Open aortic valve replacement · New York
Open aortic valve replacement in New York: the highest-volume physicians
19 physicians in New York billed Medicare for 328 open aortic valve replacement procedures in 2024. The top 19, with the year before beside it.
Top 19
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonard Girardi, MDCardiac Surgery · New York | 59 | 65 | −9% |
| 2 | Abeel A. Mangi, MDThoracic Surgery · Poughkeepsie | 30 | 17 | |
| 3 | Ismail El-HamamsyCardiac Surgery · New York | 21 | 24 | −12% |
| 4 | Derek R. Brinster, MDThoracic Surgery · New York | 20 | 14 | |
| 5 | Roberto G. Colangelo, MDCardiac Surgery · Roslyn | 16 | 25 | −36% |
| 5 | Timothy Carter, MDThoracic Surgery · West Islip | 16 | — | |
| 5 | Albert C. Dimeo, MDThoracic Surgery · Roslyn | 16 | 13 | |
| 8 | Hiroo Takayama, MDCardiac Surgery · New York | 15 | 21 | −29% |
| 9 | Alan Hartman, MDThoracic Surgery · Manhasset | 14 | 14 | |
| 9 | Isaac George, MDCardiac Surgery · New York | 14 | 24 | −42% |
| 11 | Sathappan Kumar, MDCardiac Surgery · Brooklyn | 13 | — | |
| 11 | Zhandong Zhou, MDCardiac Surgery · Syracuse | 13 | 17 | |
| 11 | John J. Goncalves, MDThoracic Surgery · Mineola | 13 | — | |
| 14 | Jonathan Price, MDCardiac Surgery · Stony Brook | 12 | — | |
| 14 | David Adams, MDInternal Medicine · New York | 12 | 20 | −40% |
| 16 | James R. Taylor, MDThoracic Surgery · Stony Brook | 11 | 17 | |
| 16 | Elbert E. Williams, MDCardiac Surgery · New York | 11 | 11 | |
| 16 | Charles J. Lutz, MDCardiac Surgery · Syracuse | 11 | — | |
| 16 | Mathew R. Williams, MDThoracic Surgery · New York | 11 | 16 |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 33405), in 2024, Medicare fee-for-service only. A surgeon who mostly treats younger or Medicare Advantage patients will rank lower than their total volume. Method and limits.