Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital Named to U.S. News & World Report 2025 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care

HOUSTON (December 10, 2024)

Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, as a 2025 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study.

According to U.S. News, Best Hospitals for Maternity Care assist expectant parents, in consultation with their prenatal care team, in making informed decisions about where to receive maternity services that best meets their family’s needs.

Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital earned a High Performing designation in recognition of maternity care as measured by factors such as severe unexpected newborn complication rates, birthing-friendly practices and transparency on racial/ethnic disparities, among other measures.

“At Memorial Hermann, we consider it a great privilege to care for expectant parents and children across the Houston community,” said Dr. Victoria Regan, Vice President of the Women's and Children's Service Line at Memorial Hermann Health System. “This recognition of our Greater Heights Hospital exemplifies the standard of care we strive to provide within our labor and delivery units each and every day. We are incredibly proud of our team members for this achievement, and grateful to our patients for the trust they place in us.”

U.S. News evaluated 817 hospitals from across the United States. Only half of all hospitals evaluated for U.S. News’ 2025 ratings edition have been recognized as Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.

In addition to this new recognition, several other Memorial Hermann campuses and service lines previously ranked in the 2024-2025 report:

  • TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital ranked No. 2 among the country’s top rehabilitation hospitals.
  • Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital ranked as the No. 5 Best Children’s Hospital in Texas and No. 6 in the Southwest Region. Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital also ranked in the top 50 children’s hospitals in the nation for the following specialties:
    • No. 22 in Cardiology and Heart Surgery
    • No. 29 in Gastroenterology and GI Surgery
    • No. 43 in Neurology and Neurosurgery
    • No. 45 in Urology
  • Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (TMC) ranked as the No. 3 hospital in the Houston metro area and No. 5 hospital in Texas.
  • Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital ranked as the No. 4 hospital in the Houston metro area and No. 6 hospital in Texas. (This ranking jointly includes Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital and Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital)
  • Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center ranked as the No. 7 hospital in the Houston metro area and No. 18 hospital in Texas.

The U.S. News Best Hospitals for Maternity Care methodology is based entirely on objective measures of quality, such as C-section rates in lower-risk pregnancies, severe unexpected newborn complication rates, exclusive breast milk feeding rates, birthing-friendly practices and reporting on racial/ethnic disparities, among other measures.

For more information, visit the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care webpage.