Question 1

How are the best Regional anesthesiology and acute pain 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 Regional anesthesiology and acute pain 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 Regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, Stanford Health Care currently ranks first among Regional anesthesiology and acute pain 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 Regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Regional anesthesiology and acute pain 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	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	97
2	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	95
3	Virginia Mason Franciscan Health	Seattle, WA	5	93
4	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Jacksonville, FL	5	93
5	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	91
6	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	89
7	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	89
8	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	88
9	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	88
10	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	88
11	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	85
12	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	84
13	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	83
14	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	79
15	Hospital for Special Surgery	New York, NY	5	79
16	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	79
17	Ochsner Clinic Foundation	New Orleans, LA	4	79
18	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	75
19	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	75
20	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	74
21	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	71
22	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	70
23	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	70
24	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New, ND	3	70
25	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	70
26	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	67
27	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	66
28	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	66
29	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	60
30	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	56
31	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	56
32	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	1	56
33	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Omaha, NE	3	56
34	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	56
35	Westchester Medical Center	valhalla, NY	1	51
36	West Virginia University School of Medicine	Morgantown, WV	2	47
37	Indiana University School of Medicine	Indianapolis, IN	2	47
38	University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago	Chicago, IL	2	47
39	Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center	Torrance, CA	1	38

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