Mohs Surgery

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Dermatology residency 4 years
4. Micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology fellowship 1 year

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) 92%
• Women 37%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 15%
• Offer telehealth 5%
• 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

• Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths 795,614
• Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, 1-5 tissue blocks 453,285
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 396,603
• Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth 254,825
• Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, each additional stage, 1-5 tissue blocks 249,132
• Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth 191,304
• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity 169,271
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 130,593
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes 107,695
• Complicated repair of wound of forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarms, genitals, hands, or feet, 2.6-7.5 cm 103,948
• Destruction of skin growth, 1-14 growths 97,528
• Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth 97,360

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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

• Mupirocin 16.8%
• Cephalexin 15.3%
• Doxycycline Hyclate (Doxy 100, Targadox) 12.6%
• Triamcinolone Acetonide (Kenalog-80, Kenalog-10, Kenalog-40) 7.2%
• Ketoconazole (Ketodan) 6.5%
• Clobetasol Propionate 3.9%
• Doxycycline Monohydrate (Doxycycline Ir-Dr, Oracea) 3.2%
• Fluorouracil 3.1%
• Hydrocortisone (Ala-Cort, Cortef, Procto-Med Hc) 2.3%
• Gentamicin Sulfate 2.0%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 2.0%
• Tramadol Hcl 1.5%
• Cefadroxil 1.3%
• Clindamycin Hcl 1.1%
• Minocycline Hcl (Amzeeq, Minocin, Zilxi) 1.1%

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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 14 Mohs Surgery at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital Ann Arbor, MI 9 Mohs Surgery at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital
• Ohsu Hospital and Clinics Portland, OR 8 Mohs Surgery at Ohsu Hospital and Clinics
• Newton-Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA 7 Mohs Surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital
• Uci Health-Orange Orange, CA 6 Mohs Surgery at Uci Health-Orange
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 6 Mohs Surgery at NYU Langone Hospitals
• University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 6 Mohs Surgery at University of Michigan Health System
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 5 Mohs Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital
• University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City, IA 5 Mohs Surgery at University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 5 Mohs Surgery at Stanford Health Care

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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 24
• Perelman School of Med at The University of Pennsylvania 23
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 20
• Yale University School of Medicine 20
• University of Michigan Medical School 19
• Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine 18
• New York University School of Medicine 18
• University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine 18
• University of Texas Medical School at Houston 18
• University of Washington School of Medicine 18

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