Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Critical care medicine (Internal 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	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	99
2	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Rochester, MN	5	94
3	Geisinger Health System	Danville, PA	4	86
4	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	86
5	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	85
6	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	85
7	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	84
8	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
9	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	80
10	Advocate Health Care	Park Ridge, IL	4	80
11	SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine	Clearwater, FL	3	79
12	Henry Ford Health	Detroit, MI	3	79
13	AdventHealth Florida	Orlando, FL	3	79
14	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	78
15	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	77
16	Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital	Ypsilanti, MI	4	77
17	University of California Riverside School of Medicine	San Bernardino, CA	3	75
18	MaineHealth	Portland, ME	4	74
19	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	73
20	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	73
21	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	72
22	AdventHealth Florida	Tampa, FL	3	72
23	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	71
24	UPMC Medical Education	Harrisburg, PA	3	71
25	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston Salem, NC	3	71
26	Orlando Health	Orlando, FL	3	71
27	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	71
28	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Manhasset, NY	4	70
29	Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital	Camden, NJ	2	70
30	Inspira Health Network	VIneland, NJ	2	70
31	Atlantic Health	Morristown, NJ	5	70
32	University of Maryland Program	Baltimore, MD	2	70
33	Aurora Health Care	Milwaukee, WI	4	69
34	Hennepin Healthcare	Minneapolis, MN	3	67
35	SUNY Upstate Medical University	Syracuse, NY	2	63
36	University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine	Kansas City, MO	4	63
37	Central Michigan University College of Medicine/CMU Medical Education Partners	Saginaw, MI	2	63
38	LSU Health Sciences Center	Shreveport, LA	2	63
39	Maimonides Medical Center	Brooklyn, NY	2	62
40	Olympia Fields Hospital	Olympia Fields, IL	2	62
41	Palmetto General Hospital	Hialeah, FL	2	62
42	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	62
43	Naples Comprehensive Health	Naples, FL	3	59
44	UMass Chan - Baystate	Springfield, MA	1	57
45	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	54
46	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	54
47	Jefferson Health New Jersey	Stratford, NJ	2	53
48	Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital	Chicago, IL	2	53
49	TidalHealth	Salisbury, MD	3	51
50	Washington State University College of Medicine	Everett, WA	2	50

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