Adolescent Medicine

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Pediatrics / internal medicine / family medicine residency 3 years
4. Adolescent medicine fellowship 3 years

Training after medical school: 6 years. From the start of college: about 14 years.

Usual minimum program lengths from ACGME program requirements. Some doctors take extra research years or a second fellowship.

Who they are

• MD (DOs make up the rest) 95%
• Women 60%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 28%
• Offer telehealth 17%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 89%

Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.

What they do most for Medicare patients

• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 31,875
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 21,038
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 13,659
• Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit 8,789
• Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes 6,537
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 6,464
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 4,534
• Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes 4,451
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 3,693
• Administration of influenza virus vaccine 3,399
• Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report 2,852
• Annual depression screening, 5 to 15 minutes 2,803

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Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.

What they prescribe most

• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 5.9%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 4.2%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 3.8%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 2.9%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 2.7%
• Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 2.5%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 2.4%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.3%
• Omeprazole 2.2%
• Metoprolol Succinate (Kapspargo Sprinkle, Toprol Xl) 2.0%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 1.7%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 1.6%
• Tamsulosin Hcl (Flomax) 1.6%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 1.5%
• Albuterol Sulfate (Ventolin Hfa, Proair Digihaler, Proair Respiclick) 1.5%

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Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.

Hospitals where the most work

• Northeast Hospital Corporation Beverly, MA 4 Adolescent Medicine at Northeast Hospital Corporation
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 4 Adolescent Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD 4 Adolescent Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the
• Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 4 Adolescent Medicine at Mainehealth Maine Medical Center
• Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn Dearborn, MI 3 Adolescent Medicine at Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn
• Metrohealth System Cleveland, OH 3 Adolescent Medicine at Metrohealth System
• Chi Health Lakeside Omaha, NE 3 Adolescent Medicine at Chi Health Lakeside
• Saint Joseph East Lexington, KY 3 Adolescent Medicine at Saint Joseph East
• Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI 3 Adolescent Medicine at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak
• Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA 3 Adolescent Medicine at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

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Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.

Schools they graduated from most

• Michigan State University College of Human Medicine 7
• New York University School of Medicine 5
• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 5
• Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University 4
• New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology 4
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 4
• University of Louisville School of Medicine 4
• University of Michigan Medical School 4
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 4
• Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 3

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From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).