Ophthalmology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Ophthalmology 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) 96%
• Women 29%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 28%
• Offer telehealth 3%
• 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

• Established patient complete exam of visual system 4,862,165
• Chloroprocaine hcl ophthalmic, 3% gel, 1 mg 4,770,688
• Imaging of retina 4,653,298
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 2,829,686
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 2,311,684
• Established patient problem focused exam of visual system 2,240,450
• Injection of drug into eye 2,069,845
• Imaging of optic nerve 1,765,900
• Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens 1,734,855
• Exam of visual field with extended testing 1,732,851
• Measurement of corneal curvature and depth of eye 1,615,046
• Photography of the retina 1,404,990

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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

• Latanoprost (Xalatan) 24.0%
• Prednisolone Acetate (Pred Forte, Pred Mild) 11.3%
• Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat (Dorzolamide-Timolol, Cosopt) 8.0%
• Timolol Maleate (Istalol) 7.0%
• Brimonidine Tartrate (Alphagan P) 6.6%
• Ketorolac Tromethamine (Sprix, Acular Ls) 4.4%
• Cyclosporine (Restasis, Restasis Multidose, Verkazia) 3.9%
• Bimatoprost (Durysta, Lumigan) 3.4%
• Moxifloxacin Hcl (Moxifloxacin, Vigamox) 3.2%
• Ofloxacin 2.7%
• Dorzolamide Hcl 2.6%
• Erythromycin Base (Ery-Tab, Erythromycin) 2.5%
• Brimonidine Tartrate/Timolol (Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol, Combigan) 2.2%
• Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha (Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth) 2.1%
• Travoprost (Travatan Z) 1.0%

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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

• Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - Boston, MA 171 Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
• Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia, PA 113 Ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital
• Ny Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York, NY 105 Ophthalmology at Ny Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 102 Ophthalmology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 94 Ophthalmology at University of Michigan Health System
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD 89 Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the
• Duke University Hospital Durham, NC 83 Ophthalmology at Duke University Hospital
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 77 Ophthalmology at Cleveland Clinic
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 73 Ophthalmology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 73 Ophthalmology at Ronald Reagan UCLA 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

• University of Michigan Medical School 294
• Baylor College of Medicine 274
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 253
• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 245
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 217
• Harvard Medical School 214
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 213
• New York Medical College 209
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 194
• Indiana University School of Medicine 188

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