UAB Hospital has been named the best hospital in Alabama in the U.S. News & World Report’s (USNWR) 2023-2023 Best Hospital rankings, and five UAB programs have been classified as high performing, including orthopaedics.

USNWR’s orthopaedics rating is based on various data categories, including patient outcomes such as patient survival, volume of high-risk patients, patient experience, nurse staffing, and advanced clinical technologies. Each hospital is given a score, and the top 10 percent within the specialty are considered high performing.

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is dedicated to maintaining excellence in clinical care, education, and research. With fellowship trained subspecialists in all areas of orthopaedic surgery, we offer state-of-the-art care for patients with the most simple or complex orthopaedic conditions. Our training programs, including programs for students, residents, and fellows, are nationally recognized and focus on developing the future leaders of our profession. Finally, our faculty conducts innovative research that concentrates on developing new knowledge that directly improves the outcomes of our patients.

UAB Orthopaedic Surgery also scored “Excellent” in the areas of Patient services, Advanced technologies, and Nurse staffing.

Our talented physicians offer specialized care in areas such as sports medicine, spine, hand and upper extremity, foot and ankle, joint, oncology, pediatrics, and trauma. Additionally, UAB Orthopaedics Surgery works closely with other medical specialties—including imaging, physical rehabilitation, nutritional therapy and oncology—to develop a comprehensive care plan that offers the greatest chance of restoring or improving mobility and reducing or eliminating pain in the hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, back, hips, knees, ankles and feet.

Our patients are our top priority, and we work to ensure that our team is consistently providing unmatched quality and service to those we serve.