Cleveland Cardiovascular in U.S. 

Cleveland Clinic is the top comprehensive medical institution in the United States. It was founded in 1921 and is located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The center has been ranked fourth in the comprehensive ranking of hospitals in the United States for five consecutive years, and its heart and cardiovascular surgery specialty has ranked first in the United States for 16 consecutive years.

The Cleveland Clinic integrates medical services, academic research and teaching. It currently has about 2,700 physicians, involving 120 medical specialties and affiliated specialties, treating patients from 50 states in the United States and more than 80 countries and regions in the world. It receives an average of about 3.8 million patients and performs about 70,000 surgeries each year.

The Cleveland Clinic ranked top three in the 2006 ranking of American medical institutions. It is the best cardiovascular specialty diagnosis and treatment institution in the United States; it is a non-profit medical academic research center that combines education, research and clinical medical care. The hospital is one of the largest and most prestigious comprehensive hospitals in the United States, and was rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States by "U.S. News and World Report". The Glickman Urological Institute and Digestive Disease Center are among the top two in the United States in their specialty; in plastic surgery, otolaryngology, kidney, gynecology, neurology, rheumatology, respiratory tract and endocrinology, Cleveland Clinic is among the top ten in the United States.

The research areas of the hospital's School of Neurology include neurology, neurosurgery and neuroradiology, behavioral sciences, and care for adult and pediatric patients with neurological disorders. The Department of Neurosurgery is one of the largest research units in the United States with the widest range of academic research projects. The neurosurgeons and interventional radiologists in the Department of Neurosurgery provide a complete range of services for adult and pediatric patients. The Department of Neurosurgery includes cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, epilepsy surgery, pediatrics and congenital neurosurgery. Neurosurgery medical staff are highly skilled, academically advanced, and constantly innovating. The neurology and neurosurgery programs have been consistently ranked as the top ten in the United States and the most advanced in Ohio by U.S. News and World Report, and enjoy a high reputation both at home and abroad.