U.S. News & World Report released its 2026-2027 best hospital rankings Aug. 4. The report ranked New York City-based NYU Langone Hospitals as the nation’s top hospital for neurology and neurosurgery.
For the neurology and neurosurgery rankings, U.S. News evaluated nearly 1,030 hospitals based on their care for conditions including brain hemorrhage, central nervous system disorders, spinal disorders and injuries, multiple sclerosis, stroke, seizures and meningitis. Read more about the methodology here.
Here are the top 50 hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery:
Editor’s note: This list includes ties.
1.NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City)
2.Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
3.UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco)
4. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell (New York City)
5. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
6.Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
7.Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
8.Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston)
9.UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)
10.Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital (Palo Alto, Calif.)
11.Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
12.Cleveland Clinic
13.Houston Methodist Hospital
14.Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
14. University of Miami Hospital and Clinics-UHealth Tower
16. Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis)
17. Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City)
18. Mayo Clinic-Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.)
19. Mayo Clinic-Arizona (Phoenix)
20. UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento, Calif.)
21. University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor
22. Keck Medical Center of USC (Los Angeles)
23. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
24. North Shore University Hospital at Northwell Health (Manhasset, N.Y.)
24. UC San Diego Health-La Jolla, Hillcrest and East Campus Medical Centers (La Jolla, Calif.)
26. University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City, Kan.)
27. Boston Medical Center
28. Emory University Hospital (Atlanta)
29. Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals-Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience-Jefferson Health (Philadelphia)
30. UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center (Los Angeles)
31. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston)
32. UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville, Fla.)
33. Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach, Fla.)
34. Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital (Royal Oak, Mich.)
34. Hackensack University Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health (Hackensack, N.J.)
36. Lenox Hill Hospital at Northwell Health (New York City)
36. Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West Hospitals (New York City)
36. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (Pittsburgh)
39. UW Health University Hospital (Madison, Wis.)
40. Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
41. Cleveland Clinic Weston (Fla.)
42. Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus, Ohio)
43. Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital
44. Long Island Jewish Medical Center at Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)
45. Montefiore Einstein (New York City)
45. Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest (Ill.) Hospital
47. St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center (Roslyn, N.Y.)
48. Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Houston)
49. White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital
50. UC Irvine Medical Center (Orange, Calif.)
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