Gastroenterology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Internal medicine residency 3 years
4. Gastroenterology fellowship 3 years

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) 93%
• Women 22%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 28%
• Offer telehealth 42%
• 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

• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 1,298,401
• Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope 1,000,783
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 904,241
• Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare 870,630
• Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope 748,241
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 687,101
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 477,318
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity 338,220
• Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes 325,442
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 267,207
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 217,248
• Chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, additional 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month 206,196

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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

• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 17.6%
• Omeprazole 15.7%
• Famotidine (Pepcid) 8.2%
• Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl (Gavilyte-C, Golytely, Gavilyte-G) 7.3%
• Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates (Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf, Suprep) 5.1%
• Linaclotide (Linzess) 3.5%
• Dicyclomine Hcl 2.9%
• Sucralfate (Carafate) 2.3%
• Mesalamine (Canasa, Pentasa, Apriso) 2.2%
• Esomeprazole Magnesium (Nexium) 2.1%
• Sodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg (Gavilyte-N, Peg 3350-Electrolyte) 2.1%
• Lipase/Protease/Amylase (Zenpep, Creon, Pancreaze) 1.4%
• Ondansetron 1.1%
• Dexlansoprazole (Dexilant) 1.0%
• Ondansetron Hcl 1.0%

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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

• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 166 Gastroenterology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 139 Gastroenterology at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 131 Gastroenterology at Cleveland Clinic
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 123 Gastroenterology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY 122 Gastroenterology at North Shore University Hospital
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 112 Gastroenterology at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 110 Gastroenterology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL 110 Gastroenterology at Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 109 Gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 105 Gastroenterology at Adventhealth Orlando

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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

• New York University School of Medicine 198
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 169
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 148
• New York Medical College 144
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 135
• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 133
• Boston University School of Medicine 132
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 127
• University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine 127
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 124

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