About Us

National Matching Services Inc. (NMS) specializes in the development and administration of Matching Programs. NMS was founded in 1985, after developing sophisticated matching algorithms and software for the placement of physicians into residencies in the US. Since then, we have implemented Matching Programs in a number of industries and professions, including health, education and law. Read more about Matching Programs.

Our Value Proposition

For Recruiters
For Sponsoring Organizations
For Candidates
  Best results without overfilling positions   Fairer and more professional process   Higher satisfaction with the process
  Enhanced flexibility and diversity   Minimal resource investment   Best results from available opportunities
  Value-added recruitment data   Potential revenue generating service   Fairer and less stressful environment

Our Clients

Some of our past and present clients include:

  • Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centres
  • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
  • Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology
  • American Osteopathic Association
  • National Resident Matching Program
  • Canadian Resident Matching Service
  • American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
  • American Association of Hospital Dentists
  • American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  • American Association of Orthodontists
  • American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists
  • American Student Dental Association
  • Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Law Firms in Alberta
  • Law Firms in British Columbia

    • Publications

    Our work has been published in leading academic journals, such as:

    • "A growing bottleneck: The internship supply-demand imbalance in 2007 and its impact on psychology training." Training and Education in Professional Psychology, Vol 1(4), Nov 2007, 229-237.
    • "The Redesign of the Matching Market for American Physicians: Some Engineering Aspects of Economic Design," American Economic Review, 89, 4, Sep 1999, 748-780.
    • "The effects of the change in the NRMP matching algorithm," Journal of the American Medical Association, Sep 1997, 729-732.
    • "The NRMP matching algorithm revisited: Theory versus practice," Academic Medicine, 1995, 70, 477-484.
    • "Jumping the Gun: Imperfections and Institutions Related to the Timing of Market Transactions", American Economic Review, 84, Sep 1994, 992-1044.
    • "The Matching Program." New England Journal of Medicine 1981; 304:1163-1165

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