Forensic Pathology

Training path

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

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) 90%
• Women 45%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 30%
• Offer telehealth 0%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 100%

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 2,507
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure 1,028
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure 695
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity 184
• Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report 178
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity 161
• Cell examination of specimen, concentration technique 110
• Microscopic genetic analysis of tumor, using computer-assisted technology 83
• Microscopic genetic analysis of tumor, manual 71
• Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present 61
• Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examinations, for prostate needle biopsy, any method 54
• Evaluation of fine needle aspirate with interpretation and report 52

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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

• Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 9.4%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 8.9%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 6.1%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 5.1%
• Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf (Shingrix) 4.5%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 4.2%
• Rsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf (Abrysvo) 3.3%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 3.3%
• Hydrochlorothiazide 2.9%
• Pravastatin Sodium 2.8%
• Allopurinol 2.6%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.6%
• Trazodone Hcl 2.5%
• Eszopiclone (Lunesta) 2.3%
• Azithromycin (Azasite, Zithromax) 2.3%

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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

• Barnes-Jewish St Peters Hospital Saint Peters, MO 1 Forensic Pathology at Barnes-Jewish St Peters Hospital
• Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital Murrells Inlet, SC 1 Forensic Pathology at Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital
• University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 1 Forensic Pathology at University of Michigan Health System
• Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown Columbia, SC 1 Forensic Pathology at Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown
• Stafford Hospital, LLC Stafford, VA 1 Forensic Pathology at Stafford Hospital, LLC
• Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO 1 Forensic Pathology at Missouri Baptist Medical Center
• Aiken Regional Medical Center Aiken, SC 1 Forensic Pathology at Aiken Regional Medical Center
• Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, MI 1 Forensic Pathology at Spectrum Health
• Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital Sullivan, MO 1 Forensic Pathology at Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
• Mary Washington Hospital Fredericksburg, VA 1 Forensic Pathology at Mary Washington 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

• At Still Un of Hlth Sciences, Col of Osteo Med, Mesa 1
• Boston University School of Medicine 1
• Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School 1
• Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1
• University of Michigan Medical School 1
• University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine 1
• University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 1

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