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Hospital rankings
Johns Hopkins among 'U.S. News' Best Hospitals
Published July 16, 2024
12 medical specialties at Johns Hopkins ranked among top 10 of their respective fields, including a No. 1 ranking for rheumatology
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Names+Narratives
Trailblazing cardiac surgeon honored
Published June 12, 2023
Johns Hopkins Medicine's first Black chief resident and first Black full professor, Watkins performed the world's first implantation of an automatic heart defibrillator in a human
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Angels and demons
Published Fall 2022
A Johns Hopkins founding physician, William Stewart Halsted pioneered modern surgery as he waged a lifelong battle against drug addiction. One hundred years after his death, his legacy continues. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Angels and demons
Published Sept 14, 2022
A Johns Hopkins founding physician, William Stewart Halsted pioneered modern surgery as he waged a lifelong battle against drug addiction. One hundred years after his death, his legacy continues.
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'U.S. News' rankings
Johns Hopkins Hospital ranked No. 5 nationally
Published July 26, 2022
The hospital ranks No. 1 overall in Maryland and among nation's top 10 in 10 specialty areas
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Milestones
Johns Hopkins Medicine celebrates 25 years of patient care, research, and education
Published Oct 21, 2021
Establishment of Johns Hopkins Medicine in 1996 enabled enhanced collaboration, cooperation between health system, school of medicine
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Hospital rankings
Johns Hopkins Hospital ranked No. 4 nationally
Published July 27, 2021
The hospital is recognized in all 15 specialty areas, including No. 1 overall rankings in psychiatry and rheumatology
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Medicine
Johns Hopkins seeks residents' input to determine local health needs
Published Sept 25, 2020
Coalition of hospitals and the Baltimore City Health Department issue 14-question, anonymous online survey focusing on physical, social, and economic factors that impact health as well as questions about COVID-19
Johns Hopkins doctors provide drive-through testing for COVID-19
Coronavirus
Johns Hopkins ramps up COVID-19 testing
Published July 20, 2020
A team of about 90 work around the clock in the microbiology lab processing up to 1,500 COVID-19 tests each day, returning results in less than 24 hours
Blue Baby operation performed
Medicine
Hopkins celebrates 75 years since historic 'blue baby' operation
Published Nov 26, 2019
The transformative medical milestone was first performed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1944 and ushered in a new era of cardiac surgery