Seven UF Health specialties among nation’s best in new U.S. News hospital rankings
Press release from UF Health
BY BILL LEVESQUE
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Seven University of Florida Health Shands Hospital medical specialties are ranked among the best in the nation, once again marking UF Health as an elite health system, according to the 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” report.
The specialties recognized by U.S. News are neurology and neurosurgery (No. 33); otolaryngology, also known as ear, nose, and throat (No. 35); urology (No. 38); obstetrics and gynecology (No. 41); geriatrics (No. 43); orthopaedics (No. 46); and pulmonology and lung surgery (No. 48), its 15th consecutive year ranked among the nation’s best.
U.S. News surveyed about 4,500 eligible hospitals. Of those, just 160 are ranked in the nation’s top 50 in at least one specialty.
“We are deeply honored to have so many of our specialties recognized by U.S. News for the elite level of care they provide patients,” said Stephen J. Motew, M.D., M.H.A., president and CEO of UF Health’s clinical enterprise.
“This speaks volumes about the skill and tireless dedication of every member of our health care team,” he added. “Their multidisciplinary care brings to bear systemwide expertise across UF Health’s hospitals and practices, allowing us to provide a level of comprehensive and compassionate care unequaled in Florida.”
Additionally, the adult specialties of cancer, cardiology, heart and vascular surgery, and gastrointestinal and gastrointestinal surgery were rated as “high performing.” That means they were ranked among the top 10% nationally.
UF Health Shands is also “high performing” in 17 adult procedures and treated conditions. Those are acute kidney failure; aortic valve surgery; colon cancer surgery; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD; gynecological cancer surgery; heart attack; heart failure; hip fracture; hip replacement; knee replacement; leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma; lung cancer surgery; pneumonia; prostate cancer surgery; spinal fusion; stroke; and transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
U.S. News uses a complex formula to rank hospitals using a wide array of data from multiple sources, including the hospitals surveyed, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and others. U.S. News measures patient outcomes, including the average discharge to home and mortality rates, nurse staffing, patient experience, expert opinion, and many other metrics.
U.S. News’ 2023-24 pediatric survey, released last year, ranked four UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital specialties in the nation’s top 50 programs: diabetes and endocrinology (No. 10), pulmonology and lung surgery (No. 24), cardiology and heart surgery (No. 26), and neonatology (No. 35).
We have some great options for healthcare in town, and for that, we are lucky!
Yeah, good luck getting in to see any providers at Shands, they are either leaving or left already, or they are booked full and you can’t get in until 2026 sometime.
UF shands has been great! My woman has/had stage 3 colon cancer and they have been awesome! Saved her life!
They do have some of the best drs around but why schedule appt if they ain’t gonna show up on time and make you late for other appts
They saved my newborn daughters life, and for that, I will always be grateful.
UF has some of the best doctors in the world. Gainesville also benefits from many excellent doctors who trained at UF or who left UF for non-academic practice. UF doctors enjoy sovereign immunity with regard to limits on medical liability lawsuits.