Rankings and Ratings

University of Virginia Medical Center (Charlottesville). The history of University of Virginia Medical Center dates back to the days of Thomas Jefferson, who founded the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The school dedicated its first hospital in 1901, a…

University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center. University of Rochester Medical Center was founded in 1921 after two men, Abraham Flexner and Benjamin Rush Rhees, MD, pushed for the idea of a medical school and hospital at a university. One of…

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City). University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics was founded in 1898 as a 65-bed hospital with a 200-seat amphitheater for clinical instruction. After many growth spurts, the 705-bed teaching hospital and Level I…

University Hospitals Case Medical Center (Cleveland). UH Case Medical Center, a 1,032-bed tertiary academic medical center and flagship of the University Hospitals system, was founded in 1866. The hospital formally affiliated with the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine…

University Hospital (Salt Lake City). University Hospital, the flagship facility of Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health Care, opened to the public in 1965 as the University of Utah Medical Center. After several expansions and additions, the hospital has…

Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City). Mount Sinai Hospital is an internationally-acclaimed facility, recognized for its advancements in research, education and patient care. The hospital was founded in 1852 and has since then grown to a 1,171-bed facility employing 2,500…

Montefiore Medical Center (New York City). Jewish philanthropists founded Montefiore Medical Center in 1884 to aid chronically ill people, then calling the hospital the Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids. Throughout the 1920s, the hospital blossomed as a highly accessible and…

Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center (Milwaukee). After serving patients independently on Milwaukee’s south side, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center joined with Good Samaritan Medical Center in 1984 to become St. Luke’s Samaritan Health Care — the precursor to what is…

University of North Carolina Hospitals (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Founded in 1952 as North Carolina Memorial Hospital, UNC Hospitals has evolved into one of the most prestigious public-owned academic medical centers in the nation.  UNC Hospitals, the foundation of UNC Health…

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview (Minneapolis). Groundbreaking treatments and technology, as well as innovative partnerships with the University of Minnesota Medical School and University of Minnesota Physicians, have made University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview one of the most…