Question 1

How are the best Critical care medicine (Anesthesiology) 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 Critical care medicine (Anesthesiology) 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 Critical care medicine (Anesthesiology) residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, Stanford Health Care currently ranks first among Critical care medicine (Anesthesiology) 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 Critical care medicine (Anesthesiology) program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Critical care medicine (Anesthesiology) programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Critical care medicine (Anesthesiology) 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	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	100
2	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	97
3	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	96
4	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	95
5	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	95
6	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	93
7	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	90
8	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	90
9	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	90
10	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	90
11	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	87
12	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	87
13	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	85
14	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	85
15	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	83
16	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	83
17	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	83
18	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	83
19	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	81
20	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	81
21	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Phoenix, AZ	5	80
22	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	79
23	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	78
24	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	77
25	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	76
26	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	76
27	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	76
28	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	74
29	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	73
30	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	73
31	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	73
32	University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)	Los Angeles, CA	4	73
33	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	73
34	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	72
35	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	72
36	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Omaha, NE	3	72
37	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	72
38	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	72
39	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	67
40	HCA Healthcare Sunrise Health GME	Las Vegas, NV	3	67
41	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	64
42	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	64
43	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	64
44	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	64
45	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	64
46	UMass Chan Medical School	Worcester, MA	3	64
47	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	64
48	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston Salem, NC	3	61
49	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	60
50	Henry Ford Health	Detroit, MI	3	56

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