We are proud of our efforts to continue to improve patient care and your experience at Stony Brook Medicine. Below are some of our recent awards and recognitions.
Stony Brook University Hospital
2024
Awards
- Money’s “Best Hospitals of 2024” List
- Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award
2023
Awards
- Becker’s Hospital Review 2023 “Great Hospitals in America” List
- The only hospital in New York State to be named as one of America's 100 Best HospitalsTM by Healthgrades for stroke care for the past eight years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Ranked by Healthgrades as the #2 hospital in New York State for both Neurosciences and Stroke Care for 2023
- Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Bypass Surgery
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Valve Surgery
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure (10 years in a row )
- Healthgrades Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Overall Cardiac Services
- Healthgrades Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery
- Recipient of Gold Plus Achievement Award from the American Stroke Association for the "Get with the Guidelines" Stroke Program for 12 consecutive years (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus quality achievement award
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) three-star rating for overall patient care and outcomes in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG or heart bypass surgery) procedures
- 84 physicians have been named “Top Doctors” on Castle Connolly Top Doctors 2023 list
Awards
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Bypass Surgery
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Valve Surgery
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure (10 years in a row )
- Healthgrades Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Overall Cardiac Services
- Healthgrades Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery
Awards
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for 2021 by Healthgrades
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Bypass Surgery
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Valve Surgery
- Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure
- Healthgrades Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Overall Cardiac Services
- Healthgrades Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery
Awards
- U.S. News & World Report Top 50 ranking for orthopaedics
- U.S. News & World Report Top 50 ranking for neurology and neurosurgery
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for 2020 by Healthgrades
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for Cardiac Care for the seventh consecutive year by Healthgrades (2015 to 2021)
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for Coronary Intervention for the sixth consecutive year by Healthgrades (2016 to 2021)
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for Stroke Care for sixth consecutive year by Healthgrades (2016 to 2021)
- Named Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality for 2020 by National LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Indiex (HEI) of Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.
- Recipient of 2020 Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award from Practice Greenhealth for commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability.
- Inaugural recipient of Target: Stroke Advanced Therapy Elite Honor Roll Award® from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and the Get With The Guidelines® quality improvement registry (GWTG) for timely endovascular therapy for patients with severe stroke.
- Get With the Guidelines® Gold PLUS with Target Elite award recognition program from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association – Stony Brook University Hospital
Awards
- U.S. News & World Report Top 50 ranking for orthopaedics
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for 2019 by Healthgrades
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for Cardiac Care for the sixth consecutive year by Healthgrades (2015 to 2020)
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for Coronary Intervention for the fifth consecutive year by Healthgrades (2016 to 2020)
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for Stroke Care for fifth consecutive year by Healthgrades (2016 to 2020)
- Recipient of the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) 2019 Pinnacle Award for Quality and Patient Safety
- Get With the Guidelines® Gold PLUS with Target Elite award recognition program from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association – Stony Brook University Hospital
Awards
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for Cardiac Care for the fifth consecutive year by Healthgrades (2015 to 2019)
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for Coronary Intervention for the fourth consecutive year by Healthgrades (2016 to 2019)
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ for Stroke Care for fourth consecutive year by Healthgrades (2016 to 2019)
- First The Joint Commission (TJC) certified Comprehensive Stroke Center in Suffolk County.
- Get With the Guidelines® Gold PLUS with Target Elite award recognition program from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association – Stony Brook University Hospital
2017
Awards
- Get With the Guidelines® Gold PLUS with Target Elite PLUS award recognition program from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association – Stony Brook University Hospital
- Recognized for the ninth consecutive year as one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals – Stony Brook University Hospital
Recognitions
- New York Magazine’s 2014 “Best Doctors” issue features 15 full-time and voluntary physicians from Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH)
Awards
- Get With the Guidelines® Gold PLUS with Target Elite PLUS award recognition program from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association – Stony Brook University Hospital
- Recognized for the eighth consecutive year as one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals – Stony Brook University Hospital
- Two Vizient Excellence Awards for sustainability projects
Recognitions
- #1 Healthy Hospital Food Environment award from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
2015
Awards
- U.S. News & World Report Top 50 ranking for pediatric nephrology – Stony Brook Children’s Hospital
- Get With The Guidelines® Silver award recognition from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for successful use of evidence-based guidelines in resuscitation care – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Stony Brook University Hospital
- New York Magazine’s 2015 “Best Doctors” issue features 18 full-time and voluntary physicians from Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH)
- Guardian of Excellence Award for excellence in patient experience for Ambulatory Surgery Center from Press Ganey
- Bronze-level Beacon Award of Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) – Cardiac Cath Lab, Stony Brook Heart Institute
- Recognized for the seventh consecutive year as one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals – Stony Brook University Hospital
- "Greenhealth Partner for Change" Award received from Practice Greenhealth for leadership in environmentally preferable practices
Recognitions
- New York Magazine’s 2015 “Best Doctors” issue features 12 full-time and voluntary physicians from Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH)
2014
Awards
- Recognized for the sixth consecutive year as one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals – Stony Brook University Hospital
-
New York State Perinatal Quality Collaborative (NYSPQC) award for ongoing success in reducing scheduled deliveries without a medical indication between 36 and 39 weeks’ gestation – Regional Perinatal Center, Stony Brook University Hospital
- National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality® from the American Nurses Association in the Academic Medical Center category
- Get With The Guidelines® - Heart Failure Gold Quality Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association - Stony Brook University Hospital
- Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, with the added distinction of "Target Stroke Award" - Stony Brook University Hospital
Recognitions
- New York Magazine’s 2014 “Best Doctors” issue features 16 full-time and voluntary physicians from Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH)
2013
Awards
- Recognized for the fifth consecutive year as one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals – Stony Brook University Hospital
- Silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) - Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU) at Stony Brook Heart Institute
- 4th Annual Lung Cancer Support Group Award from the Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) - Stony Brook Cancer Center’s support group facilitators, April Plank, DNP, and Kathy Shurpin, PhD, RN
- Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association - Stony Brook University Hospital
Recognitions
- New York Magazine’s 2013 “Best Doctors” issue features 19 full-time and voluntary physicians from Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH).
2012
Awards
- Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association - Stony Brook University Hospital
- Recognized for the fourth consecutive year as one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals - Stony Brook University Hospital
- Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) Gold Quality Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association - Stony Brook University Hospital
- Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) - Stony Brook Cancer Center
Recognitions
- “A” Hospital Safety ScoreSM by The Leapfrog Group - Stony Brook University Hospital
- New York Magazine’s 2012 “Best Doctors” issue features 14 full-time and voluntary physicians from Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH).
2011
Awards
- Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association - Stony Brook University Hospital
- Recognized for the third consecutive year as one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals - Stony Brook University Hospital
- Third Most Beautiful Hospital in America by Soliant Health - Stony Brook University Hospital
- NAPH Safety Net Patient Safety Award from the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH) - Stony Brook University Hospital
Recognitions
- New York Magazine’s 2011 “Best Doctors” issue features 18 full-time and voluntary physicians from Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH).
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
- Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals™ by Healthgrades as an affiliated campus of Stony Brook University Hospital (2019 to 2021)
- Named Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality for 2020 by National LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Indiex (HEI) of Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.
- Kathleen D. Allen Maternity Center recognized for Superior Performance in Labor and Delivery as Recipient of 2018 and 2019 Healthgrades Women's Care Award. Cited as Five-Star Recipient for Vaginal Delivery and C-Section Delivery for five consecutive years (2015-2019).
- Accredited by The Joint Commission and a recipient of the Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for demonstrating compliance with its national state-of-the-art standards for health care quality and safety in hospitals
- Recognized by the New York Department of Health as a provisional Level III adult trauma center, the first one on the East End of Long Island
- Accredited by the American College of Radiology in all imaging diagnostic tests and is recognized as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
- Cardiac Rehabilitation program certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
- Regional Dialysis Center, is a 5-time recipient of the IPRO 5-Diamond Award for Patient Safety
- David E. Rogers, MD Center recipient of the Peter M. Fox Excellence in AAHIVM Credentialing Award from the American Academy of HIV Medicine
- Joint Commission certified Palliative Care program
- Recipient of the Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 designation for use of the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model
- Recipient of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Quality Recognition Award
- Nine-time winner of the American Association for Respiratory Care “Quality Respiratory Care Recognition Award”
- Named one of the nation’s “Most Wired Hospitals” for four consecutive years