OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology)

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Obstetrics and gynecology residency 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) 89%
• Women 64%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 18%
• Offer telehealth 10%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 94%

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, 20-29 minutes 591,692
• Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination 534,034
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 359,879
• Screening papanicolaou smear; obtaining, preparing and conveyance of cervical or vaginal smear to laboratory 245,827
• Screening mammography 105,113
• Screening 3d breast mammography 101,345
• Ultrasound scan of uterus, ovaries, tubes, cervix and pelvic area through vagina 92,434
• Urinalysis, manual test 89,107
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes 59,967
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 56,600
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 56,370
• Colorectal cancer screening; fecal occult blood test, immunoassay, 1-3 simultaneous 51,490

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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

• Estradiol (Divigel, Estring, Estrogel) 35.6%
• Progesterone, Micronized (Crinone, Progesterone, Prometrium) 5.0%
• Fluconazole (Diflucan) 3.7%
• Clobetasol Propionate 3.3%
• Valacyclovir Hcl (Valacyclovir, Valtrex) 2.9%
• Alendronate Sodium (Binosto, Fosamax) 2.5%
• Estrogens, Conjugated (Premarin) 2.4%
• Mirabegron (Myrbetriq) 2.1%
• Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (Depo-Subq Provera 104) 2.1%
• Clotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip (Clotrimazole-Betamethasone) 1.9%
• Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst (Macrobid, Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro) 1.7%
• Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf (Shingrix) 1.5%
• Oxybutynin Chloride 1.4%
• Rsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf (Arexvy) 1.4%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 1.3%

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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

• North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY 195 OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) at North Shore University Hospital
• Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI 161 OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak
• Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL 147 OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) at Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 145 OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Carolinas Medical Center/behav Health Charlotte, NC 134 OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) at Carolinas Medical Center/behav Health
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 133 OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 127 OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) at Cleveland Clinic
• Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health System Pittsburgh, PA 116 OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) at Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health System
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 113 OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Bethesda North Cincinnati, OH 101 OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) at Bethesda North

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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

• Wayne State University School of Medicine 359
• Indiana University School of Medicine 311
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 269
• Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 268
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 257
• Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine 254
• New York Medical College 252
• Creighton University School of Medicine 250
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 241
• University of Minnesota Medical School 239

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