Question 1

How are the best Interventional pulmonology 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 Interventional pulmonology 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 Interventional pulmonology residency program?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which of these Interventional pulmonology programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Interventional pulmonology 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	97
2	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	93
3	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	93
4	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	93
5	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	93
6	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Rochester, MN	5	93
7	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	93
8	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	93
9	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	93
10	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	93
11	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	85
12	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	84
13	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	84
14	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	84
15	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	84
16	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	84
17	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	84
18	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	84
19	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	84
20	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	84
21	University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)	Los Angeles, CA	4	84
22	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	83
23	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
24	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	78
25	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	78
26	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	75
27	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	75
28	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	75
29	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	75
30	Henry Ford Health	Detroit, MI	3	66
31	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	2	65
32	Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital	Camden, NJ	2	65
33	University of Maryland Program	Baltimore, MD	2	65
34	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine	Little Rock, AR	2	65
35	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	1	56

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