Hematology & Oncology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Internal medicine residency 3 years
4. Hematology and medical oncology 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) 95%
• Women 36%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 22%
• Offer telehealth 58%
• 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 2,985,577
• Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count 2,261,618
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 1,944,424
• Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals 1,201,440
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 1,187,591
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 1,117,544
• Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less 716,225
• Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle 714,845
• Injection of additional new drug or substance into vein 692,512
• Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less 566,659
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 435,439
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 414,786

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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

• Anastrozole (Arimidex) 9.3%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 5.2%
• Letrozole (Femara) 4.7%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 4.3%
• Dexamethasone (Hemady, Maxidex, Ozurdex) 3.3%
• Hydroxyurea (Siklos, Droxia, Hydrea) 3.1%
• Acyclovir (Zovirax) 3.0%
• Lenalidomide (Revlimid) 3.0%
• Ondansetron Hcl 2.9%
• Prochlorperazine Maleate 2.8%
• Abiraterone Acetate (Zytiga) 2.3%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.3%
• Tamoxifen Citrate (Soltamox) 2.1%
• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 1.9%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 1.9%

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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

• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 122 Hematology & Oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 119 Hematology & Oncology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 100 Hematology & Oncology at Cleveland Clinic
• Northside Hospital Atlanta, GA 96 Hematology & Oncology at Northside Hospital
• Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL 93 Hematology & Oncology at Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 91 Hematology & Oncology at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 90 Hematology & Oncology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 87 Hematology & Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• University of Washington Medical Ctr Seattle, WA 86 Hematology & Oncology at University of Washington Medical Ctr
• Uci Health-Orange Orange, CA 77 Hematology & Oncology at Uci Health-Orange

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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

• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 74
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 72
• Indiana University School of Medicine 70
• New York Medical College 69
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 68
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 66
• Baylor College of Medicine 64
• Temple University School of Medicine 64
• University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine 58
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 57

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