Question 1

How are the best Anesthesiology 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 Anesthesiology 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 Anesthesiology residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, Mass General Brigham currently ranks first among Anesthesiology 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 Anesthesiology program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Anesthesiology programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Anesthesiology 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	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	98
3	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	98
4	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	98
5	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	96
6	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	96
7	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	94
8	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	93
9	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	92
10	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	90
11	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	89
12	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	89
13	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	89
14	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	88
15	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	88
16	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	88
17	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	87
18	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	87
19	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	85
20	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	85
21	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	84
22	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	84
23	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	81
24	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
25	Ochsner Clinic Foundation	New Orleans, LA	4	81
26	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	81
27	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	81
28	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	79
29	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	78
30	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	New Hyde Park, NY	4	78
31	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	77
32	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	77
33	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	75
34	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	75
35	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	73
36	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	73
37	Hackensack Meridian Health	Hackensack, NJ	5	72
38	University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine	Kansas City, MO	4	72
39	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	72
40	Keck School of Medicine of USC	Los Angeles, CA	4	72
41	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Omaha, NE	3	71
42	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	69
43	Boston University Medical Center	Boston, MA	3	69
44	Indiana University School of Medicine	Indianapolis, IN	2	69
45	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Washington, DC	3	69
46	HCA Healthcare/Los Robles Regional Medical Center	Thousand Oaks, CA	4	69
47	Henry Ford Health	Detroit, MI	3	68
48	University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Farmington, CT	4	68
49	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	67
50	MaineHealth	Portland, ME	4	67

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