America's Best Neurological Hospitals 2024

America's Best Neurological Hospitals 2024

Neurology, the treatment of disorders that affect the brain and nervous system, is among the most important medical specialties. Focusing on conditions like brain injuries, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and multiple sclerosis, neurological centers provide treatment for people affected by a wide range of debilitating conditions.

In 2023, venture investments in U.S.-based neurology companies totaled $1.14 billion, according to market research firm Statista. Despite the industry's financial significance, though, there are relatively few neurologists employed in the U.S.—only 9,350 of them altogether, Statista added. This makes specialized medical centers particularly valuable to patients with neurological disorders.

To help identify which hospitals stand out as the best in their field, Newsweek has partnered with Statista for our first ranking of America's Best Neurological Centers. The list is based on data compiled from health care professionals working in neurology, hospital quality metrics, results from patient experience surveys, and a Statista survey on whether each facility has implemented Patient-Reported Outcome Measures, or PROMs, to optimize care.

The ranking cites 175 U.S. centers as the most highly regarded for diagnosing and treating neurological conditions.

These facilities have delivered remarkable results for patients with complex, sometimes life-threatening conditions. Their inclusion here highlights their achievements and serves as a guide for individuals needing such care.

Rank	Hospital Name	City	State	Notable Treatment	PROMs survey
1	Mayo Clinic - Rochester	Rochester	Minnesota	Brain tumor surgery, Epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis, Neurological infections (e.g., Meningitis), Parkinson's disease, Spinal fusion
2	Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts	Brain tumor surgery, Epilepsy, Neurological infections (e.g., Meningitis), Parkinson's disease, Spinal fusion
3	NYU Langone Hospitals	New York	New York	Epilepsy, Parkinson's disease
4	UCLA Health - Ronald Reagan Medical Center	Los Angeles	California	Brain tumor surgery, Epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis
5	UCSF Medical Center	San Francisco	California	Brain tumor surgery, Epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis, Neurological infections (e.g., Meningitis), Parkinson's disease, Spinal fusion
6	The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	Maryland	Brain tumor surgery, Epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis, Neurological infections (e.g., Meningitis), Parkinson's disease, Spinal fusion
7	Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital	Stanford	California	Brain tumor surgery, Epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis
8	New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell	New York	New York	Epilepsy, Parkinson's disease
9	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	California	Epilepsy, Neurological infections (e.g., Meningitis), Parkinson's disease
10	Cleveland Clinic	Cleveland	Ohio	Brain tumor surgery, Epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis, Neurological infections (e.g., Meningitis), Parkinson's disease, Spinal fusion
11	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease
12	The Mount Sinai Hospital	New York	New York
13	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts	Parkinson's disease
14	Northwestern Memorial Hospital	Chicago	Illinois	Brain tumor surgery
15	Duke University Hospital	Durham	North Carolina	Brain tumor surgery
16	Mayo Clinic - Phoenix	Phoenix	Arizona
17	Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville	Jacksonville	Florida	Brain tumor surgery, Parkinson's disease, Spinal fusion
18	Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center	Phoenix	Arizona	Brain tumor surgery, Epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Spinal fusion
19	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville	Tennessee
20	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago	Illinois	Epilepsy
21	Emory University Hospital	Atlanta	Georgia	Brain tumor surgery, Parkinson's disease, Spinal fusion
22	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston	Texas
23	Barnes-Jewish Hospital	Saint Louis	Missouri
24	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago	Illinois
25	University of Michigan Health	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Epilepsy
26	Keck Hospital of USC	Los Angeles	California
27	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	Massachusetts
28	Hospital for Special Surgery	New York	New York
29	Yale New Haven Hospital	New Haven	Connecticut	Epilepsy
30	Baylor University Medical Center	Dallas	Texas	Parkinson's disease
31	University of Washington Medical Center	Seattle	Washington
32	UT Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas	Texas	Epilepsy
33	Jefferson Health - Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Epilepsy
34	UF Health Shands Hospital	Gainesville	Florida
35	Ohio State University - Wexner Medical Center	Columbus	Ohio
36	Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health	San Diego	California
37	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville	Virginia
38	University of Utah Hospital	Salt Lake City	Utah
39	University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland	Ohio
40	Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	Maryland	Brain tumor surgery
41	Henry Ford Hospital	Detroit	Michigan
42	University of Kansas Hospital	Kansas City	Kansas
43	University of Wisconsin Hospitals	Madison	Wisconsin
44	UPMC Presbyterian & Shadyside	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania
45	Lahey Hospital and Medical Center	Burlington	Massachusetts
46	Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts
47	Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital	Royal Oak	Michigan
48	University of Cincinnati Medical Center	Cincinnati	Ohio
49	Cleveland Clinic - Hillcrest Hospital	Mayfield Heights	Ohio	Epilepsy
50	Mayo Clinic - Health System in Eau Claire	Eau Claire	Wisconsin
51	Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	New Jersey
52	North Shore University Hospital	Manhasset	New York
53	Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center	Los Angeles	California
54	Long Island Jewish Medical Center	New Hyde Park	New York
55	Boston Medical Center	Boston	Massachusetts
56	University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	Maryland	Parkinson's disease
57	Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital	Lake Forest	Illionis
58	Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla	La Jolla	California
59	Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center	Houston	Texas
60	OHSU Hospital	Portland	Oregon
61	University of California - Davis Medical Center	Sacramento	California
62	Loma Linda University Medical Center	Loma Linda	California
63	Scripps Green Hospital	La Jolla	California
64	Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital	Winfield	Illinois
65	Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	Lebanon	New Hampshire
66	Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian	Newport Beach	California
67	Ochsner Medical Center	New Orleans	Louisiana
68	Cleveland Clinic - Fairview Hospital	Cleveland	Ohio
69	Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Wisconsin
70	Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center	Houston	Texas
71	Lenox Hill Hospital	New York	New York
72	University of Colorado Hospital	Aurora	Colorado
73	M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center	Minneapolis	Minnesota
74	Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	New Jersey
75	University of Miami Hospital	Miami	Florida
76	Baptist Hospital of Miami	Miami	Florida
77	Mount Sinai Morningside	New York	New York
78	UAB Hospital	Birmingham	Alabama
79	NorthShore Neurological Institute	Evanston	Illionis
80	Overlook Medical Center	Summit	New Jersey	Spinal fusion
81	Mount Sinai Beth Israel	New York	New York	Parkinson's disease
82	AdventHealth Orlando	Orlando	Florida
83	Penn State Health - Milton S. Hershey Medical Center	Hershey	Pennsylvania
84	Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center - Fort Worth	Fort Worth	Texas
85	UC Irvine Medical Center	Orange	California
86	Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital	Grand Rapids	Michigan
87	Emory University Hospital Midtown	Atlanta	Georgia
88	Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center	Charlotte	North Carolina
89	St. Francis Hospital	Roslyn	New York
90	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple	Temple	Texas
91	Virginia Mason Medical Center	Seattle	Washington
92	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Waxahachie	Waxahachie	Texas
93	Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare	La Crosse	Wisconsin
94	Pennsylvania Hospital	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
95	MUSC Health - University Medical Center	Charleston	South Carolina
96	Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville	Jacksonville	Florida
97	Maine Medical Center	Portland	Maine
98	Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange	Orange	California
99	Abbott Northwestern Hospital	Minneapolis	Minnesota
100	Intermountain Medical Center	Murray	Utah
101	Duke Health Raleigh Hospital	Raleigh	North Carolina
102	Advocate Lutheran General Hospital	Park Ridge	Illionis
103	University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics	Iowa City	Iowa
104	Duke Regional Hospital	Durham	North Carolina
105	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center	Milwaukee	Wisconsin
106	MedStar Georgetown University Hospital	Washington	Washington, D.C.
107	Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato	Mankato	Minnesota
108	St. Luke's Boise Medical Center	Boise	Idaho
109	Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital	Houston	Texas
110	Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital	Atlanta	Georgia
111	Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute	Kansas City	Missouri
112	Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital	The Woodlands	Texas
113	Stormont Vail Hospital	Topeka	Kansas
114	Norton Hospital	Louisville	Kentucky
115	St. David's Medical Center	Austin	Texas
116	Methodist Dallas Medical Center	Dallas	Texas
117	Morton Plant Hospital	Clearwater	Florida
118	Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital	Houston	Texas
119	Torrance Memorial Medical Center	Torrance	California
120	Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	New Jersey
121	Nebraska Medicine - Nebraska Medical Center	Omaha	Nebraska
122	Northwestern Medicine - Delnor Hospital	Geneva	Illionis
123	South Miami Hospital	South Miami	Florida
124	AdventHealth Parker	Parker	Colorado
125	OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital	Columbus	Ohio
126	New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital	Brooklyn	New York
127	Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem	North Carolina
128	Cleveland Clinic - Akron General	Akron	Ohio
129	Newton-Wellesley Hospital	Newton	Massachusetts
130	Queen's Medical Center	Honolulu	Hawaii
131	Sarasota Memorial Hospital	Sarasota	Florida
132	Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital	West Chester	Pennsylvania
133	Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center	Burbank	California
134	Northwell Health - Mather Hospital	Port Jefferson	New York
135	Mills-Peninsula Medical Center	Burlingame	California
136	MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center	Long Beach	California
137	Aurora Baycare Medical Center	Green Bay	Wisconsin
138	Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma
139	Memorial Hermann - Memorial City Medical Center	Houston	Texas
140	Dignity Health - Mercy Gilbert Medical Center	Gilbert	Arizona
141	California Pacific Medical Center	San Francisco	California
142	Providence St. Vincent Medical Center	Portland	Oregon
143	M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital	Edina	Minnesota
144	Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center	Athens	Georgia
145	Swedish Medical Center	Englewood	Colorado
146	Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital	Charlottesville	Virginia
147	University Health Lakewood Medical Center	Kansas City	Missouri
148	Saint Francis Hospital	Tulsa	Oklahoma
149	MedStar Washington Hospital Center	Washington	Washington, D.C.
150	Swedish Medical Center - Cherry Hill Campus	Seattle	Washington
151	Boone Hospital Center	Columbia	Missouri
152	Banner University Medical Center Tucson	Tucson	Arizona
153	Overlake Hospital Medical Center	Bellevue	Washington
154	Inova Loudoun Hospital	Leesburg	Virginia
155	Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital	Barrington	Illionis
156	United Regional Health Care System	Wichita Falls	Texas
157	Huntington Hospital	Huntington	New York
158	Lancaster General Hospital	Lancaster	Pennsylvania
159	Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital	West Bloomfield	Michigan
160	Sanford USD Medical Center	Sioux Falls	South Dakota
161	VCU Medical Center	Richmond	Virginia
162	Providence St. Jude Medical Center	Fullerton	California
163	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Plano	Plano	Texas
164	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock	Round Rock	Texas
165	Sutter Roseville Medical Center	Roseville	California
166	MaineGeneral Medical Center	Augusta	Maine
167	Adventist Health Glendale	Glendale	California
168	Our Lady of The Lake Regional Medical Center	Baton Rouge	Louisiana
169	Main Line Health - Lankenau Medical Center	Wynnewood	Pennsylvania
170	Montefiore Medical Center	Bronx	New York
171	Piedmont Atlanta Hospital	Atlanta	Georgia
172	Wentworth-Douglass Hospital	Dover	New Hampshire
173	Huntington Hospital	Pasadena	California
174	Inova Fairfax Hospital	Falls Church	Virginia
175	Tufts Medical Center	Boston	Massachusetts

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Statista and Newsweek have partnered to provide patients and family members with a comprehensive resource to informed decision making in finding the Best Specialized Hospitals in the United States for their specific treatment needs.

The America's Best Specialized Hospitals 2024 ranking awards the 200 leading cancer hospitals, 175 leading cardiac hospitals, 175 neurological hospitals, and the 175 leading orthopedic hospitals in the U.S.

The lists are based on four data sources:

1. Nationwide online survey

From April to May 2024 thousands of health care professionals and hospital managers with knowledge about the respective medical field were asked to recommend the leading specialized hospitals in the U.S. Recommendations for their own employer/ hospital were not allowed.

Participants were asked to rate the recommended cancer hospitals on a scale of 1-10 in the areas of: Social work program / supportive care services, psycho-oncological / psychosocial support, outpatient and inpatient palliative care, multidisciplinary care teams, cancer rehabilitation programs, patient education and counseling, clinical trials and research. For cardiac, neurological, and orthopedic hospitals the participants were asked to rate the following areas: Provision of care and patient safety, patient education and counseling, overall nurse staffing, technical equipment, and (with the exception of orthopedic hospitals) cardiac/neurological rehabilitation.

Additionally, participants could recommend the hospitals for notable treatments, conditions & surgeries which the hospitals offer.

These assessments and the recommendations were used to determine the reputation score, which has a weight of 40% of the overall score.

2. Results from patient surveys

Publicly available data from hospital surveys of patient experience during their hospitalizations. Survey topics included: cleanliness of the hospital, communication of the nurses/doctors, care transition, communication about medicines, discharge information, quietness, and staff responsiveness.

Those data were used to determine the patient experience score, which has a 15% weight of the overall score.

3. Hospital quality metrics

These are publicly available data from a variety of sources on indicators relevant to the respective medical fields. Data on infection prevention, vaccination rates (of staff), timely and effective care as well as on readmissions relevant to the field was available from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Hospitals with a 1-star rating from CMS were not eligible for the ranking. The CMS data accounts for 79.5% of the hospital quality metrics score.

From The Joint Commission, an independent, nonprofit hospital accreditation organization, data were available for hospital accreditations and certifications specific to respective medical fields. For Cancer Hospitals, accreditation from the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) was taken into consideration as well. The accreditations/certifications accounts for 5.5% of the hospital quality metrics score.

Additionally, the AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals Database has been included in the scoring model. The database contains data provided by more than 6,200 hospitals and 400 health care systems and features over 1,300 hospital data points. For America's Best Specialized Hospitals, structural and organizational data of hospital facilities was used to be included in the hospital quality metrics score. The AHA data accounts for 15% of the hospital quality metrics score. All indicators factored into the scoring models are denoted in the appendix of the respective methodology documents presented in the online publication.

Those data were used to determine the hospital quality metrics score, which has a 41.5% weight of the overall score.

4. PROMs Implementation

A PROMs implementation score has been included in the scoring model of the America's Best Specialized Hospitals project. In the fall and winter of 2023, Newsweek and Statista reached out to hospitals and conducted a voluntary survey about the implementation and use of PROMs.

This year, Statista has partnered with the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM, www.ichom.org) as a knowledge partner. ICHOM is the world's leading non-profit organization dedicated to development of standardized measurement of patient-important outcomes (including PROMs) as a basis for driving value-based health care. ICHOM is contributing to the future development of the PROMs implementation survey, in a manner that can drive not only measurement but use of the data from PROMs (and other patient-important outcomes) to advance value based healthcare.

A grading system for the different questions was built to determine a PROMs implementation score for each participating hospital. Only hospitals which achieved a minimum of 50% (of the maximum 100% score) were eligible to be graded and received a maximum of up to 3.5% towards the overall score.

Disclaimer: The rankings are comprised exclusively of hospitals that are eligible regarding the scope described in this document. The ranking is the result of an elaborate process which, due to the interval of data-collection and analysis, is a reflection of the last 12 months. Furthermore, events preceding or following the period June 19, 2023 – June 19, 2024, and/or pertaining to individual persons affiliated/associated to the facilities were not included in the metrics. As such, the results of this ranking should not be used as the sole source of information for future deliberations.

The information provided in this ranking should be considered in conjunction with other available information about hospitals or, if possible, accompanied by a visit to a facility. The quality of hospitals that are not included in the rankings is not disputed.

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About ICHOM

The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM, www.ichom.org) is the leading non-profit dedicated to transforming healthcare by focusing on what truly matters to patients. They accomplish this by empowering patient and clinical leaders to standardize important clinical, quality of life, function and experience results for health care, and enabling transparent large-scale use to achieve patient-centric health system transformation. ICHOM's standardized 'sets' of patient-centered outcomes measures help all actors in healthcare design, deliver and evaluate care based on outcomes that matter to patients. To date, ICHOM has developed 45 outcome measure sets for conditions. The sets are available in IT-ready interoperable formats and have been implemented in 500+ care settings in 42+ countries.

Download the full methodology here.