Methodist Hospitals of Memphis has been recognized as the Best Hospital in the Memphis Metropolitan Area by U.S. News & World Report for the ninth consecutive year.

Methodist Hospitals of Memphis is comprised of Methodist University Hospital, Methodist North Hospital, Methodist South Hospital and Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. The annual U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, now in its 30th year, recognizes hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients.

Methodist Hospitals of Memphis also ranked in the top five best hospitals in Tennessee.

U.S. News publishes Best Hospitals to help guide patients who need a high level of care because they face a particularly difficult surgery, a challenging condition, or added risk because of other health problems or advanced age. Objective measures such as patient survival and safety data, nurse staffing levels and other data largely determined the rankings in most specialties.

The specialty rankings and data were produced for U.S. News by RTI International. The rankings have been published at health.usnews.com/best-hospitals.