Hepatology

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
5. Transplant hepatology fellowship 1 year

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) 96%
• Women 39%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 17%
• Offer telehealth 70%
• 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 34,723
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 21,918
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 19,619
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 12,858
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 8,760
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity 7,670
• Measurement of liver stiffness 7,028
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 5,823
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 5,611
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes 3,817
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report 3,717
• Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes 3,512

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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

• Ursodiol (Reltone) 11.1%
• Tacrolimus (Astagraf Xl, Envarsus Xr, Prograf) 10.3%
• Rifaximin (Xifaxan) 7.4%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 6.1%
• Spironolactone (Carospir, Aldactone) 6.1%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 5.3%
• Lactulose (Enulose, Generlac, Constulose) 5.0%
• Carvedilol (Coreg) 4.8%
• Mycophenolate Mofetil (Cellcept) 4.1%
• Tenofovir Alafenamide (Vemlidy) 3.3%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 3.2%
• Omeprazole 3.0%
• Azathioprine (Azasan, Imuran) 2.7%
• Entecavir (Baraclude) 2.6%
• Famotidine (Pepcid) 1.4%

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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

• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 22 Hepatology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 16 Hepatology at Stanford Health Care
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA 14 Hepatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA 13 Hepatology at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 12 Hepatology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY 12 Hepatology at Mount Sinai Hospital
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN 11 Hepatology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Keck Hospital of Usc Los Angeles, CA 10 Hepatology at Keck Hospital of Usc
• Jackson Health System Miami, FL 9 Hepatology at Jackson Health System
• UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA 9 Hepatology at UCSF Medical Center

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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

• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 9
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 8
• Boston University School of Medicine 7
• Tufts University School of Medicine 7
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 6
• Baylor College of Medicine 5
• New York University School of Medicine 5
• Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School 5
• University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine 5
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 5

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