Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.). The 957-bed Duke University Hospital is the flagship hospital of Duke Health and features a regional emergency center, an endosurgery center and a major surgery suite fitted with 51 operating rooms. U.S. News & World Report ranked Duke University Hospital as the No. 1 hospital in North Carolina and among the top 20 hospitals in the nation for 2016-17. For 2015, 2016 and 2017, Healthgrades recognized the hospital with its Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence.
