| 1 | Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minn. | 100.0 | 48.6% | 0.99 | 5,999 | 2.8 | Yes | 6.0 | 7 | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore | 93.1 | 38.0% | 0.59 | 3,649 | 1.9 | Yes | 6.5 | 7 | Yes | Yes | | 3 | New
York - Presbyterian Univ. Hosp. of Columbia and Cornell | 79.5 | 32.0% | 0.80 | 6,115 | 1.7 | No | 7.0 | 7 | Yes | Yes |
| 4 | Neurosurgical
Service @
Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston | 78.6 | 35.1% | 0.99 | 4,279 | 2.0 | Yes | 6.0 | 6 | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | University
of California, San Francisco Medical Center | 77.8 | 33.6% | 0.85 | 2,542 | 2.2 | No | 7.0 | 5 | No | Yes |
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| 1 | Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minn. | 100.0 | 52.5 | 1.03 | 6,708 | 2.5 | Yes | 7.0 | 11 | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore | 87.9 | 40.2 | 0.68 | 4,079 | 2.2 | Yes | 7.0 | 11 | Yes | yes |
| 3 | New
York - Presbyterian Hospita | 85.9 | 42.8 | 0.97 | 6,408 | 1.5 | No | 7.0 | 11 | Yes | Yes |
| 4 | Neurosurgical
Service @
Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston | 81.8 | 42.2 | 1.17 | 4,470 | 2.1 | Yes | 6.0 | 10 | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | University
of California, San Francisco Medical Center | 70.9 | 35.9 | 1.07 | 2,418 | 2.7 | No | 7.0 | 8 | No | Yes |
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| 1 | Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minn. | 100.0 | 61.2 | 1.04 | 5,907 | 3.30 | Yes | 7.0 | 15 | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore | 84.8 | 48.0 | 0.77 | 3,132 | 2.10 | Yes | 7.0 | 15 | Yes | No |
| 3 | Neurosurgical
Service --
Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston | 82.9 | 51.7 | 1.10 | 3,781 | 1.89 | Yes | 7.0 | 15 | No | No |
| 4 | New
York - Presbyterian Hospital | 78.0 | 44.8 | 1.04 | 5,568 | 1.43 | No | 7.0 | 14 | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | University
of California, San Francisco Medical Center | 62.9 | 35.1 | 1.08 | 2,011 | 2.65 | No | 7.0 | 13 | No | Yes |
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| Rank | Hospital | U.S. News
Index | Reputational
score | Mortality
ratio | COTH
member | Technology
services
(of 7) | Discharges | R.N.'s
to beds | Trauma
Center | | 1 | Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minn. | 100.0 | 57.5
% | 0.91 | Yes | 7.0 | 4,763 | 1.31 | Yes |
| 2 |
Neurosurgical
Service
--
Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston | 83.7 | 46.0
% | 0.95 | Yes | 7.0 | 3,705 | 1.38 | Yes |
| 3 | Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore | 74.6 | 37.2
% | 0.70 | Yes | 7.0 | 2,641 | 1.42 | Yes |
| 4 | New
York Presbyterian Hospital | 72.7 | 37.3
% | 0.95 | Yes | 7.0 | 4,078 | 1.32 | Yes |
| 5 | University
of California, San Francisco Medical Center | 51.6 | 24.1
% | 1.00 | Yes | 6.0 | 1,503 | 1.75 | No |
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| Rank | Hospital | U.S.News
Index | Reputational
score | Mortality
ratio | COTH
member | Technology
services
(of 7) | Discharges | R.N.'s
to beds | Trauma
center | | 1
| Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minn. | 100.0 | 56.8
% | 0.87 | Yes | 7.0 | 4,941
| 1.12 | Yes |
| 2
|
Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston Neurosurgical
Service
| 87.3
| 47.1
% | 0.94 | Yes | 7.0 | 3,802
| 1.61
| Yes |
| 3 | Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore | 78.3
| 37.3 % | 0.68 | Yes | 7.0 | 2,710
| 1.63 | Yes |
| 4 | New
York Presbyterian Hospital | 69.7
| 34.5 % | 0.91 | Yes | 7.0 | 2,732
| 1.06 | Yes |
| 5 | University
of California, San Francisco Medical Center | 56.1
| 25.8 % | 0.92 | Yes | 5.0 | 1,455
| 1.69 | No
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Boston
Magazine's "Top Docs" March 1999 Issue
Section: NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
- Nicholas T. Zervas, Chief,
MGH Neurosurgical Service
TUMOR SURGERY, PITUITARY SURGERY
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. HMO Blue, Harvard Pilgrim, NHP,
Tufts HP, USHC. - Lawrence
F. Borges
SPINAL SURGERY
Massachusetts General
Hospital, Boston. Harvard Pilgrim, HMO Blue, Tufts HP.
- G. Rees Cosgrove
GENERAL
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY, STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL
NEUROSURGERY, TUMOR SURGERY,
SPINE SURGERY, BRAIN MAPPING fMRI
(FAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE
IMAGING),
EPILEPSY NEUROSURGERY,
PALLIDOTOMY
Massachusetts General
Hospital, Boston. Harvard Pilgrim, HMO Blue, Tufts HP.
- Robert G. Ojemann
TUMOR
SURGERY, ACOUSTIC
NEUROMAS, MENINGIOMAS
Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston. Harvard Pilgrim, HMO Blue, NHP, Tufts HP, USHC. |
Neurosurgery
Clinical Units ![[Neurosurgical Service @ MGH]](images/NShome2.JPG)
![[Brain Tumor Center @ MGH]](images/BTClogo3.jpg)
![[NeuroCare Information Systems]](images/NeuroCare.JPG)
![[NeuroScience Guest Information System]](images/GIShome4.JPG) ![[Research @ MGH Neurosurgical Service]](images/NSresearch2.JPG)
Each
of the specialized neurosurgery units listed below have homepages that include
extensive links to information regarding each subspecialty of neurosurgery as
well as links to services available from the MGH Neurosurgical Service. |
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