Pathology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Pathology residency (anatomic and clinical) 4 years

Training after medical school: 4 years. From the start of college: about 12 years.

Many pathologists add a 1-year subspecialty fellowship.

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) 96%
• Women 43%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 26%
• Offer telehealth 0%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 96%

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

• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity 9,800,118
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure 2,671,299
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure 1,593,073
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 1,107,617
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report 945,370
• Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals 843,708
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity 826,413
• Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report 721,440
• Protein measurement, serum 605,904
• Cell examination of specimen, selective cellular enhancement technique 596,483
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity 524,890
• Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count 469,490

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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) 5.4%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 4.4%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 3.1%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 2.9%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.8%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 2.4%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 2.0%
• Tamsulosin Hcl (Flomax) 1.9%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 1.8%
• Buprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl (Buprenorphine-Naloxone, Suboxone, Zubsolv) 1.7%
• Warfarin Sodium (Jantoven) 1.7%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 1.5%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 1.5%
• Naloxone Hcl (Narcan, Kloxxado) 1.4%
• Famotidine (Pepcid) 1.3%

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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

• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 180 Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 158 Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 150 Pathology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 145 Pathology at Cleveland Clinic
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 123 Pathology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 120 Pathology at University of Michigan Health System
• Hillcrest Hospital Mayfield Heights, OH 113 Pathology at Hillcrest Hospital
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 105 Pathology at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 99 Pathology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Fairview Hospital Cleveland, OH 97 Pathology at Fairview Hospital

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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

• Indiana University School of Medicine 118
• University of Minnesota Medical School 113
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 98
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 96
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 93
• University of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College of Medicine 92
• Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine 84
• Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 84
• Baylor College of Medicine 82
• University of Michigan Medical School 82

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