Children’s Hospital Recognized by Vizient as Top Performer in Nation
Maimonides Children’s Hospital has been recognized as the No. 1 top performer in the 2025 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Ranking by Vizient out of 98 children’s hospitals across the country. Maimonides was recognized for demonstrating excellence in delivering high-quality care based on the Vizient Quality and Accountability Study, conducted annually since 2005. Read more.
Top 1% in Nation for Survival, Top 2 in New York for Hospital Visits After Outpatient Surgery
In the most recent Hospital Compare report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Maimonides maintained its rank among the top 1% in the United States for overall survival, based on 30-day mortality measures across four categories: hybrid hospital-wide mortality, pneumonia, heart failure, and stroke. For unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery, Maimonides is among the top two hospitals in New York State and tied for the sixth best hospital nationally.
Maimonides Nationally Recognized as American College of Surgeons (ACS) Surgical Quality Partner
Maimonides was designated an American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Hospital and officially recognized as an ACS Surgical Quality Partner. Out of 609 U.S. hospitals participating in the ACS NSQIP Adult Program, Maimonides is one of 76 hospitals to achieve meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care. In addition to current ACS national accreditations for cancer, breast cancer, and bariatric care, Maimonides earned new recognitions for excellence from the ACS under its Trauma Quality Improvement Program and National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer, and as a Verified Trauma Center under its Trauma Verification, Review, and Consultation Program.
Maimonides Named Among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals for Maternity Care
U.S. News & World Report has named Maimonides Medical Center a 2026 High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study, now in its fifth edition. Maimonides was one of four hospitals in Brooklyn and 10 in all of New York City to be distinguished. Read more.
Maimonides Medical Center Achieves 20 Specialty Care Honors from Healthgrades
With four 2026 Specialty Excellence Awards in Healthgrades’ 2026 Specialty Care Awards and Rankings, Maimonides ranks among the top 5% nationwide for orthopedic services and outpatient prostate care and among the top 10% nationwide for spine surgery and pulmonary services. The medical center was also five-star rated for 10 services, including heart attack treatment, defibrillator procedures (2023–2026), hip fracture treatment (2019–2026), spinal fusion surgery, pneumonia treatment (2025–2026), peripheral vascular bypass (2025–2026), pancreatitis treatment, gallbladder removal surgery, respiratory failure treatment, and outpatient prostate care (2025–2026). Read more.
Maimonides Primary Care Earns New York State Patient-Centered Medical Home Accreditation 
Adult and Pediatric Primary Care under Maimonides’ Ambulatory Health Services Network (AHSN) has been awarded the prestigious New York State Patient-Centered Medical Home Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). This recognition reflects our commitment to delivering patient-centered, high-quality care.
Airway Storytelling at the Brooklyn Public Library
The Brooklyn Public Library hosted Airway: Doctors’ Tales From Inside the Hospital on Dec. 13. Airway is an open-mic storytelling event for doctors to share their experiences of being a physician, started in 2015 as a local event among residency programs in New York City by Maimonides emergency physicians Mert Erogul, MD and Joshua Schiller, MD. Featured speakers included Maimonides doctors Jessica Poster, MD, and Reuben Strayer, MD, along doctors from Kings County Hospital, NYU Langone, One Brooklyn Health, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist and Doctors Without Borders.
Maimonides’ ECMO Program Provided Expert Medical Support at NYC Marathon
For the first time ever, an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) team was on standby at this year’s TCS NYC Marathon, led by Maimonides cardiothoracic surgeon Paul Saunders, MD, and the Maimonides ECMO specialist team. Our team was on-site providing expert support in Central Park, working alongside the NYRR medical response team to step in if a runner experienced cardiac arrest.
