Medical Genetics

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Medical genetics and genomics residency (after other training or in a combined program) 2–4 years

Training after medical school: 4–5 years. From the start of college: about 12–13 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) 97%
• Women 54%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 26%
• Offer telehealth 33%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 92%

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

• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes 1,369
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 1,210
• Interpretation and report of genetic testing 1,001
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 844
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 679
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 573
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 456
• Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or 428
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report 354
• Flow cytometry technique for dna or cell analysis, 16 or more markers 237
• Critical care, first 30-74 minutes 220
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity 147

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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

• Sapropterin Dihydrochloride (Javygtor, Kuvan) 9.9%
• Agalsidase Beta (Fabrazyme) 8.0%
• Glycerol Phenylbutyrate (Ravicti) 7.4%
• Migalastat Hcl (Galafold) 6.2%
• Pegvaliase-Pqpz (Palynziq) 5.6%
• Betaine (Cystadane) 5.0%
• Eliglustat Tartrate (Cerdelga) 4.0%
• Levocarnitine (With Sugar) (Levocarnitine, Carnitor) 3.3%
• Asfotase Alfa (Strensiq) 2.3%
• Anastrozole (Arimidex) 1.8%
• Avalglucosidase Alfa-Ngpt (Nexviazyme) 1.7%
• Levocarnitine (Carnitor Sf, Carnitor) 1.7%
• Sodium Phenylbutyrate (Buphenyl, Olpruva, Pheburane) 1.7%
• Albuterol Sulfate (Ventolin Hfa, Proair Digihaler, Proair Respiclick) 1.4%
• Leucovorin Calcium 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

• University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 10 Medical Genetics at University of Michigan Health System
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD 8 Medical Genetics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 8 Medical Genetics at Cleveland Clinic
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN 6 Medical Genetics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY 6 Medical Genetics at Mount Sinai Hospital
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 6 Medical Genetics at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City, IA 6 Medical Genetics at University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
• UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA 6 Medical Genetics at UCSF Medical Center
• Uci Health-Orange Orange, CA 5 Medical Genetics at Uci Health-Orange
• Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA 5 Medical Genetics at Boston Children's 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

• Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University 10
• Washington University School of Medicine 8
• University of Michigan Medical School 7
• George Washington University School of Medicine 6
• University of Washington School of Medicine 6
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 5
• Baylor College of Medicine 5
• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 5
• Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 5
• Michigan State University College of Human Medicine 5

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