Los Angeles, CA | (310) 825-9111
Honor Roll
Los Angeles, CA | (310) 825-9111
UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA is ranked No. 6 on the Best Hospitals Honor Roll. It is nationally ranked in 14 adult and 10 pediatric specialties and rated high performing in 8 adult procedures and conditions. It is a general medical and surgical facility. It is a teaching hospital. The UCLA Medical Center is part of a network of more than 170 primary care practices throughout Southern California and has four main hospitals including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center; UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica; UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital; and the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA.
The UCLA Center for Human Nutrition features one of the most thorough weight management programs in the country. The Risk Factor Obesity (RFO) Program offers patients calorie-limiting dietary regimens, physical activity and behavior modification tools. Doctors in this program treat obesity as a “multifactorial disorder,” addressing the multiple causes of the disease specific to the individual. Upon first visit, they collect a patient’s blood labs, body composition and weight history, and conduct a physical examination, among other tests.
The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center features a Level 1 trauma center for children and adults. The BirthPlace, located at both the Santa Monica and Westwood campuses, has delivery suites and postpartum rooms designed to feel like home. For patients later in life, the Geriatrics Special Care unit at Santa Monica Hospital offers the UCLA Companion Care Program, which provides volunteers to older patients. These specially trained volunteers spend time with patients, playing games, reading and accompanying patients on walks with a nurse’s supervision.
Another form of companionship includes animal-assisted therapy, which is available to critically ill children and adults through the UCLA People-Animal Connection, or PAC. Volunteer teams of canines and humans make visits to patients.
Patients at the UCLA Medical Center can rest assured that earthquakes won’t affect their access to treatment. It is one of the first hospitals built in line with the state’s latest seismic safety requirements and can remain operational during national disasters.
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The U.S. News Doctor Finder has compiled extensive information in each doctor's profile, including where he or she was educated and trained, which hospital he or she admits patients to, and in some cases which insurance plans he or she accepts.
To help patients decide where to receive care, U.S. News generates hospital rankings by evaluating data on nearly 5,000 hospitals in 16 adult medical specialties, 9 adult medical procedures or conditions and 10 pediatric specialties. To be nationally ranked in a specialty, a hospital must excel in caring for the sickest, most medically complex patients. The ratings in procedures and conditions, by contrast, focus on typical Medicare patients. Hospitals that do well in multiple areas of adult care may be ranked in their state and metropolitan area. UCLA Medical Center is ranked nationally in 14 adult specialties and 10 children's specialties . It also achieved the highest rating possible in 8 procedures or conditions. Read more about how we rank best hospitals.
U.S. News evaluates each hospital in up to 16 different medical specialties. In most medical specialties, the top 50 hospitals nationally are numerically ranked based on hospital performance indicators. Hospitals that nearly made the top 50 may be recognized as high performing. U.S. News includes Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA in evaluating the performance of UCLA Medical Center in Psychiatry and UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica in evaluating the performance of UCLA Medical Center in Orthopedics.
| Specialty | National Rank | Overall Score | |
| Cancer |  #21 |
62.5/100 | Scorecard |
| Cardiology & Heart Surgery | #8 |
69.3/100 | Scorecard |
| Diabetes & Endocrinology | #4 |
75.0/100 | Scorecard |
| Ear, Nose & Throat | #11 |
79.2/100 | Scorecard |
| Gastroenterology & GI Surgery | #6 |
74.2/100 | Scorecard |
| Geriatrics | #4 |
97.5/100 | Scorecard |
| Gynecology | Not Ranked | 60.6/100 | Scorecard |
| Nephrology | #3 |
91.1/100 | Scorecard |
| Neurology & Neurosurgery | #6 |
86.9/100 | Scorecard |
| Ophthalmology | #5 |
22.6% | Scorecard |
| Orthopedics | #8 |
61.8/100 | Scorecard |
| Psychiatry | #8 |
10.2% | Scorecard |
| Pulmonology & Lung Surgery | #3 |
88.0/100 | Scorecard |
| Rehabilitation | Not Ranked | 1.3% | Scorecard |
| Rheumatology | #9 |
11.6% | Scorecard |
| Urology | #10 |
78.4/100 | Scorecard |
U.S. News gathers clinical data directly from children's hospitals through a detailed survey spanning 10 pediatric specialties. The children's hospital rankings indicate performance in pediatric specialty care. U.S. News includes UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital in evaluating the performance of UCLA Medical Center.
| Specialty | National Rank | Overall Score | |
| Neonatology | #29 |
71.5/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Cancer | #28 |
77.1/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery | #46 |
58.0/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology | #34 |
68.4/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery | #19 |
80.0/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Nephrology | #17 |
82.1/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery | #31 |
76.8/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Orthopedics | #18 |
79.8/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Pulmonology & Lung Surgery | #45 |
58.8/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Urology | #29 |
70.1/100 | Scorecard |
U.S. News evaluates hospitals in certain procedures and conditions and assigns each hospital a rating of high performing, average or below average in each procedure or condition. Eligibility to be rated is based on the number of patients treated during the evaluation period. U.S. News includes UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica in evaluating the performance of UCLA Medical Center in Hip Replacement and Knee Replacement.
| Procedure/Condition | Rating | |
| Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair | High Performing | Scorecard |
| Aortic Valve Surgery | High Performing | Scorecard |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | High Performing | Scorecard |
| Colon Cancer Surgery | High Performing | Scorecard |
| Heart Bypass Surgery | High Performing | Scorecard |
| Heart Failure | High Performing | Scorecard |
| Hip Replacement | Average | Scorecard |
| Knee Replacement | High Performing | Scorecard |
| Lung Cancer Surgery | High Performing | Scorecard |
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Scores are based on surveys taken from this hospital’s inpatients after they were discharged inquiring about different aspects of their stay. The scores are not used in the Best Hospitals rankings.
How the patient felt about their hospital stay and discharge overall.
Willingness of patients to recommend this hospital to others.
How patients rated physicians in listening and explaining in a way that patients could understand.
How patients rated nurses in listening and explaining in a way that patients could understand.
How well medications, how they were to be taken, and side effects were explained before they were administered.
How well staff reviewed adequacy of help at home and provided enough information in writing about symptoms and problems to watch for.
How well patients’ wishes were considered in discharge planning and how well patients understood when they left how to care for themselves, what medications they will take and why.
How promptly help was provided when needed or requested.
How patients rated the cleanliness of their hospital room and bathroom.
How well patients rated the quietness of their hospital experience.
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