Question 1

How are the best Blood banking/transfusion medicine residency programs ranked?

Accepted Answer

MatchPath ranks programs by the MatchPath Program Score — a transparent, objective composite of the teaching hospital's CMS Overall Star Rating (quality), the program's size relative to other Blood banking/transfusion medicine programs (ACGME-approved positions), its teaching hospital's NIH research funding (where available), and its accreditation standing. It is not a reputation survey; the exact weights are published and every program shows the signals behind its score.

Question 2

What is the best Blood banking/transfusion medicine residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Pennsylvania Health System currently ranks first among Blood banking/transfusion medicine programs. The full ranked list above shows each program's score and the factors behind it, so you can see why.

Question 3

Is this an official residency ranking?

Accepted Answer

No. There is no official ACGME, NRMP, or government ranking of residency programs. The MatchPath Program Score is our own transparent composite of objective, public data (CMS hospital quality, ACGME positions and accreditation) — published so you can see exactly what drives each position. It reflects the teaching hospital's measured quality and the program's scale, not a subjective judgment of the training.

Question 4

Does a program's rank mean it's the right fit for me?

Accepted Answer

Not on its own. The score weighs objective signals every applicant can verify, but fit also depends on your specialty goals, location, IMG-friendliness, visa needs, and salary. Use the ranking as a starting shortlist, then compare programs side by side.

Question 5

How is this different from the Doximity or U.S. News residency rankings?

Accepted Answer

Reputation rankings like Doximity are built from surveys of physicians' opinions. The MatchPath Program Score uses no opinions — only objective, public data (CMS hospital quality, ACGME positions and accreditation), with the weights published and every input shown. You can audit exactly why a Blood banking/transfusion medicine program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Blood banking/transfusion medicine programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Blood banking/transfusion medicine program list by "IMG-friendly" to rank by reported IMG acceptance rate, then check each program's IMG percentage, visa sponsorship, and Step 2 CK expectation. All of it is free to view.

#	Program	Location	CMS	Score
1	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	99
2	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	99
3	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	95
4	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	95
5	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	93
6	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	89
7	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	86
8	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	86
9	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	86
10	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	86
11	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	86
12	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	86
13	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	86
14	New York Blood Center	Rye, NY	5	84
15	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	83
16	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	82
17	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	80
18	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	80
19	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	79
20	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	78
21	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	77
22	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	77
23	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	77
24	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	77
25	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	77
26	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	77
27	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	77
28	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	77
29	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	77
30	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	77
31	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	74
32	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	73
33	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	2	67
34	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	67
35	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	67
36	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	67
37	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	67
38	Indiana University School of Medicine	Indianapolis, IN	2	67
39	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Omaha, NE	3	64
40	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	64
41	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	58
42	SUNY Upstate Medical University	Syracuse, NY	2	58
43	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	Albuquerque, NM	2	58
44	University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago	Chicago, IL	2	58
45	University of Louisville School of Medicine	Clearwater, FL	1	49
46	University of Miami/Jackson Health System	Miami, FL	1	49

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