The Department of Surgery features a wide range of 11 surgical subspecialties, including: Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Transplantation, Urology, and Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy. Our innovative, multidisciplinary clinical programs and surgical expertise continue to attract patients from across the nation. Once again, the University of Chicago Medical Center received acclaim from U.S. News and World Report, including Honor Roll status as one of the 18 best hospitals in the United States. Some of our programs that ranked in the top 25 include: digestive disorders (#6), endocrinology (#11), cancer (#18), neurology and neurosurgery (#19), heart and heart surgery (#20), kidney disease (#22), ear, nose and throat (#22).

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