UCSF Medical Center Rankings

Adult Specialties
Nationally ranked Cancer
High performing Cardiology & Heart Surgery
Nationally ranked Diabetes & Endocrinology
Nationally ranked Ear, Nose & Throat
High performing Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
Nationally ranked Geriatrics
Nationally ranked Gynecology
Nationally ranked Nephrology
Nationally ranked Neurology & Neurosurgery
Nationally ranked Ophthalmology
Nationally ranked Orthopedics
Psychiatry
High performing Pulmonology
Rehabilitation
Nationally ranked Rheumatology
Nationally ranked Urology
Children's Specialties
Nationally ranked Cancer
Nationally ranked Cardiology & Heart Surgery
Nationally ranked Diabetes & Endocrinology
Nationally ranked Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
Nationally ranked Neonatology
Nationally ranked Nephrology
Nationally ranked Neurology & Neurosurgery
Nationally ranked Pulmonology
Nationally ranked Urology

Pulmonology

best Rank in this specialty
#NA
Overall Score in this Specialty
62.8 / 100

Reputation with specialists

Significant

50

Score: 7.8%

Significant=3.0%-​14.9%

Survival

As expected

50

Score: 5

As expected=5-​6

Success in keeping patients safe

Moderate

50

Score: 2

Moderate=2 out of 3

Preventing deaths from treatable complications

Moderate

50

Score: 2

Moderate=2 out of 3

Preventing collapsed lung after surgery

Limited

5

Score: 1

Limited=1 out of 3

Preventing major bleeding after surgery

Limited

5

Score: 1

Limited=1 out of 3

Preventing respiratory failure after surgery

Moderate

50

Score: 2

Moderate=2 out of 3

Preventing incisions from reopening after surgery

Superior

100

Score: 3

Superior=3 out of 3

Preventing accidental injuries during surgery

Limited

5

Score: 1

Limited=1 out of 3

Patient volume

High

75

2,377 discharges

High=2,000-​2,499

Nurse staffing

Highest

100

Score: 2.5

Highest=2.0 or above

Nurse Magnet hospital

Score: x

Advanced technologies

Highest

100

Score: 6

Highest=6 out of 6

Patient services

Number of important patient services available in this specialty

Highest

100

Score: 8

Highest=8 out of 8

Trauma center

Score: x

Intensivists

Score: √

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