Reviewed by: Callie Morrison
UAB Hospital continues to be the best hospital in Alabama, according to U.S. News + World Report
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University of Alabama at Birmingham is yet again named the best hospital in Alabama according to U.S. News and World Report in its 2024-2025 Best Hospital rankings.
UAB Hospital also holds the No. 1 ranking as the best hospital in the Birmingham metro area.
Keep reading for more on UAB’s achievements.
See UAB’s ranks + specialties
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Seven adult specialties are ranked among the best in the nation, including rheumatology at No. 10 and obstetrics and gynecology at No. 18.
- #10: Rheumatology
- #18: Obstetrics and gynecology
- #23: Ear, nose + throat at No. 23
- #40: Cancer at No. 40
- #42 Neurology/neurosurgery at No. 42
- #45 Geriatrics at No. 45
- #50 Cardiology/heart surgery at No. 50
Six specialties including cancer, pulmonology/lung surgery, diabetes/endocrinology, urology, orthopedics and gastroenterology/GI surgery were classified as high-performing—the highest classification.
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U.S. News rates hospitals in adult procedures/conditions. UAB Hospital was rated as high-performing in 15 areas:
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
- Aortic valve surgery
- COPD
- Colon cancer surgery
- Gynecologic cancer surgery
- Heart attack
- Heart bypass surgery
- Heart failure
- Kidney failure
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Myeloma
- Lung cancer surgery
- Pneumonia
- Prostate cancer surgery
- Stroke
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
UAB continues to expand throughout the state to improve access to health care for Alabamians. In 2023 the facility welcomed nearly 2 million visitors.
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