Gynecologic Oncology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Obstetrics and gynecology residency 4 years
4. Gynecologic oncology fellowship 3 years

Training after medical school: 7 years. From the start of college: about 15 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 53%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 17%
• Offer telehealth 56%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 96%

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 99,262
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 70,605
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 44,160
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes 23,131
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 18,544
• Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count 18,373
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 14,072
• Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less 11,510
• Injection of additional new drug or substance into vein 11,253
• Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less 10,434
• Immunologic analysis for detection of tumor antigen, quantitative; ca 125 9,705
• Removal of uterus, tubes, and/or ovaries through abdomen using an endoscope, 250.0 g or less 9,541

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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

• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 7.9%
• Ondansetron Hcl 7.2%
• Estradiol (Divigel, Estring, Estrogel) 6.0%
• Prochlorperazine Maleate 5.8%
• Dexamethasone (Hemady, Maxidex, Ozurdex) 5.8%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 5.0%
• Letrozole (Femara) 4.4%
• Ibuprofen (Caldolor, Ibu) 4.1%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 4.0%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 3.3%
• Tramadol Hcl 3.1%
• Olaparib (Lynparza) 2.9%
• Ondansetron 2.9%
• Megestrol Acetate 2.8%
• Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 2.5%

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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 17 Gynecologic Oncology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 14 Gynecologic Oncology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 13 Gynecologic Oncology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 13 Gynecologic Oncology at Cleveland Clinic
• Unc Hospitals Chapel Hill, NC 13 Gynecologic Oncology at Unc Hospitals
• The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL 12 Gynecologic Oncology at The University of Chicago Medical Center
• University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO 12 Gynecologic Oncology at University of Colorado Hospital Authority
• M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina, MN 12 Gynecologic Oncology at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
• M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis, MN 11 Gynecologic Oncology at M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center
• University of Washington Medical Ctr Seattle, WA 11 Gynecologic Oncology at University of Washington Medical Ctr

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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

• Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School 20
• University of Alabama School of Medicine 19
• University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine 19
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 19
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 17
• Georgetown University School of Medicine 17
• Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine 17
• New York University School of Medicine 16
• University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine 16
• University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine 16

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