Question 1

How are the best Geriatric 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 Geriatric 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 Geriatric medicine (Internal medicine) residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Pennsylvania Health System currently ranks first among Geriatric 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 Geriatric medicine (Internal medicine) program sits where it does.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Geriatric 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	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	91
2	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	91
3	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	91
4	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	90
5	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	90
6	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	90
7	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	90
8	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	90
9	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Brookline, MA	4	87
10	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	4	86
11	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	86
12	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	85
13	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	83
14	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	82
15	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	82
16	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	82
17	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	81
18	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
19	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	80
20	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	80
21	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	3	80
22	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	80
23	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	New Hyde Park, NY	3	79
24	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	79
25	Atlantic Health	Morristown, NJ	5	78
26	Hackensack Meridian Health	Hackensack, NJ	5	78
27	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	78
28	Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education	Scranton, PA	3	77
29	Boston University Medical Center	Boston, MA	3	77
30	University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine	Honolulu, HI	4	74
31	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	73
32	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	73
33	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	73
34	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	73
35	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	72
36	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	71
37	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	71
38	University of South Dakota School of Medicine	Sioux Falls, SD	3	71
39	Prisma Health	Columbia, SC	3	71
40	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	71
41	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Omaha, NE	3	71
42	University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago	Chicago, IL	3	71
43	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	68
44	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	68
45	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	68
46	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	68
47	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Staten Island, NY	2	68
48	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	2	68
49	University of Maryland Program	Baltimore, MD	2	68
50	Indiana University School of Medicine	Indianapolis, IN	2	68

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