Pediatric Pulmonology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Pediatrics residency 3 years
4. Pediatric pulmonology 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) 94%
• Women 51%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 18%
• Offer telehealth 3%
• 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

• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 1,135
• Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases 1,081
• Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration 967
• Test to measure exhaled air for evaluation of lung function at rest 848
• Test to measure the level of nitric oxide gas 804
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 742
• Test to determine lung volumes using sensors 716
• Test for allergy using allergenic extract 644
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 613
• Test to determine lung volumes using gas dilution or washout 532
• Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries 396
• Testing of autonomic (sympathetic) nervous system function, heart rate response to breathing exercises, and passive tilt 382

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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

• Albuterol Sulfate (Ventolin Hfa, Proair Digihaler, Proair Respiclick) 11.8%
• Montelukast Sodium (Singulair) 9.7%
• Fluticasone Propionate (Flovent Hfa, Flovent Diskus, Xhance) 5.7%
• Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaft (Trikafta) 5.5%
• Azithromycin (Azasite, Zithromax) 5.4%
• Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter (Trelegy Ellipta) 3.8%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 2.8%
• Fluticasone Propion/Salmeterol (Advair Diskus, Fluticasone-Salmeterol Hfa, Advair Hfa) 2.7%
• Omeprazole 2.6%
• Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride 2.4%
• Lipase/Protease/Amylase (Zenpep, Creon, Pancreaze) 2.4%
• Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate (Budesonide-Formoterol Fumarate, Symbicort, Breyna) 1.9%
• Fluticasone/Vilanterol (Breo Ellipta, Fluticasone-Vilanterol) 1.6%
• Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav (Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Pot Er, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass) 1.5%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 1.2%

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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 19 Pediatric Pulmonology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA 14 Pediatric Pulmonology at Boston Children's Hospital
• Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH 14 Pediatric Pulmonology at Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Indiana University Health Indianapolis, IN 5 Pediatric Pulmonology at Indiana University Health
• Cook Childrens Medical Center Fort Worth, TX 4 Pediatric Pulmonology at Cook Childrens Medical Center
• Carolinas Medical Center/behav Health Charlotte, NC 3 Pediatric Pulmonology at Carolinas Medical Center/behav Health
• University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington, KY 2 Pediatric Pulmonology at University of Kentucky Hospital
• Gillette Childrens Specialty Hospital Saint PAul, MN 2 Pediatric Pulmonology at Gillette Childrens Specialty Hospital
• Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE 2 Pediatric Pulmonology at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
• Ohio State University State Health System Columbus, OH 2 Pediatric Pulmonology at Ohio State University State Health System

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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

• Ohio State University College of Medicine 10
• Indiana University School of Medicine 8
• Baylor College of Medicine 7
• New York Medical College 7
• New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology 6
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 6
• University of Texas Medical School at Houston 6
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 6
• Medical College of Wisconsin 5
• Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 5

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