Question 1

How are the best Neuromuscular medicine (Neurology) 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 Neuromuscular medicine (Neurology) 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 Neuromuscular medicine (Neurology) residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, Stanford Health Care currently ranks first among Neuromuscular medicine (Neurology) 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 Neuromuscular medicine (Neurology) program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Neuromuscular medicine (Neurology) programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Neuromuscular medicine (Neurology) 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	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	99
2	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	96
3	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	93
4	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	93
5	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	93
6	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	93
7	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	93
8	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	93
9	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	93
10	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	90
11	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	90
12	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	90
13	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	88
14	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	87
15	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	84
16	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	84
17	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	84
18	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	84
19	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	84
20	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	83
21	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	80
22	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	80
23	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	80
24	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	80
25	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	78
26	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	77
27	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	77
28	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	77
29	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	75
30	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	75
31	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	75
32	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	75
33	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	75
34	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	75
35	Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center	Phoenix, AZ	3	75
36	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	71
37	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	70
38	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	70
39	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	70
40	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	67
41	University of Vermont Medical Center	Burlington, VT	3	61
42	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	61
43	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Omaha, NE	3	61
44	Boston University Medical Center	Boston, MA	3	61
45	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	61
46	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	61
47	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	59
48	University of Miami/Jackson Health System	Miami, FL	1	56
49	University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago	Chicago, IL	2	52

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