Two residency programs stand out from the crowd: University of California, San Francisco places in the top 10 for 16 specialties, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., is in the top 10 across 14 specialties, according to the first-ever comprehensive national evaluation of residency programs.
Doximity, a physician network, and U.S. News & World Report teamed up to compile the rankings. Doximity evaluated 3,691 residency programs by combining more than 50,000 peer nominations from more than 17,000 U.S. physicians. U.S. News & World Report consulted on the methodology. The result is a ranking of residency programs across 20 specialties.
Below are the top three residency programs for 10 specialties. To view full rankings for all 20 specialties, visit the Residency Navigator, designed for third- and fourth-year medical students to help them choose their residency location.
Anesthesiology residency programs
1. University of California, San Francisco
2. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
3. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston)
Dermatology residency programs
1. New York University School of Medicine (New York City)
2. University of California, San Francisco
3. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Emergency medicine residency programs
1. Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis)
2. University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College
3. University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center
Internal medicine residency programs
1. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
2. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)
3. University of California, San Francisco
3. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston)
Neurological surgery residency programs
1. University of California, San Francisco
2. St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (Phoenix, Ariz.)
3. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)
OB/GYN residency programs
1. Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
2. University of California, San Francisco
3. UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)
Orthopedic surgery residency programs
1. Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
2. Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children's Hospital Consortium (St. Louis)
3. Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School (Boston)
Otolaryngology residency programs
1. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)
2. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
3. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City)
Plastic surgery residency programs
1. University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (Dallas)
2. Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School (Boston)
3. UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)
Radiology residency programs
1. University of California, San Francisco
2. Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (Boston)
3. Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children's Hospital Consortium (St. Louis)
In addition to the above specialties, Doximity also ranked programs for family practice, neurology, pathology, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, radiation oncology, surgery and urology.