Best Hospitals: UCSF Medical Center Ranked No. 7 in U.S.

A Peninsula teaching hospital garned national honors this week when it was named to the Honor Roll of medical centers in U.S. News and World Reports annual rankings.

The University of California at San Francisco Medical Center tied for the No. 7 spot on the list with New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, N.Y. 

UCSF Medical Center also ranked No. 2 among California hospitals, a rating it shared with Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto. 

The rankings, now in their 24th year, cover nearly 5,000 medical centers across the country and span 16 medical specialties, from cancer to neurology & neurosurgery. Hospitals that rank near the top of at least six specialties earn a spot on the Honor Roll. Just 18 distinguished hospitals made this year's list, with UCSF Medical Center among that elite group, the Huffington Post reported.

(View the U.S. News and World Report ranking here.)

The report also breaks down the rankings by medical specialty, state and city.

UCSF Medical Center ranked nationally in 13 adult and nine pediatric specialties. It was also high-performing in two adult specialties: Cardiology & Heart Surgery and Psychiatry.

Stanford also ranked nationally in 13 adult specialties and was high-performing in two adult specialties: Diabetes & Endocrinology and Rehabilitation.

California has 15 hospitals that are nationally ranked, and 46 other hospitals met standards for strong performance within the state. Here are the Bay Area hospitals that earned honors:

• # 11 John Muir Medical Center in Concord. It also got a nod nationally.
• #26: Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center in Santa Clara.
• #33 Washington Hospital in Fremont.
• #37 California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose and Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City.