CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Newsweek has named nine specialties, seven best in the state, at UVa Health University Medical Center and Children’s in their 2025 list of America’s Best Specialized Hospitals and America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. Three specialties at UVA Health’s Children’s are named among best in the nation, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery ranked 28th, endocrinology 29th, and cardiology and cardiac surgery 32nd. All three specialties were ranked best in the state.
At University Medical Center, orthopedics ranked 32nd, neurology 41st, cancer treatment 45th, cardiac 45th, pulmonary 73rd, and endocrinology 109th. Orthopedics, neurology, cancer, and cardiac were all ranked best in Virginia. The criteria used to assemble the rankings include hospital quality metrics, surveys of specialists in each field and patient-experience surveys.
“One of our goals in UVA Health’s 10-year strategic plan is to create destination programs that enable residents from across Virginia to receive world-class care close to home,” said Mitchell H. Rosner, MD, interim executive vice president for health affairs at the University of Virginia. “These honors from Newsweek highlight the incredible care provided by teams across the medical center.”…