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U.S. News ranks Dallas' UT Southwestern as No. 2 best hospital in Texas

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas is at the top of the list.

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Dallas' UT Southwestern Medical Center has retained its U.S. News & World Report ranking as the No. 2 best hospital in Texas, and No. 1 in Dallas-Fort Worth. Nine other DFW hospitals also ranked in the top 30.

The accolades appear in U.S. News’ 2024-25 ranking of the best hospitals nationwide. Each hospital also ranked among various specialties, such as orthopedics; cardiology, heart, and vascular surgery; cancer; and neurology and neurosurgery.

Previously, the hospital shared the No. 1 spot with Houston Methodist Hospital in 2023.

In a press release, UT Southwestern president Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D. shared his gratitude for the recent honors, and reignited the hospital system's dedication to "translating scientific discoveries into improved treatments" for both patients in Dallas and around the world.

"Our collaborative multidisciplinary approach to patient care, as in our overall mission to educate, discover, and heal, continues to drive innovation at UT Southwestern and produce exceptional outcomes for the patients and families we are privileged to serve," said Podolsky. "In parallel with ensuring that our patients have access to the most advanced technologies and treatments, we remain hyperfocused on providing the best care experience for them and their families."

In the same ranking, Baylor University Medical Center came out as the No. 3 best hospital in Texas, and No. 2 across DFW.

Other top-ranking Texas hospitals located in Dallas-Fort Worth include:

No. 11 – Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center - Fort Worth
No. 13 – Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
No. 15 – Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest, Fort Worth (tied with Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin and Christus Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler)
No. 18 – Medical City Dallas and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth (tied)
No. 23 – Baylor Scott and White Medical Center - Grapevine, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano (tied)

Texas' best hospitals are in Houston
Houston's MD Anderson Cancer Center once again topped the list as the best cancer hospital in the U.S. Since U.S. News introduced its annual hospital survey in 1990, MD Anderson has been ranked one of the two best U.S. hospitals for cancer care. It has maintained its No. 1 ranking for 10 consecutive years.

“At MD Anderson, our mission is clear: to end cancer,” Dr. Peter WT Pisters, president of MD Anderson, says in a news release. “This ranking reflects our relentless commitment to excellence in patient care, research, prevention, and education.”

MD Anderson also ranked highly in three specialties:

No. 2 for ear, nose, and throat.
No. 9 for urology.
No. 14 for gastroenterology and GI surgery.

“The consistent top national recognitions [that] MD Anderson receives for delivering compassionate, evidence-based care is a testament to our dedication to those we serve,” Pisters says.

Houston Methodist Hospital was crowned the overall best hospital in Texas for the 13th year in a row. Also, it was lauded as one of the country’s 20 best hospitals for the eighth time. Along with the general ranking, Houston Methodist Hospital scored high marks in 10 specialties. These include diabetes and endocrinology (No. 6), gastroenterology and GI surgery (No. 7), and pulmonology and lung surgery (No. 8).

Amber Heckler contributed to this report. This article first appeared on our sister site InnovationMap.

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11 booming Dallas-Fort Worth companies zoom to top of Inc. 5000

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Allen-based Yantran is riding the information technology wave all the way to the top of the Inc. 5000’s 10 fastest-growing private companies.

With three-year revenue growth of 258,740 percent, the company appears at No. 3 on this year’s Inc. 5000 list. The prestigious 2026 list ranks private companies based on percentage revenue growth from 2022 to 2025.

Yantran, founded in 2022, is an IT services, technology consulting, and AI-driven product development company. It ranks as the No. 1 fastest-growing IT services company in the U.S., as well as the No. 1 fastest-growing company in Texas and the Metroplex. It's joined by 10 other booming Dallas-Fort Worth businesses in the top 250.

The honorees will be recognized October 14-16 at the 2026 Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, which will be held in Dallas. The other Dallas-Fort Worth companies at the top of the list are:

No. 12 Paek Management Group, 12,520 percent (Irving)
No. 82 Elite Robotics and Automation, 3,334 percent (Fort Worth)
No. 133 Outamation, 2,291 percent (Southlake)
No. 147 Red Creek Solutions, 2,119 percent (Frisco)
No. 155 JobTread Software, 2,071 percent (Dallas)
No. 164 DAX Eyewear, 1,977 percent (Nevada)
No. 186 Optimized Waste Removal, 1,830 percent (Fort Worth)
No. 204 Freight Flex, 1,642 percent (Denton)
No. 212 Maverick Power, 1,591 percent (McKinney)
No. 229 Innovative Life Sciences, 1,494 percent (McKinney)

The Metroplex leads Texas with the most companies in the top 250 of this year's Inc. 5000. DFW is followed by Austin (10 companies); Houston (seven companies); and San Antonio , El Paso, and Amarillo (one company each):

Austin

No. 9 Investment Watches, 15,741 percent
No. 72 Razor Metrics, 3,856 percent
No. 91 Autonomize AI, 2,921 percent
No. 102 Choose Your Horizon, 2,719 percent
No. 132 Wander Staffing, 2,296 percent
No. 144 Everyday Dose, 2,179 percent
No. 148 NetRise, 2,118 percent
No. 163 Nutrabound Labs, 1,999 percent (Bastrop)
No. 179 Steadily, 1,890 percent
No. 208 Tiny Health, 1,624 percent

Houston

No. 3 Epique Realty, 23,210 percent
No. 27 Empact Technologies, 8,275 percent
No. 60 Action1, 4,512 percent
No 75 Signs By G, 3,684 percent
No. 79 The ’Pause Life, 3,469 percent (Galveston)
No. 110 Turtlebox Audio, 2,576 percent
No. 178 Dahnani Private Equity Group, 1,904 percent (Stafford)

San Antonio

No. 118 Hire With Near, 2,421 percent

El Paso

No. 80, LEH Homes, 3,438 percent

Amarillo

No. 249, Optimum Rope Access Solutions, 1,361 percent

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A version of this article originally appeared on our sister site, InnovationMap.com.

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