Mount Sinai Health System Hospitals Recognized Among World’s Best and No. 1 in Newsweek/Statista Rankings
The Mount Sinai Hospital earns top marks on World’s Best Specialized Hospitals
Mount Sinai Health System hospitals continue to earn top marks for excellence in care, according to new rankings released by Newsweek/Statista:
- For the seventh straight year, The Mount Sinai Hospital held the top spot in cardiology for both New York State and New York City in the “World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2027” rankings.
- The hospital also placed No. 1 in the same rankings for both city and state in gastroenterology and nephrology.
- Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside together ranked in the top 10 locally for cardiology.
“Serving and caring for our patients is fundamental to our mission, work, and who we are as health care providers, so it is especially gratifying to be recognized for our commitment to excellence," said Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, MS, Chief Executive Officer, Mount Sinai Health System. “Mount Sinai’s team-based approach enables us to bring the best and brightest minds from our clinical, education, and research departments together, singularly focused on delivering exceptional care for the communities we serve. We are proud to be recognized and honored to have the opportunity to care for our patients every day.”
“These outstanding rankings reflect true dedication to serving patients, constant innovation and discovery, and the highest level of medical education to prepare the next generation of physicians and researchers,” added Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Mount Sinai Health System.
“New York State health systems have consistently set international standards for excellence in all aspects of care. To see hospitals in our system ranked so highly not just among their local peers, but also globally, is an impressive achievement and a testament to the collective efforts of our teams,” said David L. Reich, MD, President of The Mount Sinai Hospital and Chief Clinical Officer, Mount Sinai Health System.
“To be recognized locally, nationally, and internationally is a great honor, and a privilege. To make a profound difference in the lives of the patients and the communities we serve is our reason for being and our greatest reward,” said Tracy L. Breen, MD, President, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West.
Rankings for Newsweek/Statista’s “World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2027 are based primarily on reputation, which accounts for just under 85 percent of the total ranking score.
In a separate award, The Mount Sinai Hospital was recognized for the first time with the NRC Health Consumer Loyalty Award, celebrating a commitment to excellent patient care. The Consumer Loyalty Awards recognize hospitals that rank among the top 100 healthcare organizations based on a survey of over 300,000 people across the country from April 2024-March 2025. Winners are celebrated for the highest ratings in likelihood to be recommended to others, overall image and reputation, and whether patients feel everyone at the hospital treated them as a unique person.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the nation’s leading integrated academic health systems and one of the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Its comprehensive system includes seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, over 600 research and clinical laboratories, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. Together, the Health System comprises approximately 48,000 employees, more than 9,000 physicians, and 8,600 nurses.
As a leading learning health system, Mount Sinai combines clinical expertise with scientific discovery to improve patient care while training the next generation of health care and biomedical leaders. The Health System provides care across every stage of life, from prenatal care through geriatrics, while advancing personalized medicine through artificial intelligence, data science, and biomedical research.
Mount Sinai is consistently recognized among the nation’s leading academic health systems for patient care, research, and education. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 1 in New York by Newsweek and No. 5 on the magazine’s World’s Best Hospitals list. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranks No. 11 among U.S. medical schools and No. 1 among freestanding medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, reflecting the strength of its scientific enterprise and leadership in biomedical research.