th-6Each year, the nation’s hospitals and their marketing departments wait with bated breath for The US News and World Report hospital ranking report, and the 2015-2016 rankings are in.

The 2015-2016 rankings culled data for nearly 5,000 hospitals plus the results from surveys of more than 140,000 physicians to rank the best centers in 16 adult specialties from cancer to urology. Death rates, patient safety, and hospital reputation were some of the factors considered. Only 137 hospitals were nationally ranked in a specialty.

Plastic and reconstructive surgery and dermatology are not included in the report, but Ear, Nose & Throat is.

Here is the 2015-2016 Ear, Nose & Throat Scorecard

1) Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston

Doctors in this specialty: 65

2) Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

Doctors in this specialty: 29

3) Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore

Doctors in this specialty: 42

4) Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian

Philadelphia

Doctors in this specialty: 71

5) University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston

Doctors in this specialty: 14

6) UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh

Doctors in this specialty: 3

7) Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland

Doctors in this specialty: 30

8) University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, Iowa

Doctors in this specialty: 9

9-10) (Tie)

Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital

Stanford, California

Doctors in this specialty: 51

UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles

Doctors in this specialty: 43

The report included 738 hospitals in Ear, Nose & Throat. All treat significant numbers of difficult patients – a hospital is listed only if it treated at least 25 such inpatients in 2011, 2012, and 2013.

The Honor Roll

Hospitals with very high scores in at least six specialties earned a spot on the Honor Roll. Just 15 hospitals made the cut this year.

They include:

15) Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital

Stanford, California

14) Duke University Hospital

Durham, North Carolina

13) UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh

12) NYU Langone Medical Center

New York City

11) Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago

10) Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University

St Louis

9) Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian

Philadelphia

8) UCSF Medical Center

San Francisco

7) New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell

New York City

6) Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston

5) Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland

4 and 3) (tie) UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) and Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)

2) Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

1) Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston

Congratulations!