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38 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Hospitals with the highest US News rating for orthopedics in each state announced By Laura Dyrda U.S. News & World Report released the 2020 Best Hospitals for orthopedics in July. e publication examined 1,241 hospitals in the U.S. and gave them ratings based on sev- eral points, including 30-day survival rates, patient experience and nurse staffing. Here are the hospitals that received the top ortho- pedics in each state. 1. Alabama: University of Alabama at Bir- mingham Hospital 2. Alaska: Providence Alaska Medical Center (Anchorage) 3. Arizona: Mayo Clinic-Phoenix 4. Arkansas: CHI St. Vincent Infirmary (Lit- tle Rock) 5. California: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) 6. Colorado: UCHealth University of Colora- do Hospital (Aurora) 7. Connecticut: Yale New Haven Hospital 8. Delaware: ChristianaCare (Newark) 9. District of Columbia: MedStar George- town University Hospital 10. Florida: Tampa General Hospital 11. Georgia: Emory University Hospital (At- lanta) 12. Hawaii: Queen's Medical Center (Honolulu) 13. Idaho: St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (Boise) 14. Illinois: Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) 15. Indiana: Indiana University Health Med- ical Center (Indianapolis) 16. Iowa: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City) 17. Kansas: University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City) 18. Kentucky: University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital (Lexington) 19. Louisiana: Ochsner Medical Center (New Orleans) 20. Maine Medical Center (Portland) 21. Maryland: Johns Hopkins Hospital (Bal- timore) 22. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston) 23. Michigan: Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak 24. Minnesota: Mayo Clinic (Rochester) 25. Mississippi: Mississippi Baptist Medical Center (Jackson) 26. Missouri: Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis) 27. Montana: St. Patrick Hospital (Missoula) 28. Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha) 29. Nevada: St. Mary's Regional Medical Center-Reno 30. New Hampshire: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon) 31. New Jersey: Morristown Medical Center 32. New Mexico: Christus St. Vincent Re- gional Medical Center (Santa Fe) 33. New York: Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City) 34. North Carolina: Duke University Hospi- tal (Durham) 35. North Dakota: Sanford Medical Center Fargo 36. Ohio: Cleveland Clinic 37. Oklahoma: Oklahoma Surgical Hospital (Tulsa) 38. Oregon: Providence Portland Medical Center 39. Pennsylvania: omas Jefferson Univer- sity Hospitals (Philadelphia) 40. Rhode Island: Miriam Hospital (Provi- dence) 41. South Carolina: MUSC Health-Universi- ty Medical Center (Charleston) 42. South Dakota: Sanford USD Medical Center (Sioux Falls) 43. Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville) 44. Texas: Houston Methodist Hospital 45. Utah: University of Utah Hospital (Salt Lake City) 46. Vermont: University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington) 47. Virginia: VCU Medical Center (Rich- mond) 48. Washington: University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle) 49. West Virginia University Hospitals (Mor- gantown) 50. Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Hos- pitals (Madison) 51. Wyoming: St. John's Medical Center and Living Center (Jackson) n UAMS sees 1st female neurosurgeon graduate from residency program By Alan Condon H eather Pinckard-Dover, MD, is the first female neurosurgeon to com- plete the residency program at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Press Argus-Courier reports. Three things to know: 1. Dr. Dover completed the neurosurgery residency in July, serving as co- chief resident for the final two years. 2. One of her mentors was Erika Petersen, MD, director of the section of func- tional and restorative neurosurgery at the university and the first female neu- rosurgeon in Arkansas with the rank of professor. 3. Dr. Dover said she hopes to return to Arkansas after she completes a func- tional neurosurgery fellowship at the University of Florida in Gainesville. n