Hematology

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 fellowship 2 years

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) 98%
• Women 40%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 21%
• Offer telehealth 54%
• 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 131,318
• Flow cytometry technique for dna or cell analysis, each additional marker 85,667
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 81,888
• Detection test by nucleic acid for organism, amplified probe technique 81,879
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure 80,329
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity 65,392
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 63,638
• Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count 59,179
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 39,366
• Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals 38,174
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 35,364
• Detection test for candida species (yeast), amplified probe technique 32,718

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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

• Acyclovir (Zovirax) 7.6%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 6.4%
• Lenalidomide (Revlimid) 4.8%
• Hydroxyurea (Siklos, Droxia, Hydrea) 4.1%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 3.1%
• Anastrozole (Arimidex) 3.0%
• Dexamethasone (Hemady, Maxidex, Ozurdex) 2.7%
• Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) 2.5%
• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 2.5%
• Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (Bactrim Ds, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim) 2.4%
• Ruxolitinib Phosphate (Jakafi, Opzelura) 2.4%
• Ondansetron Hcl 2.0%
• Prochlorperazine Maleate 1.8%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 1.8%
• Warfarin Sodium (Jantoven) 1.7%

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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

• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 77 Hematology at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 54 Hematology at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Ohio State University State Health System Columbus, OH 53 Hematology at Ohio State University State Health System
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 42 Hematology at Stanford Health Care
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 37 Hematology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Carolinas Medical Center/behav Health Charlotte, NC 34 Hematology at Carolinas Medical Center/behav Health
• University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 25 Hematology at University of Michigan Health System
• University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT 24 Hematology at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
• Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA 20 Hematology at Emory University Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 20 Hematology at NYU Langone Hospitals

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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

• Harvard Medical School 25
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 15
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 13
• Stanford University School of Medicine 13
• Indiana University School of Medicine 11
• University of Minnesota Medical School 11
• Tufts University School of Medicine 10
• University of Michigan Medical School 10
• Baylor College of Medicine 9
• Perelman School of Med at The University of Pennsylvania 9

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