Retina Specialist

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Ophthalmology residency 4 years
4. Vitreoretinal fellowship 2 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) 97%
• Women 19%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 19%
• Offer telehealth 1%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 99%

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

• Imaging of retina 2,137,038
• Injection of drug into eye 1,359,771
• Chloroprocaine hcl ophthalmic, 3% gel, 1 mg 928,800
• Established patient complete exam of visual system 790,267
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 325,210
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 293,758
• Established patient problem focused exam of visual system 232,303
• Photography of the retina 231,857
• Extended exam of the back part of the eye with optic nerve drawing 210,847
• Extended exam of the back part of the eye with retinal drawing 134,673
• Compounded drug, not otherwise classified 114,771
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 101,158

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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

• Prednisolone Acetate (Pred Forte, Pred Mild) 20.6%
• Latanoprost (Xalatan) 14.8%
• Ketorolac Tromethamine (Sprix, Acular Ls) 8.6%
• Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat (Dorzolamide-Timolol, Cosopt) 8.4%
• Brimonidine Tartrate (Alphagan P) 7.1%
• Timolol Maleate (Istalol) 5.6%
• Ofloxacin 4.5%
• Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha (Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth) 2.6%
• Dorzolamide Hcl 2.5%
• Moxifloxacin Hcl (Moxifloxacin, Vigamox) 2.1%
• Erythromycin Base (Ery-Tab, Erythromycin) 2.0%
• Bromfenac Sodium (Bromsite, Prolensa) 2.0%
• Cyclosporine (Restasis, Restasis Multidose, Verkazia) 1.9%
• Brimonidine Tartrate/Timolol (Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol, Combigan) 1.6%
• Atropine Sulfate 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

• Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax, VA 23 Retina Specialist at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
• University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO 19 Retina Specialist at University of Colorado Hospital Authority
• Ohsu Hospital and Clinics Portland, OR 18 Retina Specialist at Ohsu Hospital and Clinics
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 12 Retina Specialist at Stanford Health Care
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp Berkeley, CA 12 Retina Specialist at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp
• Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL 11 Retina Specialist at Rush University Medical Center
• Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI 11 Retina Specialist at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak
• Providence St Vincent Medical Center Portland, OR 11 Retina Specialist at Providence St Vincent Medical Center
• St Lukes Hospital Chesterfield, MO 11 Retina Specialist at St Lukes Hospital
• Uci Health-Orange Orange, CA 10 Retina Specialist at Uci Health-Orange

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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

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 35
• New York University School of Medicine 25
• University of Michigan Medical School 24
• Tulane University School of Medicine 21
• Harvard Medical School 20
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 20
• Baylor College of Medicine 19
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 19
• Duke University School of Medicine 19
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 18

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