Question 1

How are the best Clinical cardiac electrophysiology 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 Clinical cardiac electrophysiology 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 Clinical cardiac electrophysiology residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Pennsylvania Health System currently ranks first among Clinical cardiac electrophysiology 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 Clinical cardiac electrophysiology program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Clinical cardiac electrophysiology programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Clinical cardiac electrophysiology 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	100
2	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	99
3	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	99
4	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	99
5	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	99
6	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	97
7	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	96
8	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	94
9	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	94
10	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	New York, NY	5	94
11	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	94
12	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	94
13	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	94
14	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	93
15	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	90
16	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	89
17	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	87
18	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	87
19	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	86
20	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	85
21	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	85
22	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	85
23	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	84
24	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	84
25	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	82
26	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	82
27	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Weston, FL	4	82
28	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
29	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	81
30	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	80
31	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	80
32	Inova Fairfax Hospital Campus	Falls Church, VA	5	79
33	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	78
34	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	78
35	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	78
36	University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine	Kansas City, MO	4	78
37	Ochsner Clinic Foundation	New Orleans, LA	4	78
38	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	78
39	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	77
40	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	77
41	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	77
42	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	77
43	Baylor University Medical Center	Plano, TX	3	75
44	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	75
45	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	75
46	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston Salem, NC	3	75
47	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	75
48	Loyola University Medical Center	Maywood, IL	3	75
49	University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School	Austin, TX	4	72
50	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	72

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