| 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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Hospital |
U.S.News
Index |
Reputational
score |
Mortality
ratio |
COTH
member |
Technology
services
(of 7) |
Discharges |
R.N.'s
to beds |
Trauma
center |
| 1
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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.
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Neurosurgery
Clinical Units
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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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