The U-M Hospitals and Health Centers are part of the U-M Health System, which also has been recognized by U.S. News as having one of the nation's top medical schools and top children's hospitals.

Earlier this year, U.S. News ranked the U-M Medical School 6th among the best research-oriented medical schools.

In May, the magazine ranked the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital among the best pediatric hospitals in the nation, ranking fourth in heart and heart surgery, 13th in orthopedics, 19th in kidney care, along with nation rankings in the pediatric specialties of cancer, diabetes and endocrinology, pulmonology, neonatology and urology.

For the 2010 "America's Best Hospitals" rankings, U-M's rank in each specialty category is:

Overall: 14

Cancer: 13

Ear, Nose & Throat: 9

Endocrinology: 19

Gastrointestinal: 13

Geriatrics: 12

Gynecology: 18

Heart and Heart Surgery: 11

Kidney: 20

Neurology & Neurosurgery: 22

Ophthalmology: 17

Orthopedics: 24

Psychiatry: 20

Rehabilitation: 19

Respiratory Disorders: 14

Rheumatology: 14

Urology: 11

U.S. News' 2010-11 publication of "America's Best Hospitals" will be on sale at newsstands on July 27. The rankings are also available online at healthnews/.

SOURCE University of Michigan Health System