Loyola University Medical Center Ranks #5 in Illinois by U.S. News & World Report
July 27, 2021
Categories: Loyola Medicine, Awards & Recognitions
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Loyola nationally ranked in three specialties, high performing in six for 2021-22
MAYWOOD, IL – Loyola University Medical Center is ranked 5th in the state of Illinois by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital has been ranked among Illinois' top 5 hospitals each year since U.S. News rankings started in 2013. Loyola has three nationally ranked specialties, is “high performing” in 6 specialties and “high performing” in 11 conditions and procedures in the magazine’s 2021-2022 Best Hospitals rankings.
Loyola is nationally ranked in three specialty categories: Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (25th in the U.S.), Ear, Nose & Throat (37th) and Pulmonary & Lung Surgery (43rd). Six Loyola specialties are high performing: Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics and Urology.
Loyola also was rated high performing in eleven adult procedure and condition categories: aortic valve surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), colon cancer surgery, diabetes, heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, kidney failure, lung cancer surgery, pneumonia and stroke. Hospitals named high performing in these areas were significantly better than the national average.
To achieve a national ranking, a hospital must be ranked among the nation's top 50 hospitals in a given specialty. A high performing specialty is among the top 10% in the nation.
For the 2021-22 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,750 medical centers nationwide in 15 specialties and 17 procedures and conditions. In the 15 specialty areas, 175 hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty. In rankings by state and metro area, U.S. News recognized hospitals as high performing across multiple areas of care.
The U.S. News Procedures & Conditions methodology is based entirely on objective measures of quality such as risk-adjusted outcome rates, volume, quality of nursing and other care-related indicators.
Complete ratings are available on the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals website.
To learn more about Loyola Medicine or find a physician, visit loyolamedicine.org.
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
For more information, visit loyolamedicine.org. You can also follow Loyola Medicine on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or X (formerly known as Twitter).
About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).