U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals 2006

Honor Roll
Out of 5,189 hospitals, only 3 percent, 176 in all, are ranked in one or more of the 16 specialties in this year's "America's Best Hospitals." And of those, just 14 qualified for the Honor Roll by ranking at or near the top in at least six specialties-a demonstration of broad expertise.

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
3. Cleveland Clinic

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Cancer

1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
2. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

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Digestive disorders

1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
2. Cleveland Clinic
3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

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Ear, nose, and throat

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
2. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City
3. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston

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Endocrinology

1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

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Gynecology

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
2. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

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Heart and heart surgery

1. Cleveland Clinic
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

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Kidney disease

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
3. Cleveland Clinic

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Neurology and neurosurgery

1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
2. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
3. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

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Ophthalmology

1. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami
2. Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
3. Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia

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Orthopedics

1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
2. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
3. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

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Pediatrics

1. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2. Children's Hospital Boston
3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

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Psychiatry

1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
2. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
3. New York-Presbyterian Univ. Hosp. of Columbia and Cornell

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Rehabilitation

1. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
2. Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, N.J.
3. University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle

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Respiratory diseases

1. National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

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Rheumatology

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
3. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

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Urology

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
2. Cleveland Clinic
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

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