Mount Sinai Hospital earns top rankings of the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of US News & World Report -
By winning "top rankings" in six of the 16 medical specialties, the Mount Sinai hospital achieved the status of "Honor roll" in this year of US News & World Report "Best hospitals" guide.
Another Health System Mount Sinai Hospital to be nationally ranked in 2014 was the eye of New York and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (No. 10 in ophthalmology). Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Roosevelt Mount Sinai were classified at the regional level.
"We are proud of our US News rankings that we are committed to innovative medicine and a team approach to personalized patient care," said Kenneth L. Davis, MD , CEO and President of the Mount Sinai health system. "In this changing landscape of health care, Mount Sinai continues to provide coordinated care to ensure high quality outcomes for our patients. We are also committed to develop breakthrough therapies and treatments, and we continue to recruit and retain the best physicians, researchers, and medical personnel. "
US News ranks the best hospitals in the country every year, and Mount Sinai ranked 16th on the list of 17 best roll of honor hospitals in the United States this year.
The Mount Sinai Hospital ranked in the top ten in four of the 16 measured specialties: Geriatrics (# 2), gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery (9) Ear, Nose & Throat (Otolaryngology, No. 10), and cardiology and heart surgery (No. 10). Mount Sinai Services of Rehabilitation Medicine (No. 14), Neurology and Neurosurgery (No. 15), and diabetes and endocrinology (No. 17) were ranked in the top 20 national. Other specialties in the top 50 were Urology (No. 27) Nephrology (No. 47) and cancer (No. 48). The hospital has also been recognized as "high performance" in gynecology, orthopedics, psychiatry and Pulmonology.
"Mount Sinai groundbreaking discoveries that led to improved methods of diagnosis and treatment of human disease a legacy," said Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean Mount Sinai School of Medicine and president for academic Affairs, health system Mount Sinai. "Currently, we are recruiting doctors and scientists to literally flow each department of the Institute, thus ensuring that we will continue to be the cutting edge of biomedical science and clinical excellence. "
" We congratulate the staff of the Mount Sinai Hospital on their dedication to quality, safety and service in the treatment of our patients in our community and beyond, "said David L. Reich, MD, President and COO of Mount Sinai Hospital and Professor Horace W. Goldsmith anesthesiology, the Icahn school of medicine at Mount Sinai. "Their efforts have resulted in these exemplary rankings US News , and I remain convinced that our staff will ensure that Mount Sinai and our entire health system are held in high esteem for years to come . "
with the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai health system hospitals Mount Sinai has received recognition in the" best hospitals "rankings were:
• Mount Sinai Beth Israel, who made the appointment of high performance in six specialties, up from five last year: Ear, Nose & Throat, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, nephrology, and neurology and neurosurgery
• Mount Sinai St. Luke's / Roosevelt Mount Sinai, all classified by US News has obtained the status of high performance in five specialties. Ear nose and throat; Geriatrics, Urology, Nephrology, and neurology and neurosurgery.
Moreover, Mount Sinai Hospital was ranked third regional ranking in both New York City and New York Metro Area, while New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Mount Sinai St. Luke's / Roosevelt Mount Sinai were classified in 12th, 20th and 24th positions in the New York area, respectively.
Go to http://www.usnews.com/besthospitals to view the 2014-2015 edition of "Best Hospitals", which will be on newsstands Monday, August 25.
Here 2014- 2015 US News & World Report ranking of Mount Sinai:
Geriatrics - No. 2 (against 4 last year)
Gastroenterology - No. 9
Cardiology / Surgery heart - No. 10 (against 13 last year)
Ear, Nose & Throat - No. 10
Rehabilitation Medicine - No. 14
Neurology and neurosurgery - No. 15 (against No. 22 last year)
diabetes / Endocrinology - No. 17
urology - No. 27 (last year "high performance")
Nephrology - No. 47
Cancer - No. 48
Gynecology - efficient
Orthopaedics - efficient
Psychiatry - high-performance
Pulmonology - efficient
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