BEST U.S. HOSPITALS 2009

Each year, U.S. News and World Report rates America's hospitals. As a service to our readers, we are including this in our Resources section. In addition to their pick of the top hospitals in the country, we've also listed their top hospitals in six primary categories.

Please note that this listing DOES NOT indicate an endorsement from U.S. Air Ambulance.

OVERALL TOP HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore: 410/955-5000
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: 507/284-2511
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles: 800/825-2631
Cleveland Clinic: 216/444-2200
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston: 617/726-2000
New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia & Cornell: 212/305-2500
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center: 415/476-9000
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA: 617/732-5500
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC: 800/275-3853
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: 800/789-PENN (7366)
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle: 206/543-2544
Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis: 314/747-3000
University of Michigan Hospital & Health System, Ann Arbor: 734/936-4000
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: 412/647-8762
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville: 615/322-50002
Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Stanford, CA: 650/723-4000
University of Chicago Medical Center: 800/824-0200
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles:310/4-CEDARS (423-3277)
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT: 203/688-4242

REHABILITATION HOSPITALS

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago: 312/238-1059
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle: 206/543-2544
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, NJ: 888/537-7537
Memorial Hermann TIRR, Houston: 713/799-5000
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: 507/284-2511
Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO: 303/789-8000
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston: 617/573-7000
Rusk Institute, NYU Medical Center, NYC: 212/967-0658
Shepherd Center, Atlanta: 404/352-2020
Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus 614/293-8333
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC: 202/877-1000
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia: 215/955-6000
Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Dallas: 214/820-9300
UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Ctr, Pittsburgh: 800/533-UPMC (8762)
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore: 410/955-5000
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, CA: 562/401-7111
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York: 800/637-4624
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia: 800/96-MAGEE (62433)
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland: 216/444-2200

ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITALS

Hospital for Special Surgery, NYC: 212/606-1000
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: 507/284-2511
Cleveland Clinic: 216/444-2200
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston: 617/726-2000
New York - Presbyterian Univ. Hosp. of Columbia and Cornell, New York:212/305
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore: 410/955-5000 0
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC: 800/275-3853
NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York: 212/598-6000
UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh: 800/533-UPMC (8762)
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago: 312/942-5000
Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis: 314/747-3000
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City: 319/358-7546
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle: 206/543-2544
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston: 617/732-5500
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia: 215/955-6000
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles: 800/UCLA-MD1 (825-2631)
University Hospitals Care Medical Center, Cleveland: 866/UH4-CARE (844-2273)
Clarion Health, Indianapolis:800/899-8448
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center: 415/476-9000

CANCER HOSPITALS

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston: 713/792-2121
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC: 212/639-2000
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore: 410/955-5000
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: 507/284-2511
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston: 617/632-3000
University of Washington Cancer Center, Seattle: 206/543-2544
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston: 617/726-2000
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center: 415/476-9000
Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford: 650/723-4000
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC: 800/275-3853
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: 800/789-PENN (7366)
Cleveland Clinic: 216/444-2200
Vanderbilt University Medical Center: 615/322-5000
Fox Chase Cancer Center and Research Institute, Philadelphia: 215/728-6900
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa:888/MOFFITT (663-3488)
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor: 734/936-4000
University of Chicago Medical Center: 800/824-0200
Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital, Columbus: 614/293-5066

HEART & HEART SURGERY HOSPITALS

Cleveland Clinic: 216/444-2200
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: 507/284-2511
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore: 410/955-5000
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston: 617/726-2000
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston: 617/732-5500
New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia & Cornell: 212/305-2500
Texas Heart Institute as St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, St. Louis: 832/355-1000
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC: 800/275-3853
Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis: 314/747-3000
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 800/825-2631
Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford: 650/723-4000
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: 800/789-PENN (7366)
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta: 404/778-7777
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak: 248/898-5000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles: 310/4-CEDARS (423-3277)
NYU Medical Center, New York: 212/598-6000
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.: 202/877-7000
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor: 734/936-4000
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago: 312/926-2000

NEUROLOGY & NEUROSURGERY HOSPITALS

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: 507/284-2511
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore: 410/955-5000
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston: 617/726-2000
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center: 415/476-9000
New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia & Cornell: 212/305-2500
Cleveland Clinic: 216/444-2200
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles: 800/825-2631
Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis: 314/747-3000
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix: 602/406-4922
NYU Medical Center, New York: 212/598-6000
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago: 312/926-2000
Methodist Hospital, Houston: 713/792-2860
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta: 404/778-7777
UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: 800/533-UPMC (8762)
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago: (888) 352-RUSH (7875)
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York: 800/637-4624
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles: 310/4-CEDARS (423-3277)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas: 214/648-3111
University of Chicago Medical Center: 800/824-0200

PEDIATRICS HOSPITALS

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: 215/590-1000
Children's Hospital of Boston: 617/355-6000
Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore: 410/955-5000
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston: 832/824-1000
New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley-Komansky Children's Hospital:212/305-KIDS (5491)
Children's Hospital, Denver: 303/861-8888
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: 800/344-2462
St. Louis Children's Hospital-Washington University: 314/454-6000
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles: 323/660-2450
Children's Medical Center (Dallas): 214/456-2000