Dermatology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Dermatology 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) 92%
• Women 54%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 19%
• Offer telehealth 10%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 95%

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

• Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths 11,480,870
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 5,289,912
• Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth 3,556,714
• Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth 1,967,052
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 1,873,281
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity 1,625,308
• Destruction of skin growth, 1-14 growths 1,611,065
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes 837,556
• Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth 809,885
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 729,378
• Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths 492,603
• Injection, sculptra, 0.5 mg 424,270

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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

• Triamcinolone Acetonide (Kenalog-80, Kenalog-10, Kenalog-40) 13.0%
• Ketoconazole (Ketodan) 12.6%
• Clobetasol Propionate 8.7%
• Mupirocin 6.1%
• Doxycycline Hyclate (Doxy 100, Targadox) 4.5%
• Hydrocortisone (Ala-Cort, Cortef, Procto-Med Hc) 4.4%
• Fluorouracil 3.6%
• Metronidazole (Noritate, Nuvessa, Vandazole) 2.8%
• Fluocinonide 2.4%
• Minoxidil 2.2%
• Clindamycin Phosphate (Cleocin Phosphate, Clindacin P, Clindacin) 2.2%
• Dupilumab (Dupixent Pen, Dupixent Syringe) 2.1%
• Cephalexin 2.0%
• Betamethasone Dipropionate (Betamethasone Diprop Augmented) 1.8%
• Valacyclovir Hcl (Valacyclovir, Valtrex) 1.8%

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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

• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 100 Dermatology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 73 Dermatology at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital Ann Arbor, MI 69 Dermatology at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 56 Dermatology at Stanford Health Care
• Ohsu Hospital and Clinics Portland, OR 54 Dermatology at Ohsu Hospital and Clinics
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 54 Dermatology at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• Newton-Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA 52 Dermatology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 51 Dermatology at Cleveland Clinic
• UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA 48 Dermatology at UCSF Medical Center
• Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital Saint Louis PArk, MN 48 Dermatology at Park Nicollet Methodist 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

• Harvard Medical School 195
• New York University School of Medicine 178
• Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 173
• Baylor College of Medicine 169
• Perelman School of Med at The University of Pennsylvania 147
• Tulane University School of Medicine 139
• University of Michigan Medical School 139
• University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine 138
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 136
• Yale University School of Medicine 136

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