America's best hospitals 2011: Where to go for 16 common conditions
When it comes to treating tricky or life-threatening conditions, some hospitals are better than others. Here are the top three hospitals for each of 16 common conditions, as identified recently by U.S. News & World Report...
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Cancer
#1 University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (shown at left)
#2 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York CIty
#3 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
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Cardiology and heart surgery
#1 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland (shown at left)
#2 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
#3 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
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Diabetes and endocrinology
#1 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (shown at left)
#2 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
#3 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
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Ear, nose, and throat
#1 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (shown at left)
#2 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (TIE)
#2 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (TIE)
#4 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
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Gastroenterology
#1 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (shown at left)
#2 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
#3 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
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Geriatrics
#1 Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City (shown at left)
#2 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
#3 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
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Gynecology
#1 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (shown at left)
#2 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
#3 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
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Kidney disorders
#1 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (shown at left)
#2 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
#3 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
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Neurology and neurosurgery
#1 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (shown at left)
#2 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
#3 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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Ophthalmology
#1 Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami (shown at left)
#2 Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
#3 Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia
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Orthopedics
#1 Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City (shown at left)
#2 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
#3 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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Psychiatry
#1 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
#2 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
#3 McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass.
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Pulmonology
#1 National Jewish Health, Denver (shown at left)
#2 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
#3 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
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Rehabilitation
#1 Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago (shown at left)
#2 Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, N.J.
#3 University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
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Rheumatology
#1 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (shown at left)
#2 Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City
#3 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
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Urology
#1 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (shown at left)
#2 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
#3 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
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