Question 1

How are the best Pain medicine (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 Pain medicine (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 Pain medicine (multidisciplinary) residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, Mass General Brigham currently ranks first among Pain medicine (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 Pain medicine (multidisciplinary) program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Pain medicine (multidisciplinary) programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Pain medicine (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	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	100
2	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	99
3	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	98
4	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	5	97
5	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	97
6	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	96
7	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	93
8	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	93
9	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	93
10	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	93
11	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	93
12	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	92
13	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	88
14	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	New York, NY	5	88
15	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	5	88
16	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	88
17	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	88
18	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	88
19	Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus	Hialeah, FL	4	85
20	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	84
21	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	83
22	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	83
23	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	83
24	Larkin Community Hospital	South Miami, FL	4	83
25	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	82
26	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	81
27	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
28	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Jacksonville, FL	5	81
29	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	81
30	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	80
31	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	79
32	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	79
33	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	79
34	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	79
35	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Wauwatosa, WI	4	78
36	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	78
37	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	78
38	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	78
39	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	78
40	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	77
41	Virginia Mason Franciscan Health	Seattle, WA	5	75
42	St Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus	Easton, PA	5	75
43	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	75
44	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Phoenix, AZ	5	75
45	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	74
46	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	74
47	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	72
48	University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)	Los Angeles, CA	4	72
49	Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium	Pittsburgh, PA	3	69
50	The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	3	69

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