Cardiology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Internal medicine residency 3 years
4. Cardiovascular disease 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) 93%
• Women 19%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 35%
• Offer telehealth 31%
• 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

• Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only 7,133,394
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 7,103,722
• Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function 4,662,642
• Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report 4,628,653
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 1,765,274
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 1,559,437
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 1,107,913
• Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect 827,894
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 792,949
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 695,579
• Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician 616,724
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 598,516

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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

• Metoprolol Succinate (Kapspargo Sprinkle, Toprol Xl) 9.0%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 8.4%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 7.0%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 5.8%
• Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 5.5%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 4.5%
• Carvedilol (Coreg) 4.2%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 3.8%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 3.2%
• Clopidogrel Bisulfate (Clopidogrel, Plavix) 3.2%
• Metoprolol Tartrate (Lopressor) 2.9%
• Ezetimibe (Zetia) 2.5%
• Spironolactone (Carospir, Aldactone) 2.3%
• Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) 2.0%
• Sacubitril/Valsartan (Entresto) 1.9%

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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 281 Cardiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 264 Cardiology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 230 Cardiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 217 Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 200 Cardiology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 182 Cardiology at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ 172 Cardiology at Morristown Medical Center
• North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY 171 Cardiology at North Shore University Hospital
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 165 Cardiology at Cleveland Clinic
• Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 158 Cardiology at Adventhealth Orlando

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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

• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 223
• Harvard Medical School 206
• New York Medical College 198
• New York University School of Medicine 197
• Georgetown University School of Medicine 181
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 175
• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 152
• Tufts University School of Medicine 150
• State University of New York Downstate Medical Center 147
• Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School 143

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