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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks #1 in New York and among the top 10 in the nation out of the nearly 5,000 hospitals evaluated by U.S. News & World Report for its 2012-13 Best Hospitals rankings. One of the largest and most comprehensive medical centers in the nation, the Hospital is currently being spotlighted on the critically-acclaimed national medical series "NY Med" from ABC News, which airs at 10 p.m. (ET) Tuesday evenings throughout the summer.

NewYork-Presbyterian is also ranked #7 on U.S. News' prestigious Honor Roll, which highlights medical centers that rank at or near the top in at least six specialties based on reputation, volume and other patient-care factors. It is the 13th year the Hospital has earned this distinction.

NewYork-Presbyterian is nationally ranked in 14 out of 16 specialties, including five in the top five: Cardiology & Heart Surgery; Nephrology; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Psychiatry and Urology. The Hospital also nationally ranked in Cancer; Diabetes & Endocrinology; Ear, Nose & Throat; Gastroenterology; Geriatrics; Gynecology; Orthopedics; Pulmonology and Rheumatology. Additionally, the Hospital ranked as high-performing in Ophthalmology and Rehabilitation.

The survey gave NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital the highest score possible for patient services — meaning that the Hospital provides all of the important services for patients in a specialty — and advanced technology — meaning that it utilizes sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic technology — in all specialties where the categories apply.

About U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is a multi-platform publisher of news and analysis, which includes the digital-only U.S. News Weekly magazine, www.usnews.com. Focusing on Health, Personal Finance, Education, Travel, Cars, and Public Service/Opinion, U.S. News has earned a reputation as the leading provider of service news and information that improves the quality of life of its readers. U.S. News & World Report's signature franchise includes its News You Can Use® brand of journalism and its annual "Best" series of consumer web guides and publications that include rankings of colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, mutual funds, health plans, and more. The Best Hospital rankings were published by U.S. News in collaboration with RTI International, a research organization based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Highlights of the 2012-13 rankings will appear in the U.S. News Best Hospitals 2013 guidebook, to go on sale in August.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, based in New York City, is the nation's largest not-for-profit, non-sectarian hospital, with 2,409 beds. The Hospital has nearly 2 million inpatient and outpatient visits in a year, including 12,797 deliveries and 195,294 visits to its emergency departments. NewYork-Presbyterian's 6,144 affiliated physicians and 19,376 staff provide state-of-the-art inpatient, ambulatory and preventive care in all areas of medicine at five major centers: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division. One of the most comprehensive health care institutions in the world, the Hospital is committed to excellence in patient care, research, education and community service. NewYork-Presbyterian is the #1 hospital in the New York metropolitan area and is consistently ranked among the best academic medical institutions in the nation, according to U.S.News & World Report. The Hospital has academic affiliations with two of the nation's leading medical colleges: Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. For more information, visit www.nyp.org.