U.S. News and World Report has released its 2011-2012 list of hospitals and health centers that demonstrated what it considered unusually high medical expertise and excellence across multiple specialties. Nearly 5,000 hospitals were evaluated.

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has 15 specialties, is a 918-bed general medical and surgical facility with 47,275 annual admissions, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report data. Wikipedia
2 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, was named once again to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll. This hospital, with 15 medical specialties, is a 907-bed general medical and surgical facility with 47,649 annual admissions. Boston Globe
3 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Mayo Clinic is seeking to invalidate patents held by Prometheus Laboratories covering a method testing the efficacy of a gastrointestinal disease treatment. Wikipedia
6 New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, N.Y.
New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell is ranked nationally in 15 adult and 10 pediatric specialties. Daily News
9 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, performed 15,651 annual inpatient and 19,343 outpatient surgeries in 2010. Duke University
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