U.S. News Best Hospitals Data: Ophthalmology

U.S. News Best Hospitals

Top-Ranked Hospitals for Ophthalmology

Best Hospitals Rankings Methodology

The 18 hospitals ranked in Ophthalmology were named as among the best for challenging cases and procedures by at least 5 percent of the ophthalmology specialists who responded to U.S. News surveys in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Another 86 hospitals received nominations from one or more physicians. They are listed alphabetically below the ranked hospitals.

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Top Doctors: Ophthalmology
Rank Hospital Reputation with specialists
#1 Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami
Miami, FL
78.10

Very strong

#2 Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
77.10

Very strong

#3 Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
68.70

Very strong

#4 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
37.00

Strong

#5 Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
36.70

Strong

#6 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, IA
23.30

Strong

#7 Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
18.70

Strong

#8 New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, N.Y.
New York, NY
12.10

Significant

#9 Doheny Eye Institute, USC University Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
11.50

Significant

#10 UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
10.60

Significant

#11 Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
10.50

Significant

#12 Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University
Saint Louis, MO
10.30

Significant

#13 Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
9.70

Significant

#14 Cullen Eye Institute-Baylor, Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
7.80

Significant

#15 Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA
7.20

Significant

#16 W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
6.10

Significant

#17 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
5.90

Significant

#18 New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
New York, NY
5.50

Significant

Advocate Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn, IL
0.40

Modest

Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY
0.40

Modest

Baptist Medical Center
Jacksonville, FL
0.50

Modest

Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI
1.90

Modest

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
0.80

Modest

California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
0.40

Modest

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
0.40

Modest

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