Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, NYU Grossman School of Medicine currently ranks first among Plastic 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 Plastic Surgery-Integrated program sits where it does.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Plastic 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	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	100
2	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	98
3	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	98
4	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	98
5	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alo, CA	5	98
6	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	92
7	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	92
8	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	92
9	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	92
10	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	92
11	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	92
12	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	89
13	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	89
14	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	89
15	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	89
16	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	89
17	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	86
18	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	86
19	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Phoenix, AZ	5	86
20	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	83
21	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	83
22	Emory University School of Medicine	Dunwoody, GA	4	83
23	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	83
24	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	81
25	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	80
26	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	80
27	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Washington, DC	3	80
28	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	80
29	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	79
30	Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus	Hialeah, FL	4	79
31	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	76
32	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	76
33	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	76
34	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	76
35	University of Minnesota	Saint Paul, MN	4	76
36	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	76
37	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	75
38	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	74
39	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	74
40	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	74
41	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	New Hyde Park, NY	3	74
42	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	2	72
43	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	71
44	University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)	Los Angeles, CA	2	70
45	St Luke's University Hospital	Bethlehem, PA	5	68
46	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	67
47	Prisma Health	Columbia, SC	3	67
48	Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine	Dayton, OH	3	67
49	University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine	Columbia, MO	3	67
50	UMass Chan Medical School	Worcester, MA	3	67

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