Mount Sinai Medical Center said it ranked first in Florida for gastrointestinal surgery in Healthgrades’ 2027 specialty care rankings, released Oct. 27.

The Miami Beach hospital also earned four America's 100 Best Hospitals designations, covering cardiac care, pulmonary care, stroke care and gastrointestinal surgery, according to a Mount Sinai press release. The hospital said it placed in the top five in Florida across six specialties, including cranial neurosurgery at No. 3 and cardiac care, cardiology services, neurosciences and stroke care each at No. 5.

Gino R. Santorio, president and CEO of Mount Sinai Medical Center, said in the release that the recognition "tells our community that the outcomes here stand with the best in the nation."

"These results belong to our physicians, nurses and care teams, who deliver them one patient at a time, year after year," Santorio said.

Mount Sinai also received nine Specialty Excellence Awards and 15 five-star ratings across procedures and conditions, the hospital said. Some of those ratings reflect long track records. Mount Sinai has been a five-star recipient for treatment of gastrointestinal bleed for 11 consecutive years and for stroke and sepsis for 10.

Statewide picture

Across Florida, 112 hospitals received specialty care recognition in the Healthgrades report, Patch reported. Thirty-eight appeared in the state rankings for specific specialties. AdventHealth Orlando led the state with 12 specialty rankings, including six No. 1 finishes.

The state rankings identify the top three or five eligible hospitals in each of 19 specialties, including cardiac care, orthopedic surgery, joint replacement, stroke care, pulmonary care and gastrointestinal surgery.

How the rankings work

Healthgrades, a website that provides information about doctors and hospitals, evaluated roughly 4,500 hospitals nationwide on 31 common procedures and conditions. The analysis used Medicare patient records from 2023 through 2025, examining deaths and complications.

The rankings rate hospitals by specialty rather than assigning a single overall score. That means a hospital recognized for heart surgery is not necessarily among the highest-rated for orthopedic care.

Healthgrades adjusts for patient risk factors such as age and medical conditions, but the rankings do not guarantee an individual patient's outcome. The company estimated that 227,229 deaths and 158,138 complications among Medicare patients over the three-year period could potentially have been avoided if all hospitals had performed at the five-star level. Those are statistical estimates, not documented cases.

Patients can search the state rankings and individual hospital profiles at healthgrades.com.