Neonatology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Pediatrics residency 3 years
4. Neonatal-perinatal medicine 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) 93%
• Women 56%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 16%
• Offer telehealth 0%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 42%

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

• Advance care planning, first 30 minutes 105
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 96
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 84
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 77
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 56
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 37
• Administration of influenza virus vaccine 18
• Sleep study in sleep lab with continuous airway pressure (6 years or older) 15
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 14
• Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes 14

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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

• Buprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl (Buprenorphine-Naloxone, Suboxone, Zubsolv) 23.1%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 11.1%
• Buprenorphine Hcl (Belbuca) 7.5%
• Amoxicillin 3.9%
• Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf (Shingrix) 3.8%
• Rsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf (Abrysvo) 3.2%
• Pregabalin (Lyrica Cr, Lyrica) 2.7%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 2.7%
• Chlorhexidine Gluconate (Periogard) 2.5%
• Tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) 2.1%
• Famotidine (Pepcid) 2.0%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 1.9%
• Ibuprofen (Caldolor, Ibu) 1.9%
• Omeprazole 1.8%
• Zolpidem Tartrate (Ambien, Ambien Cr, Edluar) 1.8%

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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

• Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Milwaukee, WI 1 Neonatology at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
• West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PA 1 Neonatology at West Penn Hospital
• University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA 1 Neonatology at University of Virginia Medical Center
• Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA 1 Neonatology at Allegheny General Hospital
• Kent County Memorial Hospital Warwick, RI 1 Neonatology at Kent County Memorial Hospital
• Unm Hospital Albuquerque, NM 1 Neonatology at Unm Hospital
• Jefferson Hospital Jefferson Hills, PA 1 Neonatology at Jefferson Hospital
• St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO 1 Neonatology at St Louis Childrens 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

• Saint Louis University School of Medicine 8
• Eastern Virginia Medical School 5
• Tulane University School of Medicine 5
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 5
• Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo Med 4
• Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine 4
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 4
• Temple University School of Medicine 4
• Tufts University School of Medicine 4
• University of Arkansas College of Medicine 4

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