Mayo Clinic in Florida is again ranked the No. 1 hospital in the Jacksonville metro area and the state in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” rankings published July 26 on the U.S. News & World Report website.
Mayo Clinic in Florida ranked No. 1 in the state for six of the past seven years.
“It is an honor to be recognized as the No. 1 hospital in the state of Florida,” Kent Thielen, CEO of Mayo Clinic in Florida., said in a news release.
Mayo Clinic in Florida also ranked nationally among the top 50 hospitals in seven specialties: Cardiology and heart surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery; geriatrics; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; and pulmonology and lung surgery
In addition, Mayo Clinic in Florida was rated high performing in cancer and urology.
In 1986, Mayo Clinic brought its team approach from Rochester, Minnesota, to the Southeast when it opened a clinic in Jacksonville. The nearly 400-acre campus at 4500 San Pablo Road South is a medical destination for patients from the U.S. and 140 countries.
Mayo Clinic in Florida provides diagnosis, medical treatment, surgery and care for more than 120,000 patients each year in 40 specialty areas. Mayo says it has more than 8,400 staff members in Florida and contributes $2 billion to Florida’s economy.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester received the No. 1 overall spot nationally on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” rankings, the seventh consecutive year that Mayo Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 “Best Hospital” nationwide. Mayo Clinic in Rochester also has been ranked No. 1 in the state of Minnesota since 2012, when U.S. News & World Report first published state rankings.
U.S. News also ranked other area hospitals.
Baptist Medical Center was No. 2 in Jacksonville and 11th in Florida. Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside ranked No. 3 and 18th. UF Health was No. 4 and 24th in the state.
This is the 33rd year that U.S. News & World Report conducted a “Best Hospitals” rankings list, which encompasses 16 medical specialties and analyzes data for 5,000 medical centers to determine the rankings.
To view the rankings, click here.