Medical Specialty Care in Denver
Denver-area hospitals hold national-caliber designations rare outside major metros — a respiratory hospital nationally ranked in pulmonology, a pediatric hospital ranked No. 2 in the country, and Colorado's only National Cancer Institute–designated cancer center.
National Jewish Health
National Jewish Health is nationally ranked in one adult specialty — Pulmonology & Lung Surgery — by U.S. News & World Report, and rated high performing in three additional procedures and conditions, including COPD, lung cancer surgery, and pneumonia. It is one of very few hospitals in the country built specifically around respiratory, allergy, and immune disease.
Children's Hospital Colorado
Children's Hospital Colorado, on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, is ranked No. 2 among the nation's Best Children's Hospitals in U.S. News & World Report's 2025–26 rankings, with national rankings in 11 pediatric specialties and top rankings in cardiology & heart surgery and diabetes & endocrinology.
University of Colorado Cancer Center
The CU Cancer Center is Colorado's only National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Center — one of only 51 in the country — first designated in 1987 and elevated to comprehensive status in 1997, a distinction reserved for centers meeting the NCI's highest standards for research, prevention, and clinical care.
Craig Hospital
Craig Hospital, a nonprofit neurorehabilitation and research hospital in Englewood specializing in spinal cord and traumatic brain injury, is ranked No. 1 for Rehabilitation in both Colorado and the Denver Metro Area by U.S. News & World Report, and No. 24 nationally in the 2026 rankings — the 36th consecutive year it has placed among the nation's best rehabilitation hospitals.