The 2002 survey of more than 6,000 hospitals across the country provides ratings for 17 separate clinical categories. Northwestern Memorial is included among the top 50 hospitals in 11 of the 17 categories, including: gynecology (No. 13), endocrinology (No. 13), urology (No. 19), neurology/neurosurgery (No. 22), orthopaedics (No. 22), otolaryngology (No. 24), geriatrics (No. 30), cancer (No. 33), rheumatology (No. 35), gastroenterology (No. 41), nephrology (No. 42).
In five specialties – endocrinology, gynecology, neurology/neurosurgery, otolaryngology and urology – Northwestern Memorial is the highest ranked Chicago area hospital. Two of the 11 Northwestern Memorial specialties ranked, cancer and gastroenterology, are new additions from last year's list of the nation's elite programs.
About Northwestern Memorial
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) is one of the country's premier academic medical centers and is the primary teaching hospital of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern Memorial has 720 beds and is a 2-million square foot, state-of-the-art facility with more than 1,200 affiliated physicians and 5,000 employees. The hospital is recognized for its outstanding clinical and surgical advancements in such areas as cardiothoracic and vascular care, gastroenterology, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, organ and bone marrow transplantation, and women's health.
Northwestern Memorial was ranked as the nation's 5th best hospital by the 2002 Consumer Checkbook survey of the nation's physicians and is listed in the majority of specialties in this year's US News & World Report's issue of "America's Best Hospitals." NMH is also cited as one of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" by Working Mother magazine and has been chosen by Chicagoans for more than a decade as their "most preferred hospital" in National Research Corporation's annual survey.