Anesthesiology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Anesthesiology residency (including first clinical year) 4 years

Training after medical school: 4 years. From the start of college: about 12 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) 90%
• Women 29%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 21%
• Offer telehealth 1%
• 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

• Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count 721,722
• Anesthesia for lens surgery 678,707
• Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope 524,490
• Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope 471,957
• Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin 249,941
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 246,130
• Anesthesia for exam of colon using an endoscope 200,582
• Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into thigh nerve (femoral nerve) 188,442
• Anesthesia for procedure on small and large bowel using an endoscope 172,742
• Anesthesia for procedure for total knee joint replacement 163,319
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 155,586
• Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into arm nerve bundle (brachial plexus) 96,889

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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

• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 17.1%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 11.5%
• Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 11.1%
• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 7.2%
• Pregabalin (Lyrica Cr, Lyrica) 5.7%
• Tramadol Hcl 4.9%
• Tizanidine Hcl (Zanaflex) 4.6%
• Morphine Sulfate (Ms Contin) 3.5%
• Cyclobenzaprine Hcl (Amrix) 3.2%
• Meloxicam 2.3%
• Duloxetine Hcl (Cymbalta, Drizalma Sprinkle) 2.2%
• Baclofen (Lioresal Intrathecal, Fleqsuvy, Gablofen) 1.9%
• Methocarbamol 1.7%
• Diclofenac Sodium (Pennsaid) 1.7%
• Celecoxib (Elyxyb, Celebrex) 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

• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 335 Anesthesiology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 222 Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 215 Anesthesiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 196 Anesthesiology at Stanford Health Care
• Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, MI 193 Anesthesiology at Spectrum Health
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 185 Anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Uci Health-Orange Orange, CA 180 Anesthesiology at Uci Health-Orange
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 180 Anesthesiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX 176 Anesthesiology at Methodist Hospital
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 175 Anesthesiology at Cleveland Clinic

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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 802
• Medical College of Wisconsin 449
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 440
• University of Texas Medical School at Houston 373
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 367
• University of Michigan Medical School 349
• Loma Linda University School of Medicine 345
• New York Medical College 342
• Georgetown University School of Medicine 337
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 330

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