Pediatric Gastroenterology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Pediatrics residency 3 years
4. Pediatric gastroenterology 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) 93%
• Women 52%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 14%
• Offer telehealth 2%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 86%

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 558
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 470
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 370
• Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less 279
• Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle 251
• Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope 214
• Measurement of hydrogen in breath to test for stomach and bowel symptoms 187
• Review by radiologist of image from tube placement into bile duct using an endoscope 124
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 122
• Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes 119
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 117
• Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope 114

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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

• Famotidine (Pepcid) 12.7%
• Omeprazole 7.5%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 5.8%
• Lansoprazole (Prevacid) 5.8%
• 0.9 % Sodium Chloride (Sodium Chloride) 3.8%
• Esomeprazole Magnesium (Nexium) 3.3%
• Linaclotide (Linzess) 3.0%
• Sucralfate (Carafate) 2.5%
• Lipase/Protease/Amylase (Zenpep, Creon, Pancreaze) 2.4%
• Prucalopride Succinate (Motegrity) 2.3%
• Lactulose (Enulose, Generlac, Constulose) 2.0%
• Metoclopramide Hcl (Reglan, Gimoti) 1.8%
• Ondansetron Hcl/Pf (Ondansetron Hcl) 1.5%
• Tacrolimus (Astagraf Xl, Envarsus Xr, Prograf) 1.5%
• Ondansetron 1.4%

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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

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH 12 Pediatric Gastroenterology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI 5 Pediatric Gastroenterology at Rhode Island Hospital
• Children's Hosp of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 4 Pediatric Gastroenterology at Children's Hosp of Los Angeles
• Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH 4 Pediatric Gastroenterology at Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA 4 Pediatric Gastroenterology at Boston Children's Hospital
• Jackson Health System Miami, FL 3 Pediatric Gastroenterology at Jackson Health System
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 3 Pediatric Gastroenterology at Cleveland Clinic
• Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LA 3 Pediatric Gastroenterology at Childrens Hospital
• Cook Childrens Medical Center Fort Worth, TX 3 Pediatric Gastroenterology at Cook Childrens Medical Center
• Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach, CA 2 Pediatric Gastroenterology at Memorialcare Long Beach 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

• Tufts University School of Medicine 13
• University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine 13
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 11
• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 10
• University of Minnesota Medical School 10
• Boston University School of Medicine 9
• Indiana University School of Medicine 8
• New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology 8
• Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 7
• University of Florida College of Medicine 7

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