Question 1

How are the best Neonatal-perinatal 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 Neonatal-perinatal 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 Neonatal-perinatal medicine residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Utah Health currently ranks first among Neonatal-perinatal 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 Neonatal-perinatal medicine program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Neonatal-perinatal medicine programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Neonatal-perinatal 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 Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	92
2	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	92
3	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	92
4	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	89
5	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	87
6	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	83
7	University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School	Austin, TX	4	83
8	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	83
9	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	83
10	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	83
11	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	83
12	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	82
13	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	82
14	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	81
15	Hackensack Meridian Health	Hackensack, NJ	5	80
16	UPMC Medical Education	Pittsburgh, PA	3	78
17	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	78
18	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	78
19	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	78
20	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	76
21	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	75
22	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	74
23	Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island	Providence, RI	3	74
24	The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	3	74
25	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	74
26	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	74
27	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	74
28	Orlando Health	Orlando, FL	3	74
29	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	74
30	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	71
31	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	71
32	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	71
33	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	71
34	LSU Health Sciences Center	Shreveport, LA	4	71
35	Advocate Health Care	Park Ridge, IL	4	71
36	University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)	Los Angeles, CA	2	71
37	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Rochester, MN	5	70
38	Boston Children's Hospital	Boston, MA	3	69
39	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	67
40	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	64
41	University of Maryland Program	Baltimore, MD	2	64
42	Indiana University School of Medicine	Indianapolis, IN	2	64
43	University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago	Chicago, IL	2	64
44	AdventHealth Florida	Orlando, FL	3	64
45	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	63
46	Atlantic Health	Morristown, NJ	5	62
47	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	61
48	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	61
49	Loyola University Medical Center	Maywood, IL	3	61
50	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Washington, DC	3	61

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