World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2021
In our nine decades, Newsweek has covered all aspects of health care—scientific challenges, economic disruption, the occasional medical miracle and most of all, what these developments mean for our readers. As part of that commitment, we've partnered with Statista Inc., the global market research and consumer data firm, to rank the world's best hospitals.
Now we're expanding that expertise by looking at specialties. After the publication of the first part in September, in which we awarded the best hospitals for cardiology, oncology and endocrinology, we conclude this year's ranking with the best hospitals for neurology, gastroenterology and orthopedics. Each list includes a ranking of the 50 best global hospitals, while ranks 51 to 100/200 are sorted alphabetically. If you or a loved one needs specialized care in one of those areas, as millions of us do, you want to know which hospitals or medical centers have state-of-the-art facilities and the most knowledgeable, accomplished physicians.
Where will you have access to the best diagnosticians, highest level of care and most effective treatments? We're proud to offer our readers these independent, authoritative and reliable Newsweek/Statista rankings.
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Rank | Hospital | Department | Score | City | Country |
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1 | Mayo Clinic - Rochester | Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology | - | Rochester, MN | United States |
2 | The Mount Sinai Hospital | Digestive Diseases - Gastroenterology | - | New York, NY | United States |
3 | Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli | Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology | - | Rome | Italy |
4 | Massachusetts General Hospital | Digestive Healthcare Center | - | Boston, MA | United States |
5 | Cleveland Clinic | Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute | - | Cleveland, OH | United States |
6 | Asan Medical Center | Department of Gastroenterology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
7 | King's College Hospital | Department of Gastroenterology | - | London | United Kingdom |
8 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Medizinische Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Infektiologie und Rheumatologie | - | Berlin | Germany |
9 | The Johns Hopkins Hospital | Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology | - | Baltimore, MD | United States |
10 | Toronto General - University Health Network | Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (Gastrointestinal Clinic ) | - | Toronto | Canada |
11 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell | Center for Digestive Diseases | - | New York, NY | United States |
12 | Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein | Einstein Gastroenterology | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
13 | Istituto Clinico Humanitas | Gastroenterologia clinica | - | Milan | Italy |
14 | St Mark's Hospital | Department of Gastroenterology | - | Harrow | United Kingdom |
15 | The Catholic University Of Korea - Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital | Department of Gastroenterology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
16 | Samsung Medical Center | Division of Gastroenterology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
17 | Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf | Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Infektiologie | - | Düsseldorf | Germany |
18 | John Radcliffe Hospital | Oxford Clinical and Academic Gastroenterology | - | Oxford | United Kingdom |
19 | Universitätsklinikum Essen | Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie | - | Essen | Germany |
20 | Hospital Oswaldo Cruz | Gastroclínica | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
21 | Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes | Klinik für Innere Medizin II | - | Homburg | Germany |
22 | Clinica Universidad de Navarra | Departamento de Digestivo | - | Pamplona | Spain |
23 | Emory University Hospital | Emory Clinic Gastroenterology | - | Atlanta, GA | United States |
24 | Klinikum der Universität Augsburg | III. Medizinische Klinik | - | Augsburg | Germany |
25 | Hospital Ramón y Cajal | Servicio de Gastroenterología y Hepatología | - | Madrid | Spain |
26 | University of Chicago Medical Center | Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition | - | Chicago, IL | United States |
27 | UCSF Medical Center | Gastroenterology at Parnassus | - | San Francisco, CA | United States |
28 | Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital | Digestive Health Center (General Gastroenterology Clinic) | - | Stanford, CA | United States |
29 | Mayo Clinic - Phoenix | Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology | - | Phoenix, AZ | United States |
30 | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham | Centre for Rare Diseases | - | Birmingham | United Kingdom |
31 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Gastroenterology | - | Chicago, IL | United States |
32 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Digestive Disease Center | - | Boston, MA | United States |
33 | Universitätsklinikum Bonn | Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I | - | Bonn | Germany |
34 | Universitätsmedizin Göttingen | Klinik für Gastroenterologie, gastrointestinale Onkologie und Endokrinologie | - | Göttingen | Germany |
35 | Korea University - Anam Hospital | Department of Gastroenterology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
36 | Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova | U.O.C. Gastroenterologia | - | Padova | Italy |
37 | Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi | Ambulatorio divisionale di gastroenterologia | - | Bologna | Italy |
38 | Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío | Departamento de Aparato Digestivo | - | Sevilla | Spain |
39 | St. Michael’s Hospital | Division of Gastroenterology | - | Toronto | Canada |
40 | Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron | El Servicio del Aparato Digestivo | - | Barcelona | Spain |
41 | University of Michigan Hospitals - Michigan Medicine | Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology | - | Ann Arbor, MI | United States |
42 | Universitätsklinikum RWTH Aachen | Medizinische Klinik III | - | Aachen | Germany |
43 | Royal Free Hospital | Centre for Gastroenterology | - | London | United Kingdom |
44 | St Thomas' Hospital | Gastroenterology and Hepatology | - | London | United Kingdom |
45 | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | Gastroenterology | - | Sydney | Australia |
46 | Brigham And Women's Hospital | Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Endoscopy | - | Boston, MA | United States |
47 | Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda | Dipartimento Medico Polispecialistico | - | Milan | Italy |
48 | Amsterdam UMC | Gastroenterology and Hepatology | - | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
49 | Seoul National University Hospital | Division of Gastroenterology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
50 | University College Hospital | Gastrointestinal Services Division | - | London | United Kingdom |
- | Addenbrooke's | Gastroenterology Department | - | Cambridge | United Kingdom |
- | Adventhealth Orlando | Digestive Care | - | Orlando, FL | United States |
- | Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana | UO Gastroenterologia | - | Pisa | Italy |
- | Barnes-Jewish Hospital | Digestive Diseases | - | Saint Louis, MO | United States |
- | Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital | Gastroenterology and Hepatology | - | Basingstoke | United Kingdom |
- | Bristol Royal Infirmary | Gastrointestinal and Liver services | - | Bristol | United Kingdom |
- | Cleveland Clinic - Florida | Department of Gastroenterology | - | Weston, FL | United States |
- | Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch | Innere Medizin und Gastroenterologie | - | Berlin | Germany |
- | Hokkaido University Hospital | Gastroenterology and Hematology | - | Hokkaido | Japan |
- | Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou | Service d'Hépato-gastro-entérologie et endoscopies digestives | - | Paris | France |
- | Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph | Service d’hépato gastroentérologie et d’endoscopie digestive | - | Paris | France |
- | Hôpital Saint-André | Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie et Oncologie digestive | - | Bordeaux | France |
- | Hôpital Saint-Antoine | Service : Hépato-gastro-entérologie | - | Paris | France |
- | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona | Instituto Clínic de Enfermedades Digestivas y Metabólicas | - | Barcelona | Spain |
- | Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo | Departamento de Gastroenterologia | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | Hospital do Coracao | Gastroenterologia | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón | El Servicio del Aparato Digestivo | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian | Division of Gastroenterology | - | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
- | Hospital Quirónsalud Madrid | Aparato Digestivo - Gastroenterología | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital Samaritano | Núcleo de Gastroenterologia | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | Hospital Sirio Libanes | Núcleo de Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre | El Servicio del Aparato Digestivo | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital Universitario La Paz | Gastroenterología y nutrición | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe | Departamento de Gastroenterología | - | Valencia | Spain |
- | Jefferson Health - Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals | Jefferson Digestive Health Institute | - | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
- | Juntendo University Hospital | Department of Gastroenterology | - | Tokyo | Japan |
- | Kangbuk Samsung Hospital | Department of Gastroenterology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | Keck Hospital of USC | USC Digestive Health Center | - | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
- | Konkuk University Medical Center | Digestive Diseases Center | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | KyungHee University Medical Center | Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | Medizinische Hochschule Hannover | Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie | - | Hanover | Germany |
- | NYU Langone Hospitals | Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology | - | New York, NY | United States |
- | Policlinico di Modena | Dipartamento di gastroenterologia | - | Modena | Italy |
- | Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center | Melvin & Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center | - | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
- | Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville | Gastroeterology and Hepatology service | - | Melbourne | Australia |
- | Rush University Medical Center | Section of Gastroenterology | - | Chicago, IL | United States |
- | Severance Hospital - Yonsei University | Division of Gastroenterology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | St Vincent’s Hospital - Darlinghurst | Department of Gastroenterology | - | Sydney | Australia |
- | Teine Keijinkai Hospital | Department of Gastroenterology | - | Sapporo | Japan |
- | The Alfred | General Gastroenterology Clinic | - | Melbourne | Australia |
- | The Royal London Hospital | Centre for Digestive Diseases | - | London | United Kingdom |
- | The Royal Victoria Hospital - McGill University Health Centre | Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology | - | Montreal | Canada |
- | The University of Tokyo Hospital | Department of Gastroenterology | - | Tokyo | Japan |
- | Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt | Medizinische Klinik 1 | - | Frankfurt am Main | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf | I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik | - | Hamburg | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg | Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Infektionen, Vergiftungen | - | Heidelberg | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Jena | Klinik für Innere Medizin IV | - | Jena | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Tübingen | Medizinische Klinik - Innere Medizin I | - | Tübingen | Germany |
- | Universitätsspital Zürich | Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie | - | Zurich | Switzerland |
- | UPMC Presbyterian & Shadyside | Digestive Disorders Center | - | Pittsburgh, PA | United States |
Methodology:
The ranking features the top 200 hospitals in both Oncology and Cardiology and the top 100 in Endocrinology, Neurology, Gastroenterology and Orthopedics. While global top hospitals are represented in multiple medical fields, leading specialized hospitals that are highly renowned in one or two specific medical fields or treatments also made it into the list in their specialization.
Hospitals which are not accessible to the public and/or are very small were excluded from the ranking since they were very unlikely to receive enough recommendations to make the final list.
The ranking is based solely on peer recommendations for specific areas of expertise from a global survey of medical professionals. Based on the underlying methodology, each list includes a ranking of the 50 best global hospitals, while ranks 51 to 100/200 are sorted alphabetically. Download the full methodology here.
Licensing Information:
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Global Board of Medical Experts:
The global board of medical experts was founded by Statista to support the World's Best Hospital Project. The board is an independent body that is tasked with the continuous development of the quality and scope of the project. Current members of the board of experts are listed here.