University of Michigan Health System - Rankings

Rankings

UMHS is considered one of the nation’s leading medical and research institutions and has received many awards and honors recognizing its advanced medical care, leading-edge biomedical research and broad range of educational activities.

For 17 consecutive years through 2011, UMHS has been named to the "Honor Roll of America's Best Hospitals" compiled by U.S. News and World Report magazine. In 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranked UMHS 14th in its honor roll and recognized it in 16 areas of specialized care. The University of Michigan Health System ranks among the top hospitals, most notably in Ear, Nose, and Throat; Neurology and Neurosurgery; Orthopaedic Surgery; Heart and Heart Surgery; Cancer; Ophthalmology; and Urology.

UMHS was also one of only five academic medical centers to be recognized by the University Health System Consortium in 2006 for demonstrating excellence in delivering high-quality, safe, effective, and equitable care to patients. Nearly 300 of its physicians are listed among the "Best Doctors in America," and the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital has repeatedly been named to Child Magazine's list of the nation's "Best Children's Hospitals."

The Medical School’s 2,492 faculty provide advanced medical and surgical care, and perform leading-edge scientific research, while training some of the best young doctors and biomedical scientists in the country. As of 2009, 163 chairs are endowed in the medical school. The Medical School is ranked 6th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and has the nation's 10th highest total of research funding from the National Institutes of Health, with NIH funding of $265 million and a total annual research budget of more than $333 million.