Question 1

How are the best Neurocritical care (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 Neurocritical care (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 Neurocritical care (multidisciplinary) residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, New York Presbyterian Hospital currently ranks first among Neurocritical care (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 Neurocritical care (multidisciplinary) program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Neurocritical care (multidisciplinary) programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Neurocritical care (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	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	99
2	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	98
3	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	97
4	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	95
5	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	92
6	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	90
7	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	88
8	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	86
9	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	Brooklyn, NY	5	86
10	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	86
11	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	86
12	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	86
13	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	83
14	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	83
15	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	81
16	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	80
17	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	80
18	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	79
19	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	76
20	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	76
21	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	76
22	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Manhasset, NY	4	76
23	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	76
24	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	75
25	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	73
26	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	73
27	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake Cty, UT	5	72
28	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	72
29	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	72
30	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	70
31	UPMC Medical Education	Pittsburgh, PA	3	70
32	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	70
33	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	70
34	Boston University Medical Center	Boston, MA	3	70
35	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	67
36	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	66
37	University of Maryland Program	Baltimore, MD	2	64
38	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	62
39	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	61
40	SUNY Upstate Medical University	Syracuse, NY	2	61
41	University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)	Los Angeles, CA	2	61
42	Henry Ford Health	Detroit, MI	3	58
43	University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine	Columbia, MO	3	57
44	Westchester Medical Center	Valhalla, NY	1	55
45	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Omaha, NE	3	53
46	University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago	Chicago, IL	3	53
47	University of Miami/Jackson Health System	Miami, FL	1	53
48	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	53
49	Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center	Phoenix, AZ	3	53
50	SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine	Saint Louis, MO	1	48

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