U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals: Maimonides Continues to Rank Highly in More Than a Dozen Areas of Care

Only Brooklyn-based health system recognized in 2026-2027 Rankings

Brooklyn, NY, August 4, 2026- Maimonides Medical Center was recognized for excellence in multiple specialties and region-leading overall care quality in U.S. News & World Report 's annual Best Hospitals rankings, the only Brooklyn-based health system recognized this year.

For the sixth year in a row, Maimonides was named a Best Regional Hospital, ranked No. 20 in New York State and No. 20 in the New York City metro area. For the third year in a row, the medical center was named a Best Regional Hospital for Community Access, a recognition Maimonides has received each year since the category's inception.

Maimonides Medical Center was named high-performing in adult specialty cardiology and heart and vascular surgery, ranked at No. 9 in the state and No. 10 in the New York City metro area, and among the top 10% of all eligible hospitals nationwide. Rankings are based on patient outcomes, patient experience, other care-related indicators, and expert physician input.

For adult procedures and conditions, Maimonides was rated as high-performing in 13 areas of care: COPD, colon cancer surgery, diabetes, heart arrythmia, heart attack, heart failure, hip fracture, kidney failure, lung cancer surgery, maternity care, pacemaker implantation, pneumonia, and stroke.

Maimonides' maternity care recognition was announced in December 2025, as part of U.S. News & World Report' s Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study. As a 2026 High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care, Maimonides was one of four hospitals in Brooklyn and 10 in all of New York City to be distinguished with the highest award a hospital can earn for maternity care from U.S. News .

These ratings are based on federal and publicly available data from sources including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and clinical professional organizations, among others.

Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital, ranked separately, was rated high-performing in three adult procedures and conditions: heart arrythmia, heart failure, and kidney failure.

"We are honored to be named among the top hospitals in the region and the nation by U.S. News & World Report , and especially to be the only Brooklyn-based hospital system recognized as a Best Regional Hospital," said Ken Gibbs, President and CEO of Maimonides Health . "All thanks go to our outstanding clinical, support, and leadership teams, whose commitment to delivering exceptional care across specialties drives our continued progress."

"Our continued emphasis on high-quality care and our attention to patient safety are core aspects of our approach to care across the Maimonides Health system," said Sameh Samy, Chief Quality Officer and Vice President of Quality Management at Maimonides . "We're proud to be recognized among the top hospitals in the nation in so many areas of care in these rankings, which are based on patient outcomes and other important criteria in evaluating care."

In 2025, Maimonides achieved 20 specialty care honors from Healthgrades. We also ranked among the top 5% nationwide for orthopedic services and outpatient prostate care and among the top 10% nationwide for spine surgery and pulmonary services, according to Healthgrades data. Maimonides has ranked in the top 1% in the country for hospital-wide all-cause survival for eight straight years, according to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, as well as the top 1% nationally for heart failure and stroke mortality rates. In 2025, Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and pediatric trauma center, has been recognized as the No. 1 top performer in the 2025 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Ranking by Vizient out of 98 children's hospitals across the country. Earlier this year, Maimonides was also named an American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Hospital and officially recognized as an ACS Surgical Quality Partner.

Maimonides Health is Brooklyn's largest healthcare system, providing more than 1 million patient visits each year through the system's three hospitals, 1,800+ physicians, and more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. Our system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation's largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center.

Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including our Heart and Vascular Institute, Neurosciences Institute, Bone and Joint Center, and Cancer Center. For additional information, please visit www.maimo.org and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok.