University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City). The University of Kansas Hospital — the best hospital in Kansas, according to U.S. News & World Report — is built on a legacy dating back to 1906, when the hospital first opened. While…
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University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora). The flagship facility of University of Colorado Health, this academic medical center — the only one in the region — is the No. 1 hospital in Colorado, according to the most recent rankings from U.S.…
University of Chicago Medicine. University of Chicago Medicine has been treating patients on the South Side of Chicago and beyond since it opened in the Hyde Park neighborhood in 1927. In 2013, U of C Medicine contributed $283 million (22.5…
Banner-University Medical Center Tucson (Ariz.). Formerly the University of Arizona Medical Center, this hospital changed its name upon the merger of the University of Arizona Health Network and Banner Health that was announced in 2014 and closed in March of…
University Hospitals Case Medical Center (Cleveland). Clocking in at 1,032 beds, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, together with Case Western Reserve University, forms the largest center for biomedical research in Ohio. Case Medical Center houses several hospitals, including UH Rainbow…
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UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville, Fla.). UF Health Shands Hospital is named for William Augustine Shands, a Florida senator who attended the University of Florida in the early 1900s. UF Health Shands Hospital opened originally as UF Teaching Hospital in…
UC San Diego Medical Center. UC San Diego Medical Center, part of UC San Diego Health System, dates back to 1966, when the University of California overtook the lease of a county hospital to use as its primary clinical teaching…
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago). This 664-bed nonprofit academic medical center got its start with Rush Medical College in 1837 when the college received its charter. It is named in honor of Benjamin Rush, MD, the only physician with medical…
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center (Spokane, Wash.). Mother Joseph and the Sisters of Providence first founded Sacred Heart Medical Center in 1886 as a 31-bed hospital. The hospital has since grown into a major 644-bed regional medical center, featuring the…
Porter Adventist Hospital (Denver). Porter Adventist Hospital, sponsored by the Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System and member of Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health, was founded in 1930. Henry Porter helped found the hospital after receiving treatment at two Seventh-day Adventist…