Question 1

How are the best Hospice and palliative medicine (multidisciplinary) 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 Hospice and palliative medicine (multidisciplinary) 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 Hospice and palliative medicine (multidisciplinary) residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Colorado School of Medicine currently ranks first among Hospice and palliative medicine (multidisciplinary) 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 Hospice and palliative medicine (multidisciplinary) program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Hospice and palliative medicine (multidisciplinary) programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Hospice and palliative medicine (multidisciplinary) 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 Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	100
2	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	99
3	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	99
4	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	98
5	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	98
6	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	96
7	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	96
8	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	96
9	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	96
10	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	94
11	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	94
12	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Manhasset, NY	4	90
13	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	90
14	St Luke's University Hospital	Bethlehem, PA	5	89
15	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Rochester, MN	5	89
16	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	89
17	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	89
18	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	87
19	Trinity Health Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids, MI	4	87
20	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	85
21	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	85
22	Wellstar Health System	Marietta, GA	4	85
23	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	85
24	Kaiser Permanente Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	4	85
25	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	84
26	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	83
27	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	83
28	Florida State University College of Medicine	Sarasota, FL	5	83
29	Intermountain Health	Denver, CO	5	83
30	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
31	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	80
32	University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School	Austin, TX	4	79
33	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	79
34	New York-Presbyterian/Queens	Flushing, NY	4	79
35	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	79
36	Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital	Ypsilanti, MI	4	79
37	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	79
38	MaineHealth	Portland, ME	4	78
39	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	77
40	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	76
41	Temple University Hospital	Philadelphia, PA	3	76
42	OhioHealth	Columbus, OH	3	76
43	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	76
44	Detroit Medical Center	Detroit, MI	3	76
45	AdventHealth Florida	Orlando, FL	3	76
46	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Washington, DC	3	76
47	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	76
48	Keck School of Medicine of USC	Los Angeles, CA	4	76
49	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	74
50	Aurora Health Care	Milwaukee, WI	4	74

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