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Seventeen hospitals in Georgia are among the best in the country, according to U.S. News andamp; World Report's 2024-2025 Best Hospitals ranking.

GEORGIA — Seventeen hospitals in Georgia are among the best in the country, according to U.S. News andamp; World Report’s 2024-2025 Best Hospitals ranking released Tuesday.

For its 35th annual report, U.S. News evaluated more than 5,000 hospitals based on their performance across 30 medical and surgical services.

The top-ranked hospitals in Georgia are:

No. 1: Emory University Hospital, Atlanta

No. 2: Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, Atlanta

No. 2: Emory St. Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta

No. 4: Northside Hospital Atlanta, Atlanta

No. 5: Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville

No. 6: WellStar Kennestone Hospital, Marietta

No. 7: Northside Hospital Forsyth, Cumming

No. 8: Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Johns Creek

No. 9: Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta

No. 9: Northside Hospital Cherokee, Canton

No. 11: Piedmont Fayette Hospital, Fayetteville

No. 12: Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens

No. 12: Piedmont Augusta Hospital, Augusta

No. 12: Northside Hospital Gwinnett, Lawrenceville

No. 12: Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center, Macon

No. 16: AdventHealth Redmond, Rome

No. 17: Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta

These hospitals are among the top 466 Best Regional Hospitals in the country, according to U.S. News.

For the first time this year, U.S. News also identified 98 hospitals across the country for their success in caring for patients from historically underserved communities. In Georgia, the following hospitals were recognized:

Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta

Here are the top five hospitals by specialty:

Cancer

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City

Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota

Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California

Cardiology, Heart andamp; Vascular Surgery

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio

NYU Langone Hospitals, New York City

Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota

Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City

New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City

Neurology andamp; Neurosurgery

NYU Langone Hospitals, New York City

Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota

UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco

New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City

Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)

Orthopedics

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City

Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota

NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York City

New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

To calculate the 2024-2025 Best Hospitals for the Honor Roll, specialty and region, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance using a variety of measures. Data came from the Centers for Medicare andamp; Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations, and medical specialists. The Procedures andamp; Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective patient care measures.

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