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 | Adult Neurology and Neurosurgery | - | Rochester, MN | United States |
2 | Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière | Département De Neurologie | - | Paris | France |
3 | National Hospital For Neurology and Neurosurgery - Queen Square | Neurology | - | London | United Kingdom |
4 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | CharitéCentrum 15 | - | Berlin | Germany |
5 | Massachusetts General Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Boston, MA | United States |
6 | Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta | Neurologico | - | Milan | Italy |
7 | Cleveland Clinic | Neurological Institute | - | Cleveland, OH | United States |
8 | Asan Medical Center | Department of Neurology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
9 | The Johns Hopkins Hospital | Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery | - | Baltimore, MD | United States |
10 | Juntendo University Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Tokyo | Japan |
11 | Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg | Neurologische Klinik | - | Heidelberg | Germany |
12 | Universitätsklinikum Freiburg | Klinik für Neurologie und Neurophysiologie | - | Freiburg | Germany |
13 | Seoul National University - Bundang Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Seongnam | South Korea |
14 | Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo | Neurologia | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
15 | Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville | Neurology service | - | Melbourne | Australia |
16 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell | Neurology & Neurosurgery Services | - | New York, NY | United States |
17 | The Catholic University Of Korea - Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
18 | The University of Tokyo Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Tokyo | Japan |
19 | The Mount Sinai Hospital | Neurology Department | - | New York, NY | United States |
20 | Universitätsklinikum Bonn | Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie | - | Bonn | Germany |
21 | Mayo Clinic - Phoenix | Neurology and Neurosurgery | - | Phoenix, AZ | United States |
22 | Clinica Universidad de Navarra | Departamento de Neurología | - | Pamplona | Spain |
23 | Barnes-Jewish Hospital | Neurology & Neurosurgery | - | Saint Louis, MO | United States |
24 | Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz | Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie | - | Mainz | Germany |
25 | Hospital Universitario La Paz | Servicio de Neurología | - | Madrid | Spain |
26 | Montreal General Hospital - McGill University Health Centre | The Neuro | - | Montreal | Canada |
27 | Universitätsklinikum Erlangen | Neurologische Klinik | - | Erlangen | Germany |
28 | Chung-Ang University Hospital | Neurology Department | - | Seoul | South Korea |
29 | Universitätsklinikum Tübingen | Neurologische Klinik | - | Tübingen | Germany |
30 | Samsung Medical Center | Neuroscience Center | - | Seoul | South Korea |
31 | Brigham And Women's Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Boston, MA | United States |
32 | Tottori University Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Yonago | Japan |
33 | Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli | Dipartimento di scienze dell'invecchiamento, neurologiche, ortopediche e della testa-collo | - | Rome | Italy |
34 | Fondazione Istituto Neurologico C. Mondino | Neurologico | - | Pavia | Italy |
35 | Nagoya University Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Nagoya | Japan |
36 | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian | Neurology | - | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
37 | Klinikum der Universität München | Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik | - | Munich | Germany |
38 | Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital | General Neurology Clinic | - | Stanford, CA | United States |
39 | Centre hospitalier universitaire Lille | Neurologie | - | Lille Cedex | France |
40 | Fondation Rothschild | Service de Neurologie | - | Paris | France |
41 | National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry | Neurology | - | Tokyo | Japan |
42 | Hospital for Sick Children | Division of Neurology | - | Toronto | Canada |
43 | Toronto General - University Health Network | Krembil Neuroscience Centre | - | Toronto | Canada |
44 | Policlinico Umberto I | Clinica neurologia | - | Rome | Italy |
45 | Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München | Neurologische Klinik | - | Munich | Germany |
46 | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Division of Neurology | - | Toronto | Canada |
47 | Hôpital Lyon Sud (HCL) | Service de neurologie clinique et fonctionnelle | - | Pierre Benite | France |
48 | Universitätsklinikum Köln | Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie | - | Cologne | Germany |
49 | Universitätsspital Basel | Neurologisch-Neurochirurgische Poliklinik | - | Basel | Switzerland |
50 | Hospital For Special Surgery | Department of Neurology | - | New York, NY | United States |
- | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Neurology & Neurosurgery | - | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
- | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire - Poitiers | Service de neurologie | - | Poitiers | France |
- | CHU Grenoble - Site Nord | Service Universitaire de Neurologie | - | La Tronche | France |
- | Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital | Cleveland Clinic’s Neurological Institute | - | Cleveland, OH | United States |
- | Duke University Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Durham, NC | United States |
- | Emory University Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Atlanta, GA | United States |
- | Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata | U.O.C. Neurologia | - | Rome | Italy |
- | Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda | Dipartimento Neuroscienze (Neurologia e Stroke Unit) | - | Milan | Italy |
- | Hanyang University Medical Center | Department of Neurology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | Henry Ford Hospital | Neuroscience Institute | - | Detroit, MI | United States |
- | Hôpital de Hautepierre | Hôpital de jour - Neurologie | - | Strasbourg | France |
- | Hôpital Henri-Mondor | Service de Neurologie | - | Creteil | France |
- | Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph | Neurologie | - | Paris | France |
- | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona | Instituto Clínic de Neurociencias | - | Barcelona | Spain |
- | Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón | Servicio de Neurología | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein | Neurology | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | Hospital Ramón y Cajal | Servicio de Neurología | - | Madrid | Spain |
- | Hospital Sirio Libanes | Neurologia | - | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
- | Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron | Servicio de Neurología | - | Barcelona | Spain |
- | Houston Methodist Hospital | Neurological Institute | - | Houston, TX | United States |
- | Inselspital Bern | Universitätsklinik für Neurologie | - | Bern | Switzerland |
- | Istituto Clinico Humanitas | Neuro Center | - | Milan | Italy |
- | Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | Department of Neurology | - | Baltimore, MD | United States |
- | Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset | Neurologmottagningen | - | Solna | Sweden |
- | Korea University - Anam Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | Kyoto University Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Kyoto | Japan |
- | Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) - Cluse-Roseraie | Unité des maladies neurovasculaires | - | Geneva | Switzerland |
- | Mayo Clinic - Health System In Eau Claire | Neurology | - | Eau Claire, WI | United States |
- | Medizinische Hochschule Hannover | Klinik für Neurologie | - | Hanover | Germany |
- | Mount Sinai Hospital | Clinical Neurophysiology Lab | - | Toronto | Canada |
- | Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Neurology | - | Chicago, IL | United States |
- | NYU Langone Hospitals | Department of Neurology | - | New York, NY | United States |
- | Ospedale San Raffaele - Gruppo San Donato | Neurologia | - | Milan | Italy |
- | Presidio Ospedaliero Molinette - A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza | Dipartimento Neuroscienze e Salute Mentale | - | Turin | Italy |
- | RKU - Universitäts- und Rehabilitationskliniken Ulm | Neurologische Universitätsklinik | - | Ulm | Germany |
- | Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center | Department of Neurology | - | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
- | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | Department of Neurosurgery | - | Sydney | Australia |
- | Seoul National University Hospital | Department of Neurology | - | Seoul | South Korea |
- | St. Luke's International Hospital | Neurology Department | - | Tokyo | Japan |
- | St. Michael’s Hospital | Neuro-Oncology | - | Toronto | Canada |
- | Strong Memorial Hospital - University of Rochester | Department of Neurology | - | Rochester, NY | United States |
- | UCSF Medical Center | Neurology Clinic | - | San Francisco, CA | United States |
- | Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt | Klinik für Neurologie | - | Frankfurt am Main | Germany |
- | Universitätsklinikum Münster | Klinik für Neurologie | - | Münster | Germany |
- | Universitätsspital Zürich | Klinik für Neurologie | - | Zurich | Switzerland |
- | University College Hospital | National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery | - | London | United Kingdom |
- | University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center | University Hospitals Neurological Institute | - | Cleveland, OH | United States |
- | University of Michigan Hospitals - Michigan Medicine | Department of Neurology | - | Ann Arbor, MI | United States |
- | UT Southwestern Medical Center | Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics | - | Dallas, TX | United States |
- | Yale New Haven Hospital | Yale New Haven Hospital Neurosciences | - | New Haven, CT | 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:
If your hospital is listed above, you can find out more about the licensing options visiting the Statista website.
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.