Colonoscopy (diagnostic) · Texas
Colonoscopy (diagnostic) in Texas: the highest-volume physicians
394 physicians in Texas billed Medicare for 9,214 colonoscopy (diagnostic) procedures in 2024. The top 28, with the year before beside it.
Top 28
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yogeshkumar T. Patel, MDGastroenterology · Abilene | 143 | 153 | −7% |
| 2 | Nasrullah Manji, MDGastroenterology · Sugar Land | 132 | 147 | −10% |
| 3 | Tung T. Tran, MDGastroenterology · Denison | 106 | 39 | +172% |
| 4 | Urmil R. Shukla, MDGeneral Surgery · Huntsville | 84 | 98 | −14% |
| 5 | Elias Ghandour, MDGastroenterology · Lubbock | 83 | 83 | +0% |
| 6 | Timothy L. Huggins, MDGastroenterology · Weatherford | 81 | 79 | +3% |
| 7 | David L. Stewart, MDGastroenterology · Paris | 75 | 77 | −3% |
| 8 | Pavan Saridena, MDGastroenterology · Longview | 71 | 103 | −31% |
| 9 | Vani Paleti, MDGastroenterology · Temple | 68 | 49 | +39% |
| 10 | Peter V. Lang, MDGastroenterology · Houston | 62 | 51 | +22% |
| 11 | Srinivas Pathapati, MDGastroenterology · Amarillo | 59 | 66 | −11% |
| 11 | Carl R. Jones, DOGastroenterology · Nacogdoches | 59 | 67 | −12% |
| 13 | Tawfiq G. Alam, MD, PHDGastroenterology · The Woodlands | 58 | 73 | −21% |
| 13 | Javier Gomez, MDGastroenterology · Wichita Falls | 58 | 98 | −41% |
| 13 | Russell D. Havranek, MDGastroenterology · San Antonio | 58 | 58 | +0% |
| 13 | Amit K. Trehan, MDGastroenterology · Amarillo | 58 | 61 | −5% |
| 17 | Howard Hamat, MDGastroenterology · Houston | 57 | 23 | +148% |
| 17 | Louis J. Wilson, MDGastroenterology · Wichita Falls | 57 | 49 | +16% |
| 19 | Keith A. Wied, DOGastroenterology · Beaumont | 56 | 58 | −3% |
| 20 | Jonathan C. Ramirez, MDGastroenterology · Temple | 53 | 43 | +23% |
| 21 | Carlos E. Chinea, MDGastroenterology · Victoria | 51 | 33 | +55% |
| 22 | Richard T. Ellington, MDGastroenterology · Amarillo | 48 | 34 | +41% |
| 23 | Fatih Ozcelebi, MDGastroenterology · Mcallen | 47 | 40 | +18% |
| 23 | Duc H. Vu, MDInternal Medicine · Temple | 47 | 36 | +31% |
| 25 | James E. Lusby, MDGastroenterology · Amarillo | 46 | 49 | −6% |
| 25 | Roberto Ponce, MDInternal Medicine · Brownsville | 46 | 48 | −4% |
| 25 | Andrew H. Barenberg, MDGastroenterology · Beaumont | 46 | 55 | −16% |
| 25 | Joseph W. Holland, MDGastroenterology · Beaumont | 46 | 67 | −31% |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 45378), 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.