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Cardiac catheterization: the highest-volume physicians in the US
8,451 physicians billed Medicare for 530,920 cardiac catheterization procedures in 2024. Pick a state for its own table, or read the national top 101.
By state
- Alabama167 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Mustafa I. Ahmed
- Alaska12 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Stanley P. Watkins
- Arizona230 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Eric H. Yang
- Arkansas133 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Vasili Lendel
- California712 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Raj R. Makkar
- Colorado99 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Cihan Cevik
- Connecticut78 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Scott L. Willis
- Delaware25 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Ehtasham A. Qureshi
- District of Columbia17 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Itshac I. Ben-Dor
- Florida701 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Bernard Topi
- Georgia265 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Kraig M. Wangsnes
- Hawaii16 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Kelly M. Paschke
- Idaho34 physicians · No. 1 Dr. John D. Chambers
- Illinois329 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Bruce E. Lewis
- Indiana210 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Vikash K. Khurana
- Iowa73 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Jon A. Robken
- Kansas88 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Bassem M. Chehab
- Kentucky152 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Sadip Pant
- Louisiana190 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Gregory C. Sampognaro
- Maine29 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Cameron W. Donaldson
- Maryland94 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Syed S. Zaidi
- Massachusetts145 physicians · No. 1 Dr. David E. Leeman
- Michigan299 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Daniel T. Lee
- Minnesota109 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Stephen K. Kidd
- Mississippi102 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Christopher J. Douglas
- Missouri207 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Stilianos Efstratiadis
- Montana29 physicians · No. 1 Dr. James T. Maddux
- Nebraska63 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Thomas J. Lanspa
- Nevada72 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Nathan H. Ho
- New Hampshire34 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Eric S. Rothstein
- New Jersey255 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Chao-Wei Hwang
- New Mexico35 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Terry A. Boulware
- New York396 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Richard A. Shlofmitz
- North Carolina228 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Dwijesh B. Patel
- North Dakota20 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Nayan K. Desai
- Ohio351 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Jay M. Hamze
- Oklahoma142 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Christopher J. Higgins
- Oregon82 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Daniel J. Skarzynski
- Pennsylvania328 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Saif Al-Adwan
- Puerto Rico11 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Anibal J. Lugo
- Rhode Island24 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Brian D. Mccauley
- South Carolina159 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Jimmy L. Kontos
- South Dakota26 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Adam T. Stys
- Tennessee249 physicians · No. 1 Dr. David C. Wolford
- Texas805 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Arjumand F. Hashmi
- Utah51 physicians · No. 1 Dr. David C. Boorman
- Vermont10 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Jesse A. Kane
- Virginia206 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Dhananjai J. Menzies
- Washington166 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Satyavardhan Pulukurthy
- West Virginia56 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Elie G. Gharib
- Wisconsin128 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Alan H. Singer
- Wyoming8 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Gary M. Idelchik
National top 101
| Rank | Physician | State | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard A. Shlofmitz, MDInterventional Cardiology · Roslyn | NY | 1,773 | 1,562 | +14% |
| 2 | Syed S. Zaidi, MDInterventional Cardiology · Towson | MD | 677 | 605 | +12% |
| 3 | Barry Kaplan, MDInterventional Cardiology · New Hyde Park | NY | 611 | 580 | +5% |
| 4 | Samin Sharma, MDCardiology · New York | NY | 550 | 509 | +8% |
| 5 | Raj R. Makkar, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | CA | 489 | 539 | −9% |
| 6 | Mamoo Nakamura, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | CA | 457 | 489 | −7% |
| 7 | Bernard Topi, MDInterventional Cardiology · Inverness | FL | 446 | 458 | −3% |
| 8 | Itshac I. Ben-Dor, MDCardiology · Washington | DC | 436 | 538 | −19% |
| 9 | Richard K. Schwartz, DOInterventional Cardiology · Garden City | NY | 414 | 395 | +5% |
| 10 | Hari C. Kannam, MDInterventional Cardiology · Inverness | FL | 410 | 409 | +0% |
| 11 | Matthew J. Price, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | CA | 409 | 316 | +29% |
| 12 | Dwijesh B. Patel, MDInterventional Cardiology · Raleigh | NC | 408 | 401 | +2% |
| 13 | Gregory C. Sampognaro, MDCardiology · Monroe | LA | 406 | 396 | +3% |
| 14 | David E. Leeman, MDCardiology · Boston | MA | 402 | 327 | +23% |
| 15 | John C. Wang, MDCardiology · Baltimore | MD | 396 | 363 | +9% |
| 16 | Vasili Lendel, MDInterventional Cardiology · Little Rock | AR | 395 | 328 | +20% |
| 17 | Aland R. Fernandez, MDInterventional Cardiology · Safety Harbor | FL | 393 | 415 | −5% |
| 17 | Daniel I. Ambinder, MDInterventional Cardiology · Baltimore | MD | 393 | 376 | +5% |
| 19 | Wesley G. Lane, MDCardiology · Little Rock | AR | 386 | 372 | +4% |
| 20 | Annapoorna Kini, MDCardiology · New York | NY | 383 | 387 | −1% |
| 21 | Curtiss T. Stinis, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | CA | 382 | 309 | +24% |
| 22 | Paul S. Teirstein, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | CA | 376 | 381 | −1% |
| 23 | Jay M. Hamze, MDCardiology · Portsmouth | OH | 363 | 381 | −5% |
| 24 | Judah N. Rauch, MDCardiology · New York | NY | 359 | 116 | +209% |
| 25 | Usman Javed, MDCardiology · Fresno | CA | 354 | 257 | +38% |
| 26 | Hayder D. Hashim, MDInterventional Cardiology · Washington | DC | 351 | 344 | +2% |
| 27 | Mustafa I. Ahmed, MDCardiology · Birmingham | AL | 350 | 407 | −14% |
| 28 | Rajiv Jauhar, MDInterventional Cardiology · New Hyde Park | NY | 348 | 331 | +5% |
| 29 | Adam T. Stys, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sioux Falls | SD | 347 | 273 | +27% |
| 30 | Michael Attubato, MDCardiology · New York | NY | 344 | 318 | +8% |
| 31 | Glen D. Garson, MDCardiology · Plymouth | MA | 328 | 281 | +17% |
| 32 | Bassem M. Chehab, MDCardiology · Wichita | KS | 326 | 405 | −20% |
| 33 | Zouheir H. Elias, MDCardiology · Northridge | CA | 322 | 279 | +15% |
| 34 | Dalpinder Sandhu, MDCardiology · Fresno | CA | 319 | 231 | +38% |
| 35 | Andre Paixao, MDInternal Medicine · Little Rock | AR | 317 | 232 | +37% |
| 36 | Jon A. Robken, MDCardiology · Davenport | IA | 314 | 299 | +5% |
| 36 | Tomasz P. Stys, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sioux Falls | SD | 314 | 284 | +11% |
| 38 | Wing Yi Liu, MDCardiology · New Smyrna Beach | FL | 312 | 304 | +3% |
| 39 | Sam J. Kalioundji, MDCardiology · Northridge | CA | 305 | 292 | +4% |
| 39 | Amit Nanavati, MDCardiology · Palm Coast | FL | 305 | 222 | +37% |
| 41 | Matthew A. Hook, MDCardiology · Smithfield | NC | 304 | 307 | −1% |
| 42 | Salvatore D. Diloreto, MDInterventional Cardiology · Jacksonville | FL | 303 | 193 | +57% |
| 43 | Nayan K. Desai, MDInterventional Cardiology · Bismarck | ND | 298 | 278 | +7% |
| 43 | Chao-Wei Hwang, MD, PHDCardiology · Voorhees | NJ | 298 | 157 | +90% |
| 45 | Luther I. Carter, MDInterventional Cardiology · Pensacola | FL | 296 | 265 | +12% |
| 46 | Howard A. Levite, MDCardiology · Galloway | NJ | 295 | 269 | +10% |
| 46 | Alan H. Singer, MDInterventional Cardiology · Madison | WI | 295 | 281 | +5% |
| 48 | Parag D. Patel, MDInterventional Cardiology · Safety Harbor | FL | 294 | 261 | +13% |
| 48 | Ahsan Maqsood, MDCardiology · Waterloo | IA | 294 | 266 | +11% |
| 50 | Christopher J. Higgins, MDCardiology · Tulsa | OK | 293 | 303 | −3% |
| 51 | Tarun Chakravarty, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | CA | 290 | 231 | +26% |
| 52 | George Fehrenbacher, MDCardiology · Roseville | CA | 288 | 271 | +6% |
| 52 | Tarun R. Nagrani, MDCardiology · Portsmouth | OH | 288 | 262 | +10% |
| 54 | Bruce E. Lewis, MDInterventional Cardiology · Maywood | IL | 287 | 254 | +13% |
| 55 | Ronald P. Caputo, MDInterventional Cardiology · Naples | FL | 286 | 243 | +18% |
| 56 | Daniel L. Molloy, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sarasota | FL | 285 | 264 | +8% |
| 57 | Abdulrahman Abdulbaki, MDCardiology · Des Moines | IA | 282 | 151 | +87% |
| 58 | Louai Razzouk, MD, MPHCardiology · New York | NY | 279 | 290 | −4% |
| 58 | Evan Y. Lau, MDInterventional Cardiology · Springfield | MA | 279 | 232 | +20% |
| 60 | Saif Al-Adwan, MDCardiology · Pittsburgh | PA | 277 | 34 | +715% |
| 61 | David C. Wolford, MDInterventional Cardiology · Memphis | TN | 276 | 307 | −10% |
| 61 | George A. Petrossian, MDInterventional Cardiology · Roslyn | NY | 276 | 281 | −2% |
| 61 | Sailesh N. Shah, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sacramento | CA | 276 | 263 | +5% |
| 64 | Paul J. Lee, MDCardiology · West Islip | NY | 275 | 272 | +1% |
| 65 | Arjumand F. Hashmi, MDCardiology · Paris | TX | 272 | 235 | +16% |
| 65 | Safwan Jaalouk, MDInterventional Cardiology · Pensacola | FL | 272 | 261 | +4% |
| 67 | Michael S. Blanc, MDCardiology · San Angelo | TX | 270 | 218 | +24% |
| 68 | Wassim Shaheen, MDInterventional Cardiology · Wichita | KS | 269 | 356 | −24% |
| 69 | Kraig M. Wangsnes, MDCardiology · Augusta | GA | 268 | 254 | +6% |
| 70 | Anthony T. Gambino, MDInterventional Cardiology · Garden City | NY | 267 | 296 | −10% |
| 71 | Aziz R. Maksoud, MDCardiology · Wichita | KS | 266 | 316 | −16% |
| 71 | Justin P. LevisayInterventional Cardiology · Evanston | IL | 266 | 245 | +9% |
| 71 | James T. Maddux, MDCardiology · Missoula | MT | 266 | 229 | +16% |
| 74 | Saleem Husain, MDCardiology · Plainfield | NJ | 264 | 186 | +42% |
| 74 | Raymond H. Plack, MDInterventional Cardiology · Baltimore | MD | 264 | 220 | +20% |
| 76 | Branislav Schifferdecker, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | OK | 262 | 253 | +4% |
| 76 | Nureddin Almaddah, MDInterventional Cardiology · Little Rock | AR | 262 | 220 | +19% |
| 78 | Antony G. Kaliyadan, MDCardiology · Baltimore | MD | 260 | 237 | +10% |
| 79 | Nayan Agarwal, MDCardiology · Saint Augustine | FL | 259 | 197 | +31% |
| 79 | Evan CarusoInterventional Cardiology · Sarasota | FL | 259 | 272 | −5% |
| 81 | Jimmy L. Kontos, MDInterventional Cardiology · Myrtle Beach | SC | 258 | 253 | +2% |
| 82 | Tarek H. Mahrous, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sioux Falls | SD | 257 | 195 | +32% |
| 83 | James N. Hadstate, MDCardiology · Myrtle Beach | SC | 256 | 277 | −8% |
| 83 | Terry A. Boulware, MDCardiology · Las Cruces | NM | 256 | 342 | −25% |
| 85 | Charles H. Croft, MD, FACP, FACCCardiology · Melbourne | FL | 255 | 271 | −6% |
| 85 | Micheleanne Celigoj, MDInterventional Cardiology · Baker | FL | 255 | 282 | −10% |
| 85 | Luke K. Kim, MDInterventional Cardiology · New York | NY | 255 | 230 | +11% |
| 88 | Joseph R. Califano, MDInterventional Cardiology · Naples | FL | 252 | 270 | −7% |
| 89 | Michael C. Reed, MDInterventional Cardiology · Missoula | MT | 251 | 277 | −9% |
| 89 | Michael L. Partin, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | OK | 251 | 198 | +27% |
| 91 | David Stewart, MDInterventional Cardiology · Chicago | IL | 250 | 254 | −2% |
| 91 | Stephen E. Mcintyre, MDInterventional Cardiology · Stuart | FL | 250 | 344 | −27% |
| 93 | James H. Nguyen, MDInterventional Cardiology · Bradenton | FL | 249 | 191 | +30% |
| 94 | Kenneth Khaw, MDInterventional Cardiology · Hammonton | NJ | 247 | 221 | +12% |
| 94 | Walt Marquardt, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sacramento | CA | 247 | 261 | −5% |
| 94 | John F. Wagener, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sioux Falls | SD | 247 | 209 | +18% |
| 97 | Jorge A. Alvarez, MDInterventional Cardiology · San Antonio | TX | 246 | 237 | +4% |
| 98 | Eric S. Rothstein, MDInterventional Cardiology · Lebanon | NH | 245 | 163 | +50% |
| 98 | Eric H. Yang, MDInterventional Cardiology · Scottsdale | AZ | 245 | 208 | +18% |
| 100 | Fayaz A. Shawl, MDCardiology · Takoma Park | MD | 244 | 265 | −8% |
| 100 | Daniel P. Sherbet, MDInterventional Cardiology · Little Rock | AR | 244 | 271 | −10% |
Codes counted: CPT 93454, 93455, 93456, 93457, 93458, 93459, 93460, 93461. Procedures billed in 2024, all places of service, Medicare fee-for-service. CMS withholds counts under 11.