Neurology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Neurology residency (including first clinical year) 4 years

Training after medical school: 4 years. From the start of college: about 12 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) 91%
• Women 38%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 20%
• Offer telehealth 53%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 95%

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 1,848,992
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 751,300
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 645,778
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 604,278
• Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study 465,102
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 434,550
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 370,803
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 318,555
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes 304,954
• Continuous intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring, from outside the operating room (remote or nearby), per patient, (attention directed exclusively to one patient) each 15 minutes (list in addition to primary procedure) 290,240
• Critical care, first 30-74 minutes 195,412
• Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes 185,202

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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

• Carbidopa/Levodopa (Crexont, Duopa, Sinemet) 8.6%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 7.5%
• Donepezil Hcl (Adlarity, Aricept) 6.6%
• Levetiracetam (Keppra Xr, Roweepra, Spritam) 6.0%
• Memantine Hcl (Namenda Xr) 5.8%
• Topiramate (Qudexy Xr, Eprontia, Topamax) 3.0%
• Lamotrigine (Lamictal, Lamictal Odt, Lamictal Xr) 2.9%
• Pregabalin (Lyrica Cr, Lyrica) 2.3%
• Primidone (Mysoline) 2.2%
• Lacosamide (Motpoly Xr, Vimpat) 2.0%
• Clonazepam (Klonopin) 2.0%
• Duloxetine Hcl (Cymbalta, Drizalma Sprinkle) 1.9%
• Divalproex Sodium (Depakote Sprinkle, Depakote, Depakote Er) 1.7%
• Baclofen (Lioresal Intrathecal, Fleqsuvy, Gablofen) 1.6%
• Propranolol Hcl (Innopran Xl, Inderal La, Inderal Xl) 1.6%

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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

• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 234 Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 211 Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 184 Neurology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 179 Neurology at Adventhealth Orlando
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 168 Neurology at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 165 Neurology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 161 Neurology at Cleveland Clinic
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 152 Neurology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 147 Neurology at Stanford Health Care
• UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA 147 Neurology 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

• Indiana University School of Medicine 262
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 156
• Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine 151
• New York Medical College 139
• Georgetown University School of Medicine 136
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 133
• Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine 132
• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie 125
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 121
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 119

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