17 Georgia Hospitals Make U.S. Top Hospitals List

So much love for all our #frontline hospital workers! You guys are the real MVP's. 17 GA hospitals acknowledged as best in the nation.

U.S. News & World Report just released their 2020 lists of the best hospitals around the nation. This was pre-pandemic data that helped compile the year's list, but rest assured we have some of the greatest in the nation during the pandemic as well!

Emory University Hospital in Atlanta ranked as the top Georgia medical facility in the state, with 8 adult specialties. Just behind that was Emory St. Joseph's Hospital ranked for 1 adult specialty. Piedmont Atlanta, Emory Midtown, and Northside Hospital rounded out the best 5 in Georgia on the national list.

All of the 2020 hospitals where ranked on specialty, region and overall. Here is the complete list.

BEST OVERALL (HONOR ROLL):

1. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
2. Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH
3. Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD

BEST FOR CANCER:

1. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX
2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY
3. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN

Emory University Hospital ranked #40 overall, #1 in Georgia

BEST FOR CARDIOLOGY AND HEART SURGERY:

1. Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH
2. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
3. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A.

Emory University Hospital ranked #45 overall, #1 in Georgia

Best Hospitals For Neurology & Neurosurgery

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD
2. UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, CA
3. NY Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell in New York, NY

EMORY University Hospital #20 overall, #1 in GA

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Full list of best hospitals in Georgia who ranked in the top for the U.S.:

• 1.Emory University Hospital, Atlanta; nationally ranked in eight adult specialties
• 2.Emory St. Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta; nationally ranked in one adult specialty
• 3.Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, Atlanta
• 4.Northside Hospital, Atlanta; nationally ranked in one adult specialty
• 5.Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta; nationally ranked in one adult specialty
• 6.Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville
• 6.WellStar Kennestone Hospital, Marietta
• 8.Northside Hospital-Forsyth, Cumming
• 9.Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville
• 9.University Hospital, Augusta
• 11.Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens
• 12.Piedmont Fayette Hospital, Fayetteville
• 12.St. Joseph's Hospital, Savannah
• 14.Memorial Health University Medical Center,Savannah
• 14.Navicent Health Medical Center, Macon
• Honorable mention: Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta was nationally ranked in 10 different specialties