardiology | Boston, MA | United States |
134 | Adventhealth Orlando | Cardiovascular Institute | Orlando, FL | United States |
135 | AP-HP - Hôpital Cochin | Service de Cardiologie | Paris | France |
136 | A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord - Presidio San Salvatore Centro | Cardiologia e Utic | Pesaro | Italy |
137 | Chiba University Hospital | Cardiovascular Surgery | Chiba | Japan |
138 | Gangnam Severance Hospital - Yonsei University | Cardiovascular Surgery | Seoul | South Korea |
139 | Akita Kousei Medical Center | Department for Cardiovascular Surgery | Akita | Japan |
140 | Nippon Medical School Hospital | Department of Cardiovascular Surgery | Tokyo | Japan |
141 | UZ Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg | Cardiac surgery | Leuven | Belgium |
142 | Erasmus MC | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Rotterdam | The Netherlands |
143 | Emory University Hospital | Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Atlanta, GA | United States |
144 | Institut Mutualiste Montsouris | Chirurgie Cardiaque | Paris | France |
145 | Hirslanden Klinik Im Park | Herzgefässmedizin | Zürich | Switzerland |
146 | MedStar Washington Hospital Center | MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute | Washington, DC | United States |
147 | Arkansas Heart Hospital | Cardiovascular and thoracic department | Little Rock,AR | United States |
148 | Yale New Haven Hospital | Yale New Haven Hospital Heart and Vascular Center (HVC) | New Haven, CT | United States |
149 | A.C. Camargo Cancer Center | Departamento de Cirurgia Cardiovascular | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
150 | Azienda Ospedaliera Ordine Mauriziano | S.C. Cardiochirurgia | Torino | Italy |
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METHODOLOGY
The 2022 World's Best Specialized Hospitals is based on a global survey of medical professionals. The recommendation score is based on two sub-scores, for primary recommendations and secondary recommendations. In cooperation with Newsweek, Statista invited over 40,000 medical experts (medical doctors, healthcare professionals, hospital managers and directors) in over 20 countries to an online survey. Additionally, experts from all over the world were able to participate in the "World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2022" survey on newsweek.com. The data were collected from June to August 2021.
Participants were asked to recommend and rank hospitals based on their expertise in one primary medical field (e.g. cardiology for cardiologists) and were able to choose an optional secondary area of expertise. Secondary recommendations were given a lower weight. The questionnaire did not suggest a list of hospitals and respondents were free to suggest any hospital they deemed recommendable (aided by an autocomplete function for convenience). Statista performed plausibility checks on all data to prevent self-nomination.
A preliminary reputation score was calculated for every hospital based on the weighted recommendations in each medical field. The preliminary reputation score was used to generate the preliminary lists for the ten medical fields. Hospitals that specialize in more than one field received specific scores for each field based on recommendations. One hospital can be represented in more than one list. The preliminary lists were presented to a global expert board, which serves in an advisory role for validation.
You can download the full methodology here.