Cardiac catheterization · California
Cardiac catheterization in California: the highest-volume physicians
712 physicians in California billed Medicare for 41,047 cardiac catheterization procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.
Top 25
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raj R. Makkar, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | 489 | 539 | −9% |
| 2 | Mamoo Nakamura, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | 457 | 489 | −7% |
| 3 | Matthew J. Price, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | 409 | 316 | +29% |
| 4 | Curtiss T. Stinis, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | 382 | 309 | +24% |
| 5 | Paul S. Teirstein, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | 376 | 381 | −1% |
| 6 | Usman Javed, MDCardiology · Fresno | 354 | 257 | +38% |
| 7 | Zouheir H. Elias, MDCardiology · Northridge | 322 | 279 | +15% |
| 8 | Dalpinder Sandhu, MDCardiology · Fresno | 319 | 231 | +38% |
| 9 | Sam J. Kalioundji, MDCardiology · Northridge | 305 | 292 | +4% |
| 10 | Tarun Chakravarty, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | 290 | 231 | +26% |
| 11 | George Fehrenbacher, MDCardiology · Roseville | 288 | 271 | +6% |
| 12 | Sailesh N. Shah, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sacramento | 276 | 263 | +5% |
| 13 | Walt Marquardt, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sacramento | 247 | 261 | −5% |
| 14 | Praveen Panguluri, MDCardiology · Rancho Mirage | 236 | 256 | −8% |
| 15 | Antreas Hindoyan, MDInterventional Cardiology · Los Angeles | 228 | 217 | +5% |
| 16 | Reza Nazari, MDCardiology · Turlock | 226 | 199 | +14% |
| 17 | Nikita K. Gill, MDInternal Medicine · Redding | 215 | 148 | +45% |
| 18 | Dinesh K. Sharma, DOInterventional Cardiology · Rancho Mirage | 203 | 81 | +151% |
| 19 | Dilbahar S. Mohar, MDInterventional Cardiology · Yuba City | 201 | 198 | +2% |
| 20 | Suhail Y. Dohad, MDInterventional Cardiology · Beverly Hills | 193 | 205 | −6% |
| 21 | Reza Sepehrdad, MDCardiology · Roseville | 188 | 188 | +0% |
| 22 | Ramford K. Ng, MDCardiology · Pleasanton | 187 | 134 | +40% |
| 23 | Leo Polosajian, MDCardiology · Reseda | 186 | 136 | +37% |
| 23 | Omid Fatemi, MDInterventional Cardiology · Ventura | 186 | 171 | +9% |
| 25 | Elliott M. Groves, MDCardiology · Burlingame | 185 | 155 | +19% |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 93454, 93455, 93456, 93457, 93458, 93459, 93460, 93461), 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.