Plastic Surgery

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Integrated plastic surgery residency 6 years

Training after medical school: 6–8 years. From the start of college: about 14–16 years.

Or general surgery (5 years) followed by plastic surgery (3 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) 97%
• Women 25%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 24%
• Offer telehealth 8%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 94%

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, 20-29 minutes 124,888
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 58,462
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 45,074
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes 44,732
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 36,949
• Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less 27,152
• Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths 27,088
• Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes 19,353
• Kerecis omega3, per square centimeter 19,178
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 16,977
• Removal of muscle and/or tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less 16,827
• Removal of muscle and/or tissue, each additional 20.0 sq cm or less 12,859

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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

• Cephalexin 16.1%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 9.7%
• Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 5.8%
• Ondansetron 5.4%
• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 5.2%
• Mupirocin 4.2%
• Doxycycline Hyclate (Doxy 100, Targadox) 3.6%
• Tramadol Hcl 3.2%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 3.1%
• Cefadroxil 2.5%
• Ondansetron Hcl 2.4%
• Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (Bactrim Ds, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim) 1.6%
• Ibuprofen (Caldolor, Ibu) 1.6%
• Celecoxib (Elyxyb, Celebrex) 1.5%
• Acetaminophen With Codeine (Acetaminophen-Codeine) 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

• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 29 Plastic Surgery at Cleveland Clinic
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 29 Plastic Surgery at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN 27 Plastic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 27 Plastic Surgery at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 22 Plastic Surgery at University of Michigan Health System
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 22 Plastic Surgery at Stanford Health Care
• North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY 21 Plastic Surgery at North Shore University Hospital
• Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA 21 Plastic Surgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital
• Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO 18 Plastic Surgery at Barnes Jewish Hospital
• Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJ 18 Plastic Surgery at Hackensack University 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

• Harvard Medical School 61
• Georgetown University School of Medicine 57
• Indiana University School of Medicine 54
• New York University School of Medicine 54
• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 52
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 49
• New York Medical College 47
• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 45
• Baylor College of Medicine 44
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 42

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