UC Davis Medical Center is a top performing hospital according to national research released by Healthgrades, the leading website consumers use to choose hospitals and doctors.

The medical center received accolades for high-quality patient care, known as Specialty Excellent Awards, in eight specialty areas. It earned a specialty award for cardiac care. In addition, for the third year in a row the medical center was named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for:

• Critical care
• Gastrointestinal care
• Gastrointestinal surgery
• Pulmonary care
• Stroke care
• Cranial neurosurgery excellence
• Neurosciences excellence

“UC Davis Health is committed to delivering compassionate, exceptional care to all our patients,” said Joseph Galante, chief medical officer of UC Davis Medical Center. “These awards are a testament to the expertise, commitment and compassion of our physicians, nurses and other care team members who consistently strive to provide the highest quality of care and best clinical outcomes by putting our patients first every day.”

Healthgrades evaluates hospital quality for conditions and procedures based solely on clinical outcomes to help consumers understand and compare hospital performance to support their care choices.

To determine its 2025 awards, Healthgrades analyzed patient outcome data on more than 45 million Medicare medical claims records of the most recent three-year time period available for approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide. Other select data included: patient surveys from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and patient outcome data for all patients, regardless of their insurance coverage, from states that make their data available.

Additional UC Davis Medical Center Healthgrades awards by category:

Cardiac

• Top 5% in the nation for cardiology services (2024-2025)
• Top 10% in the nation for overall cardiac services
• Five-star recipient for valve surgery in 2025
• Five-star recipient for coronary interventional procedures
• Five-star recipient for treatment of heart attack (2024-2025)
• Five-star recipient for treatment of heart failure (2017-2025)

Critical Care

• Top 5% in the nation for critical care (2021-2025)
• Five-star recipient for treatment of sepsis (2018-2025)
• Five-star recipient for treatment of pulmonary embolism (2022-2025)
• Five-star recipient for treatment of respiratory failure (2013-2025)

Gastrointestinal (GI)

• Top 5% in the nation for overall GI services (2022-2025)
• Top 10% in the nation for GI medical treatment (2023-2025)
• Five-star recipient for treatment of GI bleed (2023-2025)
• Five-star recipient for treatment of bowel obstruction (2024-2025)

Neurosciences

• Top 5% in the nation for neurosciences (2023-2025)
• Top 5% in the nation for cranial neurosurgery (2023-2025)
• Top 5% in the nation for treatment of stroke (2021-2025)
• Five-star recipient for cranial neurosurgery (2022-2025)
• Five-star recipient for treatment of stroke (2021-2025)

Pulmonary

• Top 5% in the nation for overall pulmonary services (2022-2025)
• Five-star recipient for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2021-2025)
• Five-star recipient for treatment of pneumonia (2024-2025)