Colorectal Surgery

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. General surgery residency 5 years
4. Colon and rectal surgery fellowship 1 year

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 29%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 17%
• Offer telehealth 33%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 97%

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 103,298
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 84,107
• Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope 50,955
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 47,134
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 45,964
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 38,170
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 23,174
• Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope 22,325
• Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare 21,007
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes 19,483
• Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding 15,690
• Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk 11,754

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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

• Metronidazole (Noritate, Nuvessa, Vandazole) 12.3%
• Neomycin Sulfate 9.0%
• Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates (Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf, Suprep) 7.7%
• Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl (Gavilyte-C, Golytely, Gavilyte-G) 7.7%
• Hydrocortisone (Ala-Cort, Cortef, Procto-Med Hc) 5.1%
• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 4.8%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 4.2%
• Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 3.5%
• Tramadol Hcl 2.5%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.3%
• Ondansetron Hcl 2.1%
• Sod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf (Sutab) 1.9%
• Diphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine (Lomotil, Diphenoxylate-Atropine) 1.8%
• Mesalamine (Canasa, Pentasa, Apriso) 1.8%
• Sodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg (Gavilyte-N, Peg 3350-Electrolyte) 1.7%

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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

• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 23 Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic
• Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, MN 19 Colorectal Surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 19 Colorectal Surgery at NYU Langone Hospitals
• M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina, MN 17 Colorectal Surgery at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
• Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 15 Colorectal Surgery at Adventhealth Orlando
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 15 Colorectal Surgery at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 13 Colorectal Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX 13 Colorectal Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center
• Memorial Hermann Hospital System Houston, TX 13 Colorectal Surgery at Memorial Hermann Hospital System
• North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY 12 Colorectal Surgery at North Shore University 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

• Tufts University School of Medicine 30
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 26
• Indiana University School of Medicine 25
• Temple University School of Medicine 23
• State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine 22
• University of Minnesota Medical School 21
• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 19
• New York Medical College 18
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 18
• Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 17

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