Dermatopathology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Dermatology or pathology residency 4 years
4. Dermatopathology fellowship 1 year

Training after medical school: 5 years. From the start of college: about 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) 95%
• Women 43%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 24%
• Offer telehealth 3%
• 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

• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity 2,530,560
• Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths 264,650
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure 198,004
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure 184,266
• Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report 159,009
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 90,026
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity 74,757
• Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth 66,174
• Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth 33,603
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 33,315
• Destruction of skin growth, 1-14 growths 25,949
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report 22,579

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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

• Ketoconazole (Ketodan) 13.0%
• Triamcinolone Acetonide (Kenalog-80, Kenalog-10, Kenalog-40) 12.9%
• Clobetasol Propionate 7.7%
• Mupirocin 5.8%
• Hydrocortisone (Ala-Cort, Cortef, Procto-Med Hc) 4.8%
• Doxycycline Hyclate (Doxy 100, Targadox) 4.4%
• Fluorouracil 3.1%
• Fluocinonide 2.9%
• Metronidazole (Noritate, Nuvessa, Vandazole) 2.7%
• Minoxidil 2.4%
• Dupilumab (Dupixent Pen, Dupixent Syringe) 2.3%
• Clindamycin Phosphate (Cleocin Phosphate, Clindacin P, Clindacin) 2.1%
• Valacyclovir Hcl (Valacyclovir, Valtrex) 1.7%
• Mometasone Furoate (Asmanex Hfa, Asmanex) 1.7%
• Betamethasone Dipropionate (Betamethasone Diprop Augmented) 1.4%

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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 13 Dermatopathology at University of Michigan Health System
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 8 Dermatopathology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Musc Medical Center Charleston, SC 7 Dermatopathology at Musc Medical Center
• Ohsu Hospital and Clinics Portland, OR 6 Dermatopathology at Ohsu Hospital and Clinics
• Metrohealth System Cleveland, OH 6 Dermatopathology at Metrohealth System
• Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, MI 6 Dermatopathology at Spectrum Health
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 6 Dermatopathology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital Jamaica Plain, MA 5 Dermatopathology at Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 5 Dermatopathology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 5 Dermatopathology at Brigham and Women'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

• Baylor College of Medicine 10
• Tulane University School of Medicine 10
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 9
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 8
• Perelman School of Med at The University of Pennsylvania 8
• University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine 8
• University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine 8
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 8
• University of Alabama School of Medicine 7
• University of Arkansas College of Medicine 7

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