Pediatric Infectious Disease

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Pediatrics residency 3 years
4. Pediatric infectious diseases 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) 96%
• Women 55%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 18%
• Offer telehealth 2%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 91%

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

• 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 457
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 313
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 187
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 166
• Adm sarscv2 bvl 30mcg/.3ml a 163
• Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less 96
• Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes 89
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 86
• Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit 56
• Insertion of needle into vein (3 years or older) 37
• Adm sarscv2 bvl 50mcg/.5ml a 30

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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

• Bictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala (Biktarvy) 6.1%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 5.4%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 3.1%
• Naloxone Hcl (Narcan, Kloxxado) 3.0%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 2.9%
• Omeprazole 2.7%
• Famotidine (Pepcid) 2.1%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 1.8%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 1.7%
• Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf (Shingrix) 1.7%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 1.6%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 1.6%
• Dolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine (Dovato) 1.6%
• Trazodone Hcl 1.4%
• Dolutegravir Sodium (Tivicay, Tivicay Pd) 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

• University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 5 Pediatric Infectious Disease at University of Michigan Health System
• Cook Childrens Medical Center Fort Worth, TX 5 Pediatric Infectious Disease at Cook Childrens Medical Center
• Indiana University Health Indianapolis, IN 4 Pediatric Infectious Disease at Indiana University Health
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH 3 Pediatric Infectious Disease at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Memorial Care Miller Children's & Women's Hosp Lb Long Beach, CA 3 Pediatric Infectious Disease at Memorial Care Miller Children's & Women's Hosp Lb
• Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Saint Petersburg, FL 3 Pediatric Infectious Disease at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
• Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH 3 Pediatric Infectious Disease at Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Musc Medical Center Charleston, SC 2 Pediatric Infectious Disease at Musc Medical Center
• M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis, MN 2 Pediatric Infectious Disease at M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center
• The Children's Hospital of Alabama Birmingham, AL 2 Pediatric Infectious Disease at The Children's Hospital of Alabama

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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

• Washington University School of Medicine 10
• Duke University School of Medicine 7
• Perelman School of Med at The University of Pennsylvania 7
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 7
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 6
• Baylor College of Medicine 5
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 5
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 5
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 4
• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 4

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