Rheumatology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Internal medicine residency 3 years
4. Rheumatology fellowship 2 years

Training after medical school: 5 years. From the start of college: about 13 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 48%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 23%
• Offer telehealth 60%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 96%

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 1,865,157
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 486,094
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 478,715
• Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less 369,242
• Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle 336,871
• Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count 334,355
• Administration of non-hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy under skin or into muscle 328,039
• Measurement c-reactive protein for detection of infection or inflammation 251,435
• Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals 220,640
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 210,471
• Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less 198,594
• Measurement of antibody for assessment of autoimmune disorder, any method 193,311

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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

• Prednisone (Rayos) 12.4%
• Methotrexate Sodium (Methotrexate, Trexall) 12.2%
• Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate (Plaquenil) 12.1%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 4.2%
• Leflunomide (Arava) 3.1%
• Allopurinol 2.8%
• Tramadol Hcl 2.7%
• Adalimumab (Humira Pen, Humira(Cf), Humira(Cf) Pen Crohn's-Uc-Hs) 2.6%
• Alendronate Sodium (Binosto, Fosamax) 2.5%
• Duloxetine Hcl (Cymbalta, Drizalma Sprinkle) 2.4%
• Meloxicam 2.4%
• Etanercept (Enbrel, Enbrel Mini, Enbrel Sureclick) 2.3%
• Celecoxib (Elyxyb, Celebrex) 2.1%
• Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine) 2.1%
• Folic Acid 1.7%

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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

• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 70 Rheumatology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL 69 Rheumatology at Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 69 Rheumatology at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 68 Rheumatology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 58 Rheumatology at Cleveland Clinic
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 56 Rheumatology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 48 Rheumatology at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
• St Josephs Hospital Tampa, FL 44 Rheumatology at St Josephs Hospital
• North Shore Medical Center - Salem, MA 42 Rheumatology at North Shore Medical Center -
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 42 Rheumatology at Stanford Health Care

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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

• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 64
• University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 60
• New York University School of Medicine 52
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 43
• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie 42
• State University of New York Downstate Medical Center 41
• Temple University School of Medicine 41
• University of Texas Medical School at Houston 41
• New York Medical College 40
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 38

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