St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center Again Ranked One of the Best Hospitals in U.S. by U.S. News & World Report

Catholic Health’s St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center has again been ranked one of the top hospitals in the country, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. The hospital is nationally ranked in eight adult specialties—upholding its 2023 record—including: Heart & Vascular, Orthopedics, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery and Urology.

St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center was also rated among the top 10 hospitals in New York State as well as the New York Metropolitan Area.

The Roslyn-based hospital was rated as high-performing in 16 common adult procedures and conditions: aortic valve surgery; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); colon cancer surgery; diabetes; heart attack; heart bypass surgery; heart failure; hip fracture; hip replacement; kidney failure; knee replacement; leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma; lung cancer surgery; pneumonia; stroke; and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

“Our employees’ dedication to excellence is exemplified in the high-quality care they provide every day,” said St. Francis Hospital President Charles Lucore, M.D., MBA. “The national recognition we consistently receive reflects our drive to create an environment in which our staff’s top priority is always to achieve the most positive patient outcomes through holistic care.”

Other high-performance ratings from Catholic Health include:

• Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip earned high-performance ratings for COPD and heart failure.
• St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown earned high-performance ratings for congestive heart failure, kidney failure and pneumonia.
• St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson earned high-performance ratings for hip replacement and knee replacement.

“These achievements would not be possible without the incredible work of Catholic Health’s clinical, support and administrative teams across all recognized specialties,” said Catholic Health President & CEO Patrick O’Shaughnessy, DO, MBA. “Throughout our system, staff members work together to ensure our patients receive exemplary care. Catholic Health employees’ devotion to our mission places us in the national rankings year after year.”

Now in its 35^th year, the annual Best Hospitals report from U.S. News evaluated more than 4,750 medical centers nationwide in 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. The methodologies are based largely on objective measures such as patient survival, volume and quality of nursing among other care-related indicators.

View the complete list of top-rated hospitals in our region and find out more about how they were chosen.