Question 1

How are the best Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology 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 Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology 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 Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Pennsylvania Health System currently ranks first among Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology 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 Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology 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	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	100
2	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	99
3	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	99
4	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	99
5	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	99
6	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	99
7	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	99
8	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	92
9	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	92
10	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	92
11	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	92
12	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	91
13	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	89
14	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanat, GA	4	89
15	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	88
16	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	87
17	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	86
18	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	82
19	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	82
20	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	82
21	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	82
22	Ochsner Clinic Foundation	New Orleans, LA	4	82
23	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	82
24	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	81
25	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	81
26	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, MO	5	81
27	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Jacksonville, FL	5	81
28	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	81
29	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Phoenix, AZ	5	81
30	Baylor University Medical Center	Dallas, TX	3	80
31	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	80
32	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	73
33	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	73
34	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	73
35	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	73
36	Advocate Health Care	Oak Lawn, IL	3	73
37	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Washington, DC	3	73
38	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	73
39	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	72
40	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	72
41	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	72
42	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Manhasset, NY	4	72
43	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Browns Mills, NJ	4	72
44	University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine	Kansas City, MO	4	72
45	Hennepin Healthcare	Minneapolis, MN	4	72
46	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	72
47	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	72
48	University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)	Los Angeles, CA	4	72
49	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	70
50	Tufts Medical Center	Boston, MA	3	70

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