Urology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Urology residency (including general surgery year) 5 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) 96%
• Women 14%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 24%
• Offer telehealth 48%
• 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 2,711,959
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 2,058,443
• Automated urinalysis test 1,748,644
• Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding 1,384,063
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 700,532
• Diagnostic exam of bladder and urethra using an endoscope 678,956
• Urinalysis, manual test 602,429
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 573,163
• Detection test by nucleic acid for organism, amplified probe technique 566,382
• Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, automated 413,237
• Psa (prostate specific antigen) measurement, total 383,557
• Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated 277,208

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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

• Tamsulosin Hcl (Flomax) 28.4%
• Finasteride (Proscar) 14.6%
• Mirabegron (Myrbetriq) 5.7%
• Oxybutynin Chloride 4.9%
• Alfuzosin Hcl (Uroxatral) 3.5%
• Ciprofloxacin Hcl (Ciloxan) 3.3%
• Vibegron (Gemtesa) 3.0%
• Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (Bactrim Ds, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim) 2.7%
• Cephalexin 2.4%
• Solifenacin Succinate (Vesicare Ls, Vesicare) 2.4%
• Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst (Macrobid, Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro) 2.1%
• Dutasteride (Avodart) 2.0%
• Estradiol (Divigel, Estring, Estrogel) 1.6%
• Methenamine Hippurate 1.4%
• Levofloxacin 1.2%

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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 94 Urology at Cleveland Clinic
• Northside Hospital Atlanta, GA 89 Urology at Northside Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 87 Urology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL 83 Urology at Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
• Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 77 Urology at Adventhealth Orlando
• North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY 66 Urology at North Shore University Hospital
• Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI 61 Urology at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 60 Urology at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• Indiana University Health Indianapolis, IN 60 Urology at Indiana University Health
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 59 Urology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania

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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 142
• Baylor College of Medicine 139
• Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School 134
• Georgetown University School of Medicine 133
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 122
• Boston University School of Medicine 121
• University of Michigan Medical School 107
• University of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College of Medicine 105
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 102
• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 102

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