Pediatric Endocrinology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Pediatrics residency 3 years
4. Pediatric endocrinology fellowship 3 years

Training after medical school: 6 years. From the start of college: about 14 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) 95%
• Women 70%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 13%
• Offer telehealth 3%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 89%

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

• Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes 1,900
• Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes 1,883
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 1,555
• Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes 1,320
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 694
• Application of electrical stimulation with therapist present, each 15 minutes 593
• Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care 550
• Hemoglobin a1c level 477
• Acupuncture, initial 15 minutes 465
• Acupuncture, each additional 15 minutes 434
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 349
• Therapy procedure for walking training, each 15 minutes 343

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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

• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 18.5%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 8.1%
• Semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy) 6.8%
• Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog (Basaglar Kwikpen U-100, Basaglar Tempo Pen U-100, Insulin Glargine) 6.3%
• Tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) 3.8%
• Empagliflozin (Jardiance) 3.7%
• Pen Needle, Diabetic (1st Tier Unifine Pentips, Advocate Pen Needle, Advocate Pen Needles) 3.4%
• Dulaglutide (Trulicity) 3.4%
• Insulin Lispro (Admelog Solostar, Humalog, Humalog Junior Kwikpen) 3.3%
• Insulin Aspart (Novolog, Novolog Flexpen, Novolog Penfill) 2.5%
• Somatropin (Genotropin, Humatrope, Norditropin Flexpro) 2.4%
• Testosterone Cypionate (Depo-Testosterone) 1.9%
• Hydrocortisone (Ala-Cort, Cortef, Procto-Med Hc) 1.9%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 1.8%
• Methimazole 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

• The Children's Hospital of Alabama Birmingham, AL 6 Pediatric Endocrinology at The Children's Hospital of Alabama
• Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA 5 Pediatric Endocrinology at Boston Children's Hospital
• UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA 4 Pediatric Endocrinology at UCSF Medical Center
• Cook Childrens Medical Center Fort Worth, TX 4 Pediatric Endocrinology at Cook Childrens Medical Center
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH 3 Pediatric Endocrinology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis, MN 3 Pediatric Endocrinology at M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center
• Medical College of Virginia Hospitals Richmond, VA 2 Pediatric Endocrinology at Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
• Sanford Medical Center Fargo Fargo, ND 2 Pediatric Endocrinology at Sanford Medical Center Fargo
• Memorial Hospital of Converse County Douglas, WY 1 Pediatric Endocrinology at Memorial Hospital of Converse County
• Howard University Hospital Corp Washington, DC 1 Pediatric Endocrinology at Howard University Hospital Corp

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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 Connecticut School of Medicine 10
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 7
• Harvard Medical School 7
• Medical College of Wisconsin 6
• University of Minnesota Medical School 6
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 6
• Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University 5
• Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School 5
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 5
• Saint Louis University School of Medicine 5

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