COLUMBUS, Ohio — The U.S. News and World Report has released its 2024-2025 ranking of best U.S. hospitals across a variety of categories from cancer to geriatrics to orthopedics and more.
If you live in or near Ohio and need specialized care, you may be in luck. Several Ohio hospitals have ranked high in various disciplines, including The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
“Ohio State has a long legacy of excellence in quality, safety and patient experience, and that’s made possible because of the expertise, dedication and compassion of our faculty and staff,” said John J. Warner, chief executive officer of Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, in a press release. “These results demonstrate our commitment to offer breakthrough health care solutions that transform people’s lives and the communities in which we live.”
According to the release, the report looks at more than 4,500 hospitals and only ranks the top ones in each discipline.
Here are the hospital’s rankings in each category:
- Cardiology, heart and vascular surgery — rank 43
- ENT — rank 33
- Obstetrics and gynecology — rank 28
- Neurology and neurosurgery — rank 36
- Pulmonology and lung surgery — rank 27
- Rehabilitation — rank 37
- Urology — rank 24
The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital was also ranked 32 in the category for cancer.
For the whole state of Ohio, the Wexner Medical Center ranked second, just behind Cleveland Clinic.
“As an academic medical center, Ohio State’s faculty, researchers and learners are working side-by-side to ensure patients receive innovative care while training the health care workforce of tomorrow,” said Carol R. Bradford, dean of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, in the release. “This bench-to-bedside approach to care is evident in our exceptional patient health outcomes.”