UAB Hospital continues to be the best hospital in Alabama, according to U.S. News + World Report

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

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.

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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