Question 1

How are the best Vascular Surgery-Integrated 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 Vascular Surgery-Integrated 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 Vascular Surgery-Integrated residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, Houston Methodist Hospital currently ranks first among Vascular Surgery-Integrated 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 Vascular Surgery-Integrated program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Vascular Surgery-Integrated programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Vascular Surgery-Integrated 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	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	99
2	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	99
3	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	99
4	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	94
5	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	90
6	Jefferson Health Medical Education	East Norriton, PA	4	90
7	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	90
8	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	89
9	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	89
10	Geisinger Health System	Danville, PA	4	87
11	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	87
12	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	87
13	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	87
14	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	85
15	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	81
16	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	81
17	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	81
18	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
19	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	81
20	UMass Chan Medical School	Worcester, MA	3	81
21	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Washington, DC	3	81
22	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	81
23	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	80
24	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	80
25	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	80
26	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	80
27	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	80
28	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	80
29	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	80
30	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	80
31	Old Dominion University	Norfolk, VA	3	76
32	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	75
33	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	75
34	Henry Ford Providence Hospital	Southfield, MI	4	75
35	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	75
36	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	71
37	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	71
38	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	71
39	TriHealth	Cincinnati, OH	3	71
40	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	71
41	Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital	CAMDEN, NJ	2	71
42	Louisiana State University School of Medicine	New Orleans, LA	2	71
43	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	71
44	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	71
45	MaineHealth	Portland, ME	4	70
46	Riverside University Health System	Moreno Valley, CA	3	68
47	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	63
48	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	63
49	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Lake Success, NY	3	63
50	Carle Foundation Hospital	Urbana, IL	3	63

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