Rankings and Ratings

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…

University of Michigan Medical Center (Ann Arbor). In 1848, the University of Michigan board of regents established a three-member medical department, today known as the University of Michigan Medical School, which eventually led the opening of U-M’s academic medical center…

Ochsner Medical Center (New Orleans). Ochsner Medical Center is a 473-bed acute-care hospital with roots dating back to 1942. That’s when surgeon Alton Ochsner, MD, and four colleagues opened The Ochsner Clinic, the first physician group practice in the Deep…

University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore). The University of Maryland Medical Center is one of the country’s oldest academic medical centers, founded in 1823 as the Baltimore Infirmary. Over the years, the 816-bed hospital has become a staple institution for…

UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville, Fla.). After William A. Shands was elected as a Florida state senator in 1940, he worked tirelessly to ensure the Gainesville community had a teaching hospital. Two years after the University of Florida College of Medicine…

University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora). University of Colorado Hospital, the crown jewel of the newly formed University of Colorado Health, was founded in 1921. The hospital is the only academic medical center in the region, and physician faculty members —…

 University of Chicago Medicine. University of Chicago Medicine got its start in 1927. The university board of trustees set aside money to create an academic medical center in 1916, but World War I hindered the development. During the 1950s and 1960s,…