Pediatric Nephrology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Pediatrics residency 3 years
4. Pediatric nephrology 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 58%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 19%
• Offer telehealth 4%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 95%

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, 40-54 minutes 2,005
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 1,558
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 1,361
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 402
• Hemodialysis procedure with physician evaluation 156
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 136
• Dialysis services, 4 or more physician visits per month (20 years or older) 128
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 103
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 87
• Kidney function blood test panel 72
• Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated 71
• Blood count, hemoglobin 68

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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

• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 11.3%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 10.2%
• Famotidine (Pepcid) 6.6%
• Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (Bactrim Ds, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim) 6.2%
• Tacrolimus (Astagraf Xl, Envarsus Xr, Prograf) 4.8%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 3.5%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 3.2%
• Calcitriol (Rocaltrol, Vectical) 2.7%
• Nifedipine (Procardia Xl) 2.6%
• Carvedilol (Coreg) 2.4%
• Sevelamer Carbonate (Renvela) 2.3%
• Everolimus (Afinitor, Afinitor Disperz, Zortress) 2.0%
• Valganciclovir Hcl 2.0%
• Labetalol Hcl 1.7%
• Amlodipine Benzoate (Katerzia) 1.7%

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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

• Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA 15 Pediatric Nephrology at Seattle Children's Hospital
• Texas Childrens Hospital Houston, TX 15 Pediatric Nephrology at Texas Childrens Hospital
• Indiana University Health Indianapolis, IN 12 Pediatric Nephrology at Indiana University Health
• Lucile Salter PAckard Children's Hsp at Stanford Palo Alto, CA 11 Pediatric Nephrology at Lucile Salter PAckard Children's Hsp at Stanford
• Childrens Medical Ctr of Dallas Dallas, TX 10 Pediatric Nephrology at Childrens Medical Ctr of Dallas
• Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA 10 Pediatric Nephrology at Boston Children's Hospital
• Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ 9 Pediatric Nephrology at Phoenix Children's Hospital
• The Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO 9 Pediatric Nephrology at The Children's Mercy Hospital
• Athur M Blank Hospital Atlanta, GA 9 Pediatric Nephrology at Athur M Blank Hospital
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA 9 Pediatric Nephrology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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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 10
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 7
• Baylor College of Medicine 7
• Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University 6
• Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 6
• University of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College of Medicine 6
• Washington University School of Medicine 6
• Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 5
• Perelman School of Med at The University of Pennsylvania 5
• Rush Medical College of Rush University 5

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