Transplant 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. Transplant 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) 98%
• Women 20%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 19%
• Offer telehealth 14%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 97%

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

• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 25,635
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 14,267
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 8,282
• Transplantation of donor kidney 6,614
• Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes 6,550
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 6,449
• Preparation of donor kidney for transplantation 4,535
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 4,336
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes 2,374
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 2,362
• Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes 2,361
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 1,939

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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

• Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (Bactrim Ds, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim) 13.6%
• Valganciclovir Hcl 7.9%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 7.8%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 5.8%
• Tacrolimus (Astagraf Xl, Envarsus Xr, Prograf) 4.9%
• Famotidine (Pepcid) 4.1%
• Tamsulosin Hcl (Flomax) 3.4%
• Carvedilol (Coreg) 3.4%
• Ursodiol (Reltone) 2.9%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 2.6%
• Nifedipine (Procardia Xl) 2.3%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 1.9%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 1.6%
• Mycophenolate Mofetil (Cellcept) 1.4%
• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 1.3%

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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

• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 17 Transplant Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY 15 Transplant Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital
• University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority Madison, WI 15 Transplant Surgery at University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Phoenix, AZ 14 Transplant Surgery at Mayo Clinic Hospital
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN 13 Transplant Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL 13 Transplant Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 12 Transplant Surgery at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Piedmont Hospital, Inc Atlanta, GA 12 Transplant Surgery at Piedmont Hospital, Inc
• Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL 11 Transplant Surgery at Tampa General Hospital
• Jackson Health System Miami, FL 11 Transplant Surgery at Jackson Health System

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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 10
• University of Michigan Medical School 10
• Georgetown University School of Medicine 9
• Emory University School of Medicine 8
• New York University School of Medicine 8
• University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine 8
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 7
• Indiana University School of Medicine 7
• Perelman School of Med at The University of Pennsylvania 7
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 7

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