John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek has been ranked one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in its annual list of America's Best Hospitals continuously since 2010. The only non-academic medical center in northern California to appear in the Top 50, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek is named #50 in Gastroenterology and #40 in Orthopedics, making the hospital one of the top-ranked facilities in California in these specialties.