Awards and Accreditations

In 2025, Stony Brook Medicine received the highest level of achievement from Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best. This achievement places Stony Brook among the top 1% nationwide for overall excellence in care and is the only on Long Island to be ranked among America's 50 Best.

2024 Get With the Guidelines Stroke Award
2023-2024 High Performing Hospitals
AACN Beacon Award
100 Best Stroke Care 2016-2025

Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital are collectively assessed by Healthgrades and share the America’s 50 Best Hospitals AwardTM.

This Best Hospitals Award comes on the heels of receiving numerous specialty awards this past fall, underscoring Stony Brook's dedication to exceptional patient care. Awards received by the Neurosciences Institute include:

  • The only in New York State to be recognized as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care for 10 years in a row (2016-2025)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Cranial Neurosurgery (2020-2025)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Stroke (2015-2025)
  • Neurosciences Excellence Award™ (2016-2025)
  • Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award™ (2020-2025)
  • Stroke Care Excellence Award™ (2016-2025)
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