US. News & World Report has released its annual listing of top hospitals and Barrow is ranked No. 15 in the neurology and neurosurgery category, making it the highest nationally ranked hospital in Arizona for this specialty.
Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center is known throughout the world for providing cutting-edge treatment and a sought-after destination for treating people with brain and spine diseases, disorders and injuries; medical education; and innovative research. Barrow performs more brain surgeries than any other hospital in the United States. Every day, approximately 20 percent of the hospital’s patients have traveled from outside Arizona and the United States to seek treatment at St. Joseph’s. The hospital has the largest neurosurgery residency program in the United States, training more neurosurgeons than anywhere in the world. Barrow is also home to the St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center .
“St. Joseph’s is delighted to again be named as one of the best hospitals in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, says Patty White, President and CEO of St. Joseph’s. “I want to especially congratulate our amazing staff and physicians, who are without question, among the best in the nation. We are proud to be able to provide our patients with groundbreaking treatments and personal care that is based on Humankindness.”
