WASHNTON – The magazine U.S. New & World Report ranked Mayo Clinic, which has headquarters in Minnesota, among leading U.S. hospitals.  Mayo showed among leaders in these specialties, listed here as ranked:

> Cancer:  \University of Texas, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York; Mayo.

> Cardiology, heart and vascular surgery:  Cleveland Clinic; New York Langone Hospitals; Mayo.

> Neurology and neurosurgery: Langone; Mayo; University of California San Francisco.

> Orthopedics: Hospital for Special Surgery in New York; Mayo; Langone.

> Pulmonology and gung surgery: Mayo; Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston; New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia; Cornell.

> Obstetrics and gynecology: Brigham; Johns Hopkins in Baltimore; Mayo.

> Gastroenterology and gastrointestinaI surgery: Mayo; Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeless; Cleveland Clinic.

>Diabetes and endocrinology: Mayo; Brigham; New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia; Cornell.

Hospitals were measure by risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. U.S. News has done the rankings 35vears.