Question 1

How are the best Epilepsy 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 Epilepsy 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 Epilepsy residency program?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which of these Epilepsy programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Epilepsy 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	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	96
3	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	96
4	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	96
5	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	96
6	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	96
7	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	96
8	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	92
9	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	90
10	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	89
11	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	89
12	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	89
13	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	89
14	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	89
15	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	89
16	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	87
17	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Manhasset, NY	4	87
18	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	87
19	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	87
20	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	84
21	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	82
22	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	81
23	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	80
24	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	80
25	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	79
26	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	79
27	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	79
28	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	79
29	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	79
30	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	79
31	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	79
32	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	78
33	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	78
34	Trinity Health Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids, MI	4	76
35	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	75
36	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	74
37	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	74
38	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Phoenix, AZ	5	74
39	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	73
40	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	73
41	Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center	Phoenix, AZ	3	73
42	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	70
43	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	70
44	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	70
45	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Omaha, NE	3	70
46	University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago	Chicago, IL	3	70
47	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	70
48	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	67
49	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	67
50	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	67

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