According to U.S. News’ annual survey, UCLA Health System’s hospitals have ranked among the nation’s best and they have been named to the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals 2014-15 Honor Roll. The hospitals, located in Westwood and Santa Monica, have ranked No. 5 in the county and No. 1 in both California and the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
This is the 25th rendition of the annual rankings, which are considered the magazine’s most exclusive rankings. This year, they only highlighted 17 out of nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide. The list recognizes hospitals that excel at treating patients who need an especially high level of care.
A hospital must rank in the top tier of at least six specialty areas to be included in the U.S. News ranking.
According to a release, “UCLA ranked highly in 15 of the 16 specialties: cancer at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (ranked No. 9 nationally); cardiology and heart surgery (12); diabetes and endocrinology (9); ear, nose and throat (11); gastroenterology and GI surgery (5); geriatrics (3); gynecology;(11); nephrology (8); neurology and neurosurgery (7); ophthalmology at Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes (5); orthopedics (11); psychiatry at the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA (8); pulmonology(16); rheumatology (8); and urology (4).”
UCLA also has medical offices in Malibu.