Doximity Announces 2014 Residency Program Rankings
New York, NY—September 10, 2014
3,691 residency training programs were evaluated by combining over 50,000 peer nominations from board-certified US physicians. This is the first time that data on a national evaluation of residency programs has been made public. Both the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) have recently issued calls for transparency into the performance of residency programs. U.S. News & World Report, a nationally recognized publisher of education and health care rankings and information, consulted on the methodology.
Top performing programs across select specialties are listed below. A full list of the Top 10 placements across 20 specialties is available to the public through Residency Navigator.
Top Orthopedic Surgery Residency Programs
- Hospital for Special Surgery - New York, NY
- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium - St. Louis, MO
- Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
Medical students are invited to access the free Residency Navigator tool on Doximity, which combines peer nominations with empirical data on residency program performance to help find the right program for their unique professional interests. Residency Navigator profiles include never-before seen data on which medical schools feed into residency programs and alumni subspecialization rates.
The national Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) will begin accepting medical student applications on Monday, September 15, 2014. Residents will spend an average of 12,000 hours over the next three years training in their programs.
About Doximity
Doximity is the largest secure medical network in the country, with over 40 percent of US physicians as members. Launched in 2011, the company connects physicians to make them more successful and productive with tools including HIPAA-secure messaging, free CME, digital fax, career opportunities and custom-curated news. Doximity is headquartered in Silicon Valley and is led by the founders of Epocrates (NASDAQ:EPOC).
About U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is a multimedia publisher of news, consumer advice, rankings and analysis. Focusing on Education, Health, Personal Finance, Travel, Cars and News & Opinion, www.usnews.com has earned a reputation as the leading provider of consumer advice and analysis that helps its readers make informed life decisions. U.S. News & World Report’s signature franchise includes its “Best” series of consumer advice guides and publications that include rankings of colleges, hospitals, mutual funds, cars and more.
About HSS | Hospital for Special Surgery
HSS is the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. At its core is Hospital for Special Surgery, nationally ranked No. 1 in orthopedics for 14 years in a row and No. 2 in rheumatology by U.S.News & World Report (2023-2024). Founded in 1863, the Hospital has one of the lowest infection rates in the country and was the first in New York State to receive Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Service from the American Nurses Credentialing Center four consecutive times. The global standard total knee replacement was developed at HSS in 1969. An affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, HSS has a main campus in New York City and facilities in New Jersey, Connecticut and in the Long Island and Westchester County regions of New York State. In addition, HSS opened a new facility in Florida in early 2020. In 2019, HSS provided care to 151,000 patients and performed more than 35,000 surgical procedures, and people from all 50 U.S. states and 89 countries travelled to receive care at HSS. In addition to patient care, HSS leads the field in research, innovation and education. The HSS Research Institute comprises 20 translational research laboratories, 33 scientists, 10 clinician-scientists, 55 clinical investigators and 245 scientific support staff that drive the HSS research enterprise in the musculoskeletal “ecosystem,” neurology, pain management and rheumatic diseases. The HSS Innovation Institute was formed in 2016 to realize the potential of new drugs, therapeutics and devices. The HSS Education Institute is the world’s leading provider of education on musculoskeletal health, with its online learning platform offering more than 300 courses to more than 30,000 medical professional members worldwide. Through HSS Global Ventures, the institution is collaborating with medical centers and other organizations to advance the quality and value of musculoskeletal care and to make world-class HSS care more widely accessible nationally and internationally.
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