In the latest U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) rankings of American hospitals, only 164 hospitals surveyed earned national recognition in at least one of the 15 adult specialties examined in the USNWR study. While the six-state Far West region of the U.S. is home to multiple teaching hospitals, only five teaching hospitals in the region earned national distinction in at least ten adult specialties.  For receiving national recognition in ten or more adult specialties in the USNWR survey, these five hospitals stand out as the top ranked teaching hospitals in the Far West:

Top Ranked Teaching Hospitals in the Far West

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Location:  Los Angeles
Overall Ranking Nationally:  2nd
Nationally Ranked Adult Specialties:  11

• Cancer:  #11
• Cardiology & Heart Surgery:  #3
• Diabetes & Endocrinology:  #12
• Ear, Nose & Throat:  #3
• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery:  #2
• Geriatrics:  #10
• Neurology & Neurosurgery:  #7
• Obstetrics & Gynecology:  #15
• Orthopedics:  #3
• Pulmonology & Lung Surgery:  #3
• Urology:  #3
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UCLA Medical Center
Location:  Los Angeles
Overall Ranking Nationally:  5th

Nationally Ranked Adult Specialties:  14

• Cancer:  #5
• Cardiology & Heart Surgery:  #11
• Diabetes & Endocrinology:  #5
• Ear, Nose & Throat:  #2
• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery:  #3
• Geriatrics:  #5
• Neurology & Neurosurgery:  #12
• Obstetrics & Gynecology:  #8
• Ophthalmology:  #5
• Orthopedics:  #5
• Psychiatry:  #6
• Pulmonology & Lung Surgery:  #5
• Rheumatology:  #9
• Urology:  #21
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Stanford Hospital
Location:  Stanford, CA
Overall Ranking Nationally:  10th

Nationally Ranked Adult Specialties:  11

• Cancer:  #15
• Cardiology & Heart Surgery:  #9
• Diabetes & Endocrinology:  #30
• Ear, Nose & Throat:  #1
• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery:  #15
• Geriatrics:  #15
• Neurology & Neurosurgery:  #14
• Obstetrics & Gynecology:  #9
• Orthopedics:  #12
• Pulmonology & Lung Surgery:  #11
• Urology:  #30
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UCSF Medical Center

Location:  San Francisco
Overall Ranking Nationally:  12th

Nationally Ranked Adult Specialties:  14

• Cancer:  #15
• Cardiology & Heart Surgery:  #37
• Diabetes & Endocrinology:  #6
• Ear, Nose & Throat:  #6
• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery:  #22
• Geriatrics:  #9
• Neurology & Neurosurgery:  #2
• Obstetrics & Gynecology:  #39
• Ophthalmology:  #9
• Orthopedics:  #24
• Psychiatry:  #5
• Pulmonology & Lung Surgery:  #9
• Rheumatology:  #8
• Urology:  #17
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UC San Diego Health (La Jolla and Hillcrest Hospitals)

Location:  La Jolla, CA
Overall Ranking Nationally:  Not in top 20

Nationally Ranked Adult Specialties:  10

• Cancer:  #20
• Cardiology & Heart Surgery:  #21
• Ear, Nose & Throat:  #21
• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery:  #11
• Geriatrics:  #11
• Neurology & Neurosurgery:  #21
• Obstetrics & Gynecology:  #26
• Orthopedics:  #39
• Pulmonology & Lung Surgery:  #10
• Urology:  #16
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To find other teaching hospitals in the Far West and elsewhere, visit our U.S. Teaching Hospitals resource page.