Question 1

How are the best Interventional cardiology 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 Interventional cardiology 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 Interventional cardiology residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Pennsylvania Health System currently ranks first among Interventional cardiology 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 Interventional cardiology program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Interventional cardiology programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Interventional cardiology 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	99
2	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	99
3	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	98
4	Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital	La Jolla, CA	5	98
5	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	95
6	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	95
7	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	95
8	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	95
9	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	95
10	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	95
11	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	90
12	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	4	89
13	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Browns Mills, NJ	4	89
14	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	89
15	Ochsner Clinic Foundation	New Orleans, LA	4	89
16	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	87
17	Atlantic Health	Morristown, NJ	5	87
18	Hackensack Meridian Health	Hackensack, NJ	5	87
19	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	87
20	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	87
21	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	87
22	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	87
23	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	87
24	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	86
25	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	86
26	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	85
27	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	85
28	Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences	Tulsa, OK	4	85
29	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Manhasset, NY	4	85
30	University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine	Kansas City, MO	4	85
31	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	85
32	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	85
33	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	85
34	Kaiser Permanente Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	4	85
35	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	85
36	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	82
37	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
38	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	81
39	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	80
40	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	80
41	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	79
42	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	79
43	Loyola University Medical Center	Maywood, IL	3	79
44	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	79
45	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	78
46	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	78
47	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	78
48	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	78
49	University of Tennessee College of Medicine	Memphis, TN	4	78
50	Main Line Health System	Wynnewood, PA	4	78

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