July 13, 2007

MGH ranks fifth in U.S. News list

The MGH has again earned spots on the U.S. News & World Report annual Honor Roll of America's Best Hospitals, ranking fifth nationally among the 18 hospitals on the list. The MGH was also among the top 10 hospitals in the country in 11 specialties: psychiatry, cancer, cardiology, heart and heart surgery, endocrinology, digestive disorders, geriatrics, neurology and neurosurgery, kidney disease, orthopaedics, respiratory disease and rheumatology. MGH Psychiatry ranked first for the twelfth consecutive year. At left is a complete list of the MGH rankings in areas of specialty.

The honor roll will appear in the July 23 issue of U.S. News & World Report, available on newsstands July 16. For more information about the Best Hospitals issue, visit www.usnews.com.