24. St. James’ Institute of Oncology/Leeds Cancer Centre – West Yorkshire, U.K.



In August 2013 the Leeds Cancer Centre in West Yorkshire, England became the foremost hospital in Britain – and the second worldwide – to commence offering groundbreaking Elekta Versa HD radiotherapy treatment. The Leeds Cancer Center is backed by the world-renowned St. James’ University Hospital, which was founded in 1925. The center operates in St. James’ Institute of Oncology’s relatively new Bexley Wing, which was opened in December 2007. Since 2009 the St. James’ Institute of Oncology has also featured the pioneering Leeds Gamma Knife Centre, which boasts the most technologically sophisticated Gamma Knife in the world – the $4.93 million Leksell Perfexion. Opened in 2012, the St. James’ Institute of Oncology’s radiology facility has apparently “been totally transformed thanks to an £850,000 [$1.4 million] investment” and offers integrated services and high-tech equipment.

22. Hartford Hospital – Hartford, Connecticut



Hartford Hospital in Connecticut boasts eight surgical robots, which are used to carry out robotically assisted prostatectomies, heart surgery, and urological and gynecological procedures. The hospital also engages robots to assist with education and innovation as well as research. In October 2012 its medical staff inserted a right ventricular Impella – described as a “mini heart” – into a patient for the first time in U.S. history. Besides this, the facility operates an O-arm surgical imaging system, which is used with Medtronic StealthStation navigational devices to precisely produce “real-time, intra-operative imaging of a patient’s anatomy with high quality images and a large field-of-view in both two and three dimensions.” Two more high-tech imaging gadgets at the hospital’s disposal are the Sentinelle Breast MRI and the LightSpeed VCT XTe 64 “slice” CT scanner.

20. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania



The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) comprises a large network of hospitals and facilities collectively considered to be among America’s leading health care resources. Founded in 1893, the centerpiece of the enterprise is UPMC Presbyterian, which is recognized for its organ transplants, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, and stroke care, among other areas of expertise. In 2012 doctors from the center inserted two electrode grids into the left motor cortex of a patient paralyzed below the neck, enabling her to control a high-tech robot arm. According to The Atlantic, “The goal is to create mind-controlled prosthetics to restore some independence to the paralyzed.” UPMC also co-manages the Center for Assistive Technology. And in July 2013 it was named the ‘Most Wired’ health network in the U.S. for the fifteenth time in a row.

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