Awards
U.S. News & World Report
Several UVA Medical Center departments are ranked among the top 50 in the country by U.S. News & World Report. These are the departments that made the magazine’s 2011 rankings:
| Department | Ranking |
|---|---|
| Endocrinology & Diabetes | 13th |
| Gynecology | 44th |
| Cancer | 48th |
| Neurology and Neurosurgery | 29th |
UVA’s School of Medicine and School of Nursing have also been highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report. In the 2007 rankings, the School of Medicine was ranked 23rd among medical schools for research and 38th among medical schools for primary care.
The School of Nursing’s master’s degree program was ranked 19th in 2007 by U.S. News & World Report, while the magazine ranked two of the school’s specialty programs in the top 10. The School of Nursing’s Clinical Health Specialist program in psychiatric/mental health ranked 5th, while its Clinical Health Specialist program in adult/medical-surgical ranked 6th.
Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals
On March 30, 2009, the UVA medical center was named as one of the top 100 hospitals in America for 2008 by the Thomson Reuters. The index is based upon clinical excellence, operating efficiency and financial health, and patient satisfaction using criteria such as risk-adjusted mortality index, risk-adjusted complications index and risk-adjusted patient safety index.
America’s Top Doctors
Fifty doctors from UVA Health System were chosen for inclusion in 2006 for the sixth edition of Castle Connolly's America’s Top Doctors. Nineteen UVA Health System physicians were chosen for a companion listing, America’s Top Doctors For Cancer.
Individual Awards
Dr. Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills, FRS is the head of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology . In 2010, Dr. Platts-Mills was elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society, the first allergist to be named to this select group.
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