Nuclear Medicine

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Nuclear medicine residency (after a 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) 96%
• Women 26%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 33%
• Offer telehealth 10%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 96%

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

• Nuclear medicine study from skull base to mid-thigh with ct scan 145,569
• Dxa bone density measurement of hip, pelvis, spine 93,368
• Lutetium lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan, therapeutic, 1 millicurie 69,339
• Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only 65,269
• X-ray of chest, 1 view 62,643
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 58,884
• Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect 45,371
• Piflufolastat f-18, diagnostic, 1 millicurie 44,469
• Fluorodeoxyglucose f-18 fdg, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 45 millicuries 40,226
• Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report 35,054
• Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body 31,047
• Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function 30,340

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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

• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 9.4%
• Metoprolol Succinate (Kapspargo Sprinkle, Toprol Xl) 8.4%
• Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 6.8%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 6.3%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 6.1%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 4.4%
• Carvedilol (Coreg) 4.1%
• Ezetimibe (Zetia) 3.5%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 3.4%
• Metoprolol Tartrate (Lopressor) 2.7%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 2.7%
• Clopidogrel Bisulfate (Clopidogrel, Plavix) 2.3%
• Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) 1.9%
• Spironolactone (Carospir, Aldactone) 1.8%
• Hydrochlorothiazide 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

• West Jersey Hospital Voorhees, NJ 22 Nuclear Medicine at West Jersey Hospital
• Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Camden, NJ 21 Nuclear Medicine at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
• Virtua Mount Holly Hospital Mount Holly, NJ 20 Nuclear Medicine at Virtua Mount Holly Hospital
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 18 Nuclear Medicine at Stanford Health Care
• Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA 14 Nuclear Medicine at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
• Virtua Willingboro Hospital Willingboro, NJ 13 Nuclear Medicine at Virtua Willingboro Hospital
• Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, GA 12 Nuclear Medicine at Emory University Hospital Midtown
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia, PA 12 Nuclear Medicine at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
• Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA 12 Nuclear Medicine at Emory University Hospital
• Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur, GA 11 Nuclear Medicine at Emory Decatur 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

• University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 10
• New York University School of Medicine 8
• Baylor College of Medicine 7
• Indiana University School of Medicine 7
• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 7
• New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology 7
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 7
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 7
• University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine 7
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 6

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