Nephrology (Kidney)

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Internal medicine residency 3 years
4. Nephrology 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) 93%
• Women 30%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 23%
• Offer telehealth 47%
• 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

• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 2,848,746
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 1,946,590
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 1,674,089
• Dialysis services, 4 or more physician visits per month (20 years or older) 1,101,411
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 554,462
• Hemodialysis procedure with physician evaluation 460,090
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 440,314
• Dialysis services, 2-3 physician visits per month (20 years or older) 346,380
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 337,047
• Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes 311,245
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 302,265
• Dialysis services, per day, less than full month service (20 years or older) 252,170

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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

• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 6.9%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 5.9%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 5.5%
• Calcitriol (Rocaltrol, Vectical) 4.2%
• Dapagliflozin Propanediol (Farxiga, Dapagliflozin) 3.6%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 3.5%
• Carvedilol (Coreg) 3.5%
• Allopurinol 3.2%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 2.8%
• Hydralazine Hcl 2.8%
• Sevelamer Carbonate (Renvela) 2.5%
• Empagliflozin (Jardiance) 2.3%
• Nifedipine (Procardia Xl) 2.2%
• Potassium Chloride (Klor-Con, Klor-Con M15, Klor-Con 10) 1.8%
• Tamsulosin Hcl (Flomax) 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

• Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL 126 Nephrology (Kidney) at Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Hospital System Houston, TX 85 Nephrology (Kidney) at Memorial Hermann Hospital System
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 85 Nephrology (Kidney) at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 83 Nephrology (Kidney) at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 79 Nephrology (Kidney) at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 79 Nephrology (Kidney) at Adventhealth Orlando
• Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX 75 Nephrology (Kidney) at Methodist Hospital
• Uci Health-Orange Orange, CA 73 Nephrology (Kidney) at Uci Health-Orange
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 71 Nephrology (Kidney) at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX 70 Nephrology (Kidney) at Houston Methodist 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

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 82
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 79
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 65
• University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 63
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 60
• New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology 59
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 58
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 57
• New York University School of Medicine 55
• New York Medical College 54

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