UW Health University Hospital has been ranked the No. 1 hospital in Wisconsin by U.S. News & World Report for 15 consecutive years. The hospital is home to the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, UW Carbone Cancer Center, along with one of Wisconsin’s only level 1 pediatric trauma centers. The hospital had nine medical and surgical specialties ranked among the nation’s top 50, including diabetes and endocrinology at No. 10 and obstetrics and gynecology at No. 12. Newsweek‘s 2026 “World’s Best Hospitals” list ranked the hospital’s parent system UW Health as 31st in the U.S. and 205th in the world, and named it a world leader in infection prevention. Meanwhile, UW Health University Hospital was ranked No. 1 in Wisconsin on Newsweek‘s “Best in State Hospitals” list. The system’s recent accomplishments include the 2024 opening of UW Health Eastpark Medical Center, one of the largest U.S. healthcare facilities completed that year, and the start of construction on the University Row Medical Center in Madison. UW Health also recently completed its 1,000th lung transplant, leading the state in transplant activity, and launched the country’s first surgical technology apprenticeship degree program along with a new MRI technologist apprenticeship to address workforce shortages. The health system is participating in the PRISM trial studying AI in mammography screening and has found that ambient AI tools are improving clinician wellbeing. UW Health facilities continue to earn Magnet recognition for nursing excellence, and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health achieved a “tier 1” national ranking for primary care education in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Medical Schools” list for 2026.
