
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 | Department | City | Country |
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1 | Hospital For Special Surgery | Orthopedic Services | New York, NY | United States |
2 | Mayo Clinic - Rochester | Department of Orthopedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | United States |
3 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie | Berlin | Germany |
4 | Massachusetts General Hospital | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | United States |
5 | The Johns Hopkins Hospital | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | United States |
6 | Schulthess Klinik | Orthopädie | Zürich | Switzerland |
7 | Helios ENDO-Klinik Hamburg | Orthopädie | Hamburg | Germany |
8 | Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli | Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute | Bologna | Italy |
9 | Severance Hospital - Yonsei University | Department of Orthopedic Surgery | Seoul | South Korea |
10 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Department of Orthopaedics | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
11 | Brigham And Women's Hospital | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | United States |
12 | Asan Medical Center | Department of Orthopedic Surgery | Seoul | South Korea |
13 | Rothman Orthopaedics at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | Department of Orthopedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
14 | The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital - Stanmore | Stanmore | United Kingdom | |
15 | Cleveland Clinic | Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic Institute | Cleveland, OH | United States |
16 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Center for Comprehensive Orthopaedic and Spine Care | Chicago, IL | United States |
17 | NYU Langone Hospitals | Department of Orthopedic Surgery | New York, NY | United States |
18 | KyungHee University Medical Center | Department of Orthopedic Surgery | Seoul | South Korea |
19 | Hospital Universitario La Paz | Traumatología y Cirugía Ortopédica | Madrid | Spain |
20 | AP-HP - Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière | Service de Chirugie Orthipédique et Traumatologique | Paris | France |
21 | Mount Sinai Hospital | Orthopaedics | Toronto | Canada |
22 | Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein | Orthopedics and Rheumatology | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
23 | Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi - Gruppo San Donato | Milano | Italy | |
24 | Inselspital Bern | Orthopädische Chirurgie und Traumatologie | Bern | Switzerland |
25 | The Mount Sinai Hospital | Orthopedics | New York, NY | United States |
26 | Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville | Orthopaedic Surgery | Parkville | Australia |
27 | VCH - Vancouver General Hospital | Orthopaedics Trauma Clinic | Vancouver | Canada |
28 | Seoul National University Hospital | Department of Orthopedic Surgery | Seoul | South Korea |
29 | Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío | Cirugía Ortopédica, Traumatología y Reumatología | Sevilla | Spain |
30 | BG-Unfallklinik - Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin | Klinik für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie | Berlin | Germany |
31 | Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital | Stanford Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine | Stanford, CA | United States |
32 | Duke University Hospital | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | Durham, NC | United States |
33 | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Orthopaedic clinic | Adelaide | Australia |
34 | AP-HP - Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou | Chirurgie l'orthopédie générale | Paris | France |
35 | Barnes-Jewish Hospital | Orthopedic Care | Saint Louis, MO | United States |
36 | UCLA Health – Santa Monica Medical Center | Orthopedics | Santa Monica, CA | United States |
37 | Klinik König-Ludwig-Haus | Orthopädie | Würzburg | Germany |
38 | Universitätsklinik Balgrist | Orthopedics | Zürich | Switzerland |
39 | Jamil Haddad National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics | Centro Ortopédico da Criança e do Adolescente | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil |
40 | Clinica Universidad de Navarra | Departamento de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología | Pamplona/Iruña | Spain |
41 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell | Columbia Orthopaedics | New York, NY | United States |
42 | Osaka University Hospital | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | Osaka | Japan |
43 | Universitätsklinikum Bonn | Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie | Bonn | Germany |
44 | Rush University Medical Center | Orthopedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | United States |
45 | The University of Tokyo Hospital | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Spinal Surgery | Tokyo | Japan |
46 | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | Orthopaedics | Camperdown | Australia |
47 | UCSF Medical Center | UCSF Orthotics & Prosthetics Center at Parnassus | San Francisco, CA | United States |
48 | Kangbuk Samsung Hospital | Orthopedics | Seoul | South Korea |
49 | Gangnam Severance Hospital - Yonsei University | Orthopedic Department | Seoul | South Korea |
50 | Sana Kliniken Sommerfeld | Orthopädie | Kremmen | Germany |
51 | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona | Cirurgía Ortopédica y Traumatologia | Barcelona | Spain |
52 | Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo | Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
53 | Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron | Servei de Cirurgia Ortopèdica i Traumatologia | Barcelona | Spain |
54 | AP-HP - Hôpital Cochin | Service d'Orthopédie | Paris | France |
55 | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Department of Surgery | Toronto | Canada |
56 | Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München | Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie | München | Germany |
57 | Lenox Hill Hospital | Orthopedics | New York, NY | United States |
58 | Konkuk University Medical Center | Orthopaedic Surgery | Seoul | South Korea |
59 | UCLA Health – Ronald Reagan Medical Center | Orthopaedic Surgery Clinic | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
60 | Royal Orthopaedic Hospital | Birmingham | United Kingdom | |
61 | University of Michigan Hospitals - Michigan Medicine | Orthopaedic Surgery | Ann Arbor, MI | United States |
62 | Abbott Northwestern Hospital | Orthopaedic institute | Minneapolis, MN | United States |
63 | Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre | Oxford | United Kingdom | |
64 | Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | United States |
65 | A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord - Presidio San Salvatore Centro | Ortopedia e Traumatologia | Pesaro | Italy |
66 | Mayo Clinic - Phoenix | Orthopedic Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | United States |
67 | Samsung Medical Center | Department of Orthopedic Surgery | Seoul | South Korea |
68 | Kyoto University Hospital | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | Kyoto | Japan |
69 | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian | Orthopaedics Program | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
70 | John Radcliffe Hospital | Orthopaedics | Oxford | United Kingdom |
71 | Houston Methodist Hospital | Orthopedics & Sports Medicine | Houston, TX | United States |
72 | Istituto Clinico Humanitas | Humanitas Ortho Center | Rozzano | Italy |
73 | Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli | Aging, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Area | Roma | Italy |
74 | Harborview Medical Center | Orthopedic surgery | Seattle, WA | United States |
75 | Istituto Giannina Gaslini | Orthopedics | Genova | Italy |
76 | Hospital Quirónsalud Madrid | Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología | Pozuelo de Alarcón | Spain |
77 | CHU Bordeaux - Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin | Unité d'Orthopédie et traumatologie périphérique | Bordeaux | France |
78 | Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children | Orthopaedics | Dallas, TX | United States |
79 | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital | London | United Kingdom | |
80 | University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | Orthopedics and Rehabilitation | Iowa City, IA | United States |
81 | Changi General Hospital | Orthopaedic Surgery | Singapore | Singapore |
82 | Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi | Ortopedia | Firenze | Italy |
83 | Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset | Vårdavdelning Ortopedi | Solna | Sweden |
84 | CHU Montpellier - Hopital Lapeyronie | Chirurgie orthopédique et Traumatologie | Montpellier | France |
85 | Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla | Orthopedics | La Jolla, CA | United States |
86 | Mount Sinai Beth Israel | Orthopedics | New York, NY | United States |
87 | Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón | Traumatología y Cirugía Ortopédica | Madrid | Spain |
88 | Osaka City University Hospital | Orthopedic Surgery | Osaka | Japan |
89 | Kansai Medical University Kuzuha Hospital | Orthopedic Surgery | Osaka | Japan |
90 | Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau | ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMATOLOGY | Barcelona | Spain |
91 | Chonnam National University Hospital | Orthopedic Surgery | Gwangju | South Korea |
92 | University of North Carolina Hospitals | Orthopaedics | Chapel Hill, NC | United States |
93 | Ewha Womans University Medical Center | Orthopaedic Surgery | Seoul | South Korea |
94 | Hospital for Sick Children | Orthopaedics | Toronto | Canada |
95 | St. Luke's International Hospital | Orthopedic Surgery Unit | Tokyo | Japan |
96 | Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse | Service de chirurgie orthopédique et médecine du sport | Lyon | France |
97 | Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe | Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología | Valencia | Spain |
98 | CHU Strasbourg - Hôpital Civil | Chirurgie orthopédique et de traumatologie | Strasbourg | France |
99 | Kyungpook National University Hospital | Department of Orthopedic Surgery | Daegu Metropolitan City | South Korea |
100 | Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center | Orthopedics at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center | Houston, TX | United States |
101 | Royal Perth Hospital - Wellington Street Campus | Orthopaedics | Perth | Australia |
102 | Baylor University Medical Center | Orthopedics & Sports Medicine | Dallas, TX | United States |
103 | University of Washington Medical Center | The University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine | Seattle, WA | United States |
104 | Policlinico Umberto I | Chirurgia Generale, Chirurgia Plastica e Ortopedia | Roma | Italy |
105 | The Catholic University Of Korea - Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital | Department of Rehabilitation Medicine | Seoul | South Korea |
106 | Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù di Roma | Ortopedia | Roma | Italy |
107 | Oslo Universitetssykehus | Ortopedisk klinikk | Oslo | Norway |
108 | Helsinki University Hospital | Ward K3 orthopedics | Helsinki | Finland |
109 | Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Napoli - Fondazione G. Pascale | Ortopedia Oncologica | Napoli | Italy |
110 | Montreal General Hospital - McGill University Health Centre | Orthopedics Clinic | Montreal | Canada |
111 | Asklepios Orthopädische Klinik Hohwald | Orthopädie und Rheumaorthopädie | Neustadt | Germany |
112 | SoonChunHyang University Hospital - Cheonan | Department of Orthopedics | Cheonan City | South Korea |
113 | Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) | Orthopedic Clinic | Ottawa | Canada |
114 | Universitätsklinikum Regensburg | Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie | Regensburg | Germany |
115 | Ospedale San Pietro Fatebenefratelli | Unità Operativa Complessa Ortopedia e Traumatologia | Roma | Italy |
116 | Mayo Clinic - Health System In Eau Claire | Orthopedic Services | Eau Claire, WI | United States |
117 | University of Wisconsin Hospitals | Orthopedics and Rehabilitation | Madison, WI | United States |
118 | Hospital Universitari Quirón Dexeus | Locomotor System Department | Barcelona | Spain |
119 | Seoul National University - Bundang Hospital | Orthopedic Surgery Department | Seongnam City | South Korea |
120 | Emory University Hospital | Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center | Atlanta, GA | United States |
121 | Universitätsklinikum Jena | Klinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie | Jena | Germany |
122 | St Vincent's Private - Sydney | Orthopaedic Surgery | Darlinghurst | Australia |
123 | Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center | Orthopedics Division | Tel Aviv | Israel |
124 | Caism Santa Casa de Sao Paulo | Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
125 | Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria | UGC Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología | Málaga | Spain |
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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.