Pediatrics

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Pediatrics residency 3 years

Training after medical school: 3 years. From the start of college: about 11 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) 91%
• Women 68%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 13%
• Offer telehealth 5%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 67%

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

• Test for allergy using allergenic extract 83,666
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 80,730
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 42,945
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 37,937
• Professional service for preparation and provision of 1 or more antigens 34,554
• Administration of influenza virus vaccine 29,826
• Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit 19,256
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 16,399
• Professional service for multiple injections of allergen 14,436
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 13,310
• Admn sarscov2 vacc 1 dose 12,515
• Complex chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, each additional 60 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month 12,460

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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

• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 6.1%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 4.2%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 3.9%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 3.1%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 3.1%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 2.7%
• Omeprazole 2.7%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.3%
• Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 2.2%
• Metoprolol Succinate (Kapspargo Sprinkle, Toprol Xl) 1.9%
• Albuterol Sulfate (Ventolin Hfa, Proair Digihaler, Proair Respiclick) 1.8%
• Hydrochlorothiazide 1.7%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 1.6%
• Fluticasone Propionate (Flovent Hfa, Flovent Diskus, Xhance) 1.4%
• Montelukast Sodium (Singulair) 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

• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 25 Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Unc Hospitals Chapel Hill, NC 23 Pediatrics at Unc Hospitals
• Duke University Hospital Durham, NC 19 Pediatrics at Duke University Hospital
• Carolinas Medical Center/behav Health Charlotte, NC 18 Pediatrics at Carolinas Medical Center/behav Health
• M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis, MN 18 Pediatrics at M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center
• Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria, IL 17 Pediatrics at Saint Francis Medical Center
• Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH 16 Pediatrics at Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD 14 Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the
• Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, MI 14 Pediatrics at Spectrum Health
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 13 Pediatrics at Ronald Reagan UCLA 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

• Indiana University School of Medicine 87
• University of Minnesota Medical School 67
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 56
• University of Massachusetts Medical School 56
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 54
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 53
• Baylor College of Medicine 51
• Michigan State University College of Human Medicine 51
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 50
• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine 47

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