Straub Benioff Medical Center has been recognized with several awards and distinctions from Healthgrades, a leading online platform that connects patients to doctors and hospitals across the nation.
Straub Benioff is the only medical center in Hawaii to receive Healthgrades’ 2025 Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award™. This places the medical center among the nation’s top 10% for gastrointestinal surgery. In addition, Straub Benioff was given a five-star rating for the 12th year in a row for hip fracture treatment (2014-2025). The medical center also received five stars for its treatment of bowel obstruction and pulmonary embolism.
“These distinctions are a reflection of the incredible work that happens daily at Straub Benioff Medical Center,” David Underriner, CEO of Straub Benioff, said. “Our medical teams and staff are truly dedicated to serving our community and providing the highest quality of care.”
As part of its 2025 hospital assessment, Healthgrades evaluated risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for more than 30 of the most common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to determine the top performers in specialty care.
Healthgrades’ 2025 analysis revealed that if all hospitals as a group performed similarly to five-star hospitals during the 2021-2023 study period, on average, 224,958 lives could potentially have been saved and 141,692 complications could potentially have been avoided.* From 2021-2023, patients treated at hospitals receiving the Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialty Excellence Award had, on average, a 33% lower risk of experiencing a complication or dying while in the hospital.
* Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2021 through 2023 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. View the complete 2025 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.