Question 1

How are the best Vascular surgery - independent 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 Vascular surgery - independent 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 Vascular surgery - independent residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, Houston Methodist Hospital currently ranks first among Vascular surgery - independent 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 Vascular surgery - independent program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Vascular surgery - independent programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Vascular surgery - independent 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	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	98
2	St Luke's University Hospital	Bethlehem, PA	5	98
3	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	98
4	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	98
5	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	98
6	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	97
7	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	90
8	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	89
9	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Birmingham, AL	4	89
10	University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine	Knoxville, TN	4	89
11	Prisma Health	Greenville, SC	4	89
12	Geisinger Health System	Danville, PA	4	89
13	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	89
14	Toledo Hospital	Toledo, OH	4	89
15	HCA Healthcare Kansas City	North Kansas City, MO	4	89
16	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	89
17	Abbott-Northwestern Hospital/Allina Health System	Minneapolis, MN	4	89
18	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	89
19	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	89
20	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	89
21	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	85
22	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	85
23	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	85
24	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	85
25	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	85
26	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Phoenix, AZ	5	85
27	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	84
28	St. David's Healthcare Graduate Medical Education	Austin, TX	5	82
29	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	82
30	Old Dominion University	Norfolk, VA	3	81
31	Baylor University Medical Center	Dallas, TX	3	81
32	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	81
33	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	81
34	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	80
35	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	79
36	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	79
37	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	79
38	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	79
39	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	79
40	Ochsner Clinic Foundation	New Orleans, LA	4	79
41	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	79
42	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	79
43	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	79
44	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	77
45	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	76
46	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	76
47	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	75
48	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	75
49	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	75
50	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	75

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