Interventional Cardiology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Internal medicine residency 3 years
4. Cardiovascular disease fellowship 3 years
5. Interventional cardiology 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) 94%
• Women 8%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 26%
• Offer telehealth 27%
• 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 2,414,381
• Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only 1,993,065
• Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report 1,365,526
• Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function 1,290,426
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 669,254
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 510,176
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 415,716
• Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes 373,643
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 268,595
• Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect 247,287
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 242,921
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 239,324

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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

• Metoprolol Succinate (Kapspargo Sprinkle, Toprol Xl) 8.9%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 8.8%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 6.5%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 5.6%
• Clopidogrel Bisulfate (Clopidogrel, Plavix) 5.6%
• Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 5.4%
• Carvedilol (Coreg) 4.7%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 4.5%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 3.9%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 3.4%
• Metoprolol Tartrate (Lopressor) 3.3%
• Ezetimibe (Zetia) 2.4%
• Isosorbide Mononitrate 2.3%
• Spironolactone (Carospir, Aldactone) 2.2%
• Sacubitril/Valsartan (Entresto) 2.0%

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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

• Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 78 Interventional Cardiology at Adventhealth Orlando
• Memorial Hermann Hospital System Houston, TX 71 Interventional Cardiology at Memorial Hermann Hospital System
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 58 Interventional Cardiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital Plano Plano, TX 54 Interventional Cardiology at Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital Plano
• Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL 52 Interventional Cardiology at Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 51 Interventional Cardiology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX 50 Interventional Cardiology at Houston Methodist Hospital
• Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLC Oklahoma City, OK 46 Interventional Cardiology at Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLC
• Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center Houston, TX 45 Interventional Cardiology at Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
• St Josephs Hospital Tampa, FL 43 Interventional Cardiology at St Josephs Hospital

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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

• Indiana University School of Medicine 57
• Georgetown University School of Medicine 52
• University of Mississippi School of Medicine 52
• Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 50
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 46
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 44
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 43
• Harvard Medical School 42
• University of Michigan Medical School 42
• New York Medical College 40

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