High Marks for Boston Kidneys

This year's U.S. News & Report "America's Best Hospitals" came out this week.

For what it's worth, the 2 hospitals at which my Nephrology fellowship is based (Massachusetts General Hospital & Brigham & Women's Hospital) did quite well.

Mass General Hospital: rated #5 hospital in the U.S., with the #5-rated kidney program.

Brigham & Women's Hospital: rated #8 hospital in the U.S. with the #1-rated kidney program.

The Top 5 overall were:
Best Hospitals:
#1: Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, MD)
#2: Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
#3: UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA)
#4: Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH)
#5: Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)

The Top 5 kidney programs overall were:
#1: Brigham & Women's (Boston, MA)
#2: Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
#3: New York-Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia/Cornell (New York City, NY)
#4: Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH)
#5: Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)