Question 1

How are the best Clinical neurophysiology 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 neurophysiology 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 neurophysiology residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, Mass General Brigham currently ranks first among Clinical neurophysiology 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 neurophysiology program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Clinical neurophysiology programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Clinical neurophysiology 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	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	100
2	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	5	97
3	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	97
4	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	97
5	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	95
6	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	94
7	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	92
8	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	91
9	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	91
10	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	88
11	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	85
12	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	85
13	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	85
14	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	85
15	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	83
16	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	83
17	St Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus	Easton, PA	5	83
18	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	83
19	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Birmingham, AL	5	83
20	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	82
21	University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)	Los Angeles, CA	4	82
22	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	80
23	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	80
24	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	80
25	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	79
26	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	75
27	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	74
28	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	74
29	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	74
30	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	74
31	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	74
32	University of California (Irvine)	Hialeah, FL	4	74
33	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	73
34	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	73
35	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	73
36	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	73
37	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	73
38	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	73
39	Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center	Phoenix, AZ	3	73
40	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	71
41	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	71
42	University of Maryland Program	Baltimore, MD	2	69
43	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	new York, NY	3	68
44	Henry Ford Health	Detroit, MI	3	66
45	Louisiana State University School of Medicine	New Orleans, LA	2	66
46	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	64
47	Loyola University Medical Center	Maywood, IL	3	64
48	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Washington, DC	3	64
49	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	64
50	SUNY Upstate Medical University	Syracuse, NY	2	63

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