Question 1

How are the best Orthopaedic sports 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 Orthopaedic sports 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 Orthopaedic sports medicine residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, Hughston Foundation currently ranks first among Orthopaedic sports 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 Orthopaedic sports medicine program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Orthopaedic sports medicine programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Orthopaedic sports 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	Hughston Foundation	Columbus, GA	5	98
2	Docere Foundation DBA San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine	San Diego, CA	5	98
3	New England Baptist Hospital	Boston, MA	5	96
4	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Baltimore, MD	5	96
5	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Boulder, CO	5	96
6	Stanford Health Care	Redwood City, CA	5	96
7	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	92
8	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	92
9	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	92
10	Prisma Health	Greenville, SC	4	89
11	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	89
12	Florida State University College of Medicine	Gulf Breeze, FL	4	87
13	University of Utah Health	Fredericksbrg, VA	5	86
14	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	86
15	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	86
16	Florida International University	Coral Gables, FL	5	86
17	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	86
18	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Phoenix, AZ	5	86
19	Mass General Brigham	Middletown, CT	5	84
20	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	83
21	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	83
22	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	83
23	Ochsner Clinic Foundation	Jefferson, LA	4	83
24	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	83
25	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	83
26	Keck School of Medicine of USC	Los Angeles, CA	4	83
27	Hospital for Special Surgery	New York, NY	5	80
28	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	79
29	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	78
30	Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	3	78
31	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	77
32	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	4	77
33	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Chesterfield, MO	4	77
34	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	77
35	Steadman Philippon Research Institute	Vail, CO	5	77
36	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	77
37	Barton Health	South Lake Tahoe, CA	4	77
38	Kaiser Permanente Southern California	San Diego, CA	4	77
39	Inova Fairfax Hospital Campus	Falls Church, VA	5	75
40	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	State College, PA	5	75
41	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	75
42	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	74
43	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	74
44	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	73
45	Southern California Orthopedic Institute	Van Nuys, CA	2	70
46	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	68
47	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	68
48	University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine	Jonesboro, AR	3	68
49	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Frisco, TX	4	66
50	University of Tennessee College of Medicine	Memphis, TN	4	66

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