Interventional Radiology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Integrated interventional radiology residency (including first clinical year) 6 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) 94%
• Women 12%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 14%
• Offer telehealth 21%
• 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

• X-ray of chest, 1 view 865,785
• X-ray of chest, 2 views 322,744
• Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes 235,541
• Ct scan head or brain without contrast 228,666
• Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis with contrast 189,489
• Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access 131,383
• Ct scan of chest without contrast 128,308
• Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis without contrast 122,357
• Ct scan of blood vessels of chest with contrast 109,912
• X-ray of abdomen, 1 view 97,996
• Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers 96,803
• Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers 88,964

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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

• Clopidogrel Bisulfate (Clopidogrel, Plavix) 21.8%
• Methylprednisolone (Medrol) 10.1%
• Ibuprofen (Caldolor, Ibu) 6.2%
• Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) 5.4%
• Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (Bactrim Ds, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim) 5.0%
• Famotidine (Pepcid) 4.9%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 4.3%
• Ciprofloxacin Hcl (Ciloxan) 3.0%
• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 3.0%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 2.6%
• Cilostazol 2.3%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 2.0%
• Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 1.8%
• Naproxen 1.6%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 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

• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 39 Interventional Radiology at Stanford Health Care
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 37 Interventional Radiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 31 Interventional Radiology at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ 29 Interventional Radiology at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
• Musc Medical Center Charleston, SC 28 Interventional Radiology at Musc Medical Center
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 28 Interventional Radiology at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
• Uci Health-Orange Orange, CA 27 Interventional Radiology at Uci Health-Orange
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL 26 Interventional Radiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 24 Interventional Radiology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital Santa Monica, CA 24 Interventional Radiology at Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital

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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

• New York Medical College 57
• George Washington University School of Medicine 48
• Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School 47
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 47
• New York University School of Medicine 46
• Georgetown University School of Medicine 42
• State University of New York Downstate Medical Center 42
• Temple University School of Medicine 41
• Medical College of Wisconsin 40
• Ohio State University College of Medicine 38

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