Pediatric Surgery

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. General surgery residency 5 years
4. Pediatric surgery fellowship 2 years

Training after medical school: 7 years. From the start of college: about 15 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) 99%
• Women 32%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 18%
• Offer telehealth 0%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 87%

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

• Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less 1,801
• Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes 1,782
• Removal of muscle and/or tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less 1,262
• Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes 869
• Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less 639
• Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 10 minutes 462
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 296
• Initial nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 35 minutes 229
• Removal of tissue from wound, each additional 20.0 sq cm 177
• Initial nursing facility care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes 144
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 134
• Application of chemical to stop tissue regrowth in wound 107

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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

• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 4.7%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 4.3%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 4.1%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 3.9%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 3.5%
• Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 3.5%
• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 3.2%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 3.2%
• Letrozole (Femara) 3.0%
• Omeprazole 2.8%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.8%
• Meloxicam 2.7%
• Tamsulosin Hcl (Flomax) 2.0%
• Hydrochlorothiazide 1.9%
• Simvastatin (Zocor) 1.9%

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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

• Cook Childrens Medical Center Fort Worth, TX 5 Pediatric Surgery at Cook Childrens Medical Center
• Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH 4 Pediatric Surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LA 4 Pediatric Surgery at Childrens Hospital
• Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY 3 Pediatric Surgery at Norton Hospitals, Inc
• Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA 3 Pediatric Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital
• Savannah Health Services LLC DBA Memorial Health University Medical Center Savannah, GA 2 Pediatric Surgery at Savannah Health Services LLC DBA Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Children's Hosp of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 2 Pediatric Surgery at Children's Hosp of Los Angeles
• Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col Augusta, GA 2 Pediatric Surgery at Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col
• Athur M Blank Hospital Atlanta, GA 2 Pediatric Surgery at Athur M Blank Hospital
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL 2 Pediatric Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

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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 Michigan Medical School 12
• University of Florida College of Medicine 8
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 8
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 8
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 6
• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 6
• University of Minnesota Medical School 6
• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine 6
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 5
• Perelman School of Med at The University of Pennsylvania 5

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