Johns Hopkins Hospital Information
The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins. It is the birthplace of many medical specialties including neurosurgery, urology, endocrinology, pediatrics, cardiac surgery and child psychiatry. It is widely regarded as one of the best hospital in the United States. It has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the best hospital in America for 18 consecutive years. The hospital's main medical campus in East Baltimore is served by the easternmost station on the Baltimore Metro Subway.
In 2008, The Johns Hopkins Hospital was ranked as the top overall hospital in the United States for the 18th consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report.
The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at Johns Hopkins ranked as the top Radiology department within a hospital in the United Stated by Medical Imaging Magazine (most recent ranking in 2007).
