Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D. President at UT Southwestern Medical Center | UT Southwestern Medical Center
Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D. President at UT Southwestern Medical Center | UT Southwestern Medical Center
That's according to U.S. News and World Report's ranking of the Top 50 "Best Hospitals for Cancer."
Located in Dallas, Texas, UT Southwestern Medical Center was founded in 1943. Its current president is Daniel K. Podolsky. The hospital has a pediatric ward and is also a training hospital.
U.S. News evaluated almost 900 hospitals across the country to discern the top 50 based on their cancer treatments. The evaluation covered a variety of cancer types, including leukemia, lymphoma, breast, colon, prostate, uterine and ovarian cancers among many others. The hospitals were evaluated based on categories such as patient outcomes, patient experience, care-related indicators like staffing and available technology, and expert opinion through a physician survey.
There is a list of Top 50 "Best Hospitals for Cancer":
Rank | Hospital Name | Address | Score |
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1 | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX 77030-4000 | 100/100 |
2 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY 10065-6007 | 92.8/100 |
3 | Mayo Clinic-Rochester | Rochester, MN 55905-0002 | 87.3/100 |
4 | UCLA Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA 90095-8358 | 86.5/100 |
5 | Dana-Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center | Boston, MA 02215 | 81/100 |
6 | Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian | Philadelphia, PA 19104-4206 | 80/100 |
7 | UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center | San Francisco, CA 94143-0296 | 79.4/100 |
8 | City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center | Duarte, CA 91010-3012 | 79/100 |
9 | Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore, MD 21287-2182 | 77.9/100 |
10 | Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH 44195-5108 | 76.9/100 |
11 | Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital | Stanford, CA 94305 | 76.8/100 |
12 | Mount Sinai Hospital | New York, NY 10029-6574 | 76.7/100 |
13 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell | New York, NY 10065-4870 | 76.5/100 |
14 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA 90048-1865 | 74.7/100 |
15 | USC Norris Cancer Hospital-Keck Medical Center of USC | Los Angeles, CA 90033-3804 | 74/100 |
16 | University of Chicago Medical Center | Chicago, IL 60637-1447 | 73/100 |
17 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA 02215-5491 | 72.3/100 |
18 | Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago, IL 60611-2908 | 71.8/100 |
19 | UT Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX 75390-9265 | 70.9/100 |
20 | UC San Diego Health-Moores Cancer Center | La Jolla, CA 92037 | 70.5/100 |
20 | Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston, TX 77030-2707 | 70.5/100 |
22 | Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Hospitals | New York, NY 10016-6402 | 70.2/100 |
23 | Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital | Saint Louis, MO 63110-1003 | 70/100 |
24 | Mayo Clinic-Arizona | Phoenix, AZ 85054-4502 | 69.8/100 |
25 | UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside | Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2536 | 69.6/100 |
26 | North Shore University Hospital at Northwell Health | Manhasset, NY 11030-3816 | 69.4/100 |
27 | Mayo Clinic-Florida | Jacksonville, FL 32224-1865 | 68.8/100 |
28 | Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA 02114-2696 | 68.5/100 |
29 | Duke University Hospital | Durham, NC 27705-4699 | 67.5/100 |
30 | Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL 60612-3833 | 67/100 |
31 | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute | Tampa, FL 33612-9497 | 66.8/100 |
32 | OHSU Hospital-Knight Cancer Institute | Portland, OR 97239-3098 | 64.6/100 |
33 | Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital | Columbus, OH 43210-1280 | 63.5/100 |
34 | University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center | Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5000 | 63.4/100 |
35 | Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY 10467-2401 | 63.1/100 |
36 | UC Davis Medical Center | Sacramento, CA 95817-2282 | 62.7/100 |
37 | M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center | Minneapolis, MN 55455 | 62.3/100 |
38 | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center University of Washington Medical Center | Seattle, WA 98109-4405 | 62/100 |
39 | University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center | Cleveland, OH 44106-1716 | 61.9/100 |
40 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN 37232-2102 | 61.7/100 |
41 | AdventHealth Orlando | Orlando, FL 32803-1248 | 61.6/100 |
42 | Fox Chase Cancer Center | Philadelphia, PA 19111-2434 | 61.3/100 |
43 | Lenox Hill Hospital at Northwell Health | New York, NY 10075-1850 | 61.2/100 |
44 | University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center | Lexington, KY 40536-0293 | 60.5/100 |
45 | Emory University Hospital | Atlanta, GA 30322-1102 | 60.1/100 |
46 | Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center | Denver, CO 80218-1281 | 60/100 |
47 | University of Kansas Hospital | Kansas City, KS 66160-7200 | 59.8/100 |
47 | UNC Hospitals | Chapel Hill, NC 27514-4220 | 59.8/100 |
47 | Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals-Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center | Philadelphia, PA 19107-5084 | 59.8/100 |
50 | Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven | New Haven, CT 06510-3202 | 59.7/100 |