Question 1

How are the best Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine 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 Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine 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 Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Pennsylvania Health System currently ranks first among Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine 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 Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine 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	99
2	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	99
3	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	98
4	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	98
5	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	98
6	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	97
7	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	97
8	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	96
9	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	95
10	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	94
11	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	93
12	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	93
13	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	91
14	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	91
15	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	90
16	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	90
17	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	90
18	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	90
19	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	90
20	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	90
21	St Luke's University Hospital	Bethlehem, PA	5	87
22	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	87
23	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	86
24	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	4	86
25	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	86
26	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	85
27	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	84
28	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	83
29	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	82
30	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	82
31	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	82
32	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	82
33	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	82
34	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	81
35	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	81
36	Temple University Hospital	Philadelphia, PA	3	81
37	Hackensack Meridian Health	Hackensack, NJ	5	81
38	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Jacksonville, FL	5	81
39	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	79
40	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	78
41	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	77
42	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	77
43	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	77
44	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	77
45	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	77
46	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	77
47	New York Medical College	Newark, NJ	4	77
48	Henry Ford Health	Detroit, MI	3	77
49	Henry Ford Providence Hospital	Southfield, MI	4	77
50	Boston University Medical Center	Boston, MA	3	77

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