Vascular Surgery

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Integrated vascular surgery residency (5 years) or general surgery then vascular fellowship (5 + 2 years) 5–7 years

Training after medical school: 5–7 years. From the start of college: about 13–15 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) 93%
• Women 18%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 22%
• Offer telehealth 27%
• 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, 20-29 minutes 417,770
• Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow 302,082
• Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers 300,256
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 280,333
• Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers 242,630
• Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries 191,169
• Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts 130,813
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 123,255
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 102,283
• Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries 88,250
• Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts 86,930
• Ultrasound of one leg arteries or artery grafts 83,864

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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) 34.8%
• Cilostazol 10.5%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 8.5%
• Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) 7.3%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 5.5%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 4.5%
• Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 2.4%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.3%
• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 1.7%
• Tramadol Hcl 1.5%
• Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 1.4%
• Cephalexin 1.0%
• Pentoxifylline 0.9%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 0.8%
• Doxycycline Hyclate (Doxy 100, Targadox) 0.6%

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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 30 Vascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 27 Vascular Surgery at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ 26 Vascular Surgery at Morristown Medical Center
• Baptist Medical Center San Antonio, TX 25 Vascular Surgery at Baptist Medical Center
• Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk, VA 25 Vascular Surgery at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
• Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 24 Vascular Surgery at Adventhealth Orlando
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 22 Vascular Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, GA 21 Vascular Surgery at Emory University Hospital Midtown
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 21 Vascular Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY 20 Vascular Surgery at North Shore University 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 University School of Medicine 47
• Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 44
• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 43
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 42
• Boston University School of Medicine 41
• New York Medical College 40
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 40
• University of Alabama School of Medicine 38
• Albany Medical College of Union University 37
• Indiana University School of Medicine 36

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