Heart
Coronary stent: the highest-volume physicians in the US
5,021 physicians billed Medicare for 166,904 coronary stent procedures in 2024. Pick a state for its own table, or read the national top 100.
By state
- Alabama83 physicians · No. 1 Dr. John W. Mitchell
- Alaska9 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Stanley P. Watkins
- Arizona142 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Mansour H. Assar
- Arkansas83 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Jeffrey G. Tauth
- California380 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Paul S. Teirstein
- Colorado62 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Cihan Cevik
- Connecticut40 physicians · No. 1 Steffne Kunnirickal
- Delaware21 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Roberto Scaffidi
- District of Columbia8 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Hayder D. Hashim
- Florida398 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Aland R. Fernandez
- Georgia148 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Kraig M. Wangsnes
- Hawaii9 physicians · No. 1 Dr. John J. Cogan
- Idaho23 physicians · No. 1 Dr. John D. Chambers
- Illinois211 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Bruce E. Lewis
- Indiana142 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Sandeep Sehgal
- Iowa57 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Jon A. Robken
- Kansas59 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Bassem M. Chehab
- Kentucky94 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Matthew K. Shotwell
- Louisiana80 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Gregory C. Sampognaro
- Maine17 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Colin T. Phillips
- Maryland70 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Syed S. Zaidi
- Massachusetts104 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Brian A. Bergmark
- Michigan162 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Japhet G. Joseph
- Minnesota81 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Rajiv Gulati
- Mississippi70 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Christopher J. Douglas
- Missouri135 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Stilianos Efstratiadis
- Montana17 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Michael C. Reed
- Nebraska31 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Thomas J. Lanspa
- Nevada40 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Abhilash Akinapelli
- New Hampshire25 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Eric S. Rothstein
- New Jersey172 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Saleem Husain
- New Mexico16 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Terry A. Boulware
- New York243 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Richard A. Shlofmitz
- North Carolina124 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Dwijesh B. Patel
- North Dakota17 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Nayan K. Desai
- Ohio211 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Jay M. Hamze
- Oklahoma89 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Branislav Schifferdecker
- Oregon39 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Jason R. Wollmuth
- Pennsylvania220 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Amid Khan
- Puerto Rico1 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Anibal J. Lugo
- Rhode Island14 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Jinnette D. Abbott
- South Carolina103 physicians · No. 1 Dr. James N. Hadstate
- South Dakota17 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Adam T. Stys
- Tennessee133 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Mark A. Stankewicz
- Texas421 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Jorge A. Alvarez
- Utah33 physicians · No. 1 Dr. David C. Boorman
- Vermont8 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Prospero B. Gogo
- Virginia128 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Michael Ragosta
- Washington110 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Christopher L. Brown
- West Virginia36 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Abdrhman Hamo
- Wisconsin82 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Kurt M. Jacobson
- Wyoming3 physicians · No. 1 Dr. Gary M. Idelchik
National top 100
| Rank | Physician | State | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard A. Shlofmitz, MDInterventional Cardiology · Roslyn | NY | 576 | 448 | +29% |
| 2 | Samin Sharma, MDCardiology · New York | NY | 345 | 337 | +2% |
| 3 | Aland R. Fernandez, MDInterventional Cardiology · Safety Harbor | FL | 303 | 320 | −5% |
| 3 | Barry Kaplan, MDInterventional Cardiology · New Hyde Park | NY | 303 | 306 | −1% |
| 3 | Jon A. Robken, MDCardiology · Davenport | IA | 303 | 251 | +21% |
| 6 | Gregory C. Sampognaro, MDCardiology · Monroe | LA | 257 | 258 | +0% |
| 7 | Jay M. Hamze, MDCardiology · Portsmouth | OH | 233 | 267 | −13% |
| 8 | Jeffrey E. Rossi, MDInterventional Cardiology · Cleveland | OH | 197 | 260 | −24% |
| 9 | Paul S. Teirstein, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | CA | 196 | 251 | −22% |
| 10 | James H. Nguyen, MDInterventional Cardiology · Bradenton | FL | 192 | 137 | +40% |
| 11 | Bruce E. Lewis, MDInterventional Cardiology · Maywood | IL | 187 | 161 | +16% |
| 12 | Dalpinder Sandhu, MDCardiology · Fresno | CA | 186 | 143 | +30% |
| 13 | Mamoo Nakamura, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | CA | 185 | 213 | −13% |
| 14 | Raj R. Makkar, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | CA | 182 | 202 | −10% |
| 15 | Annapoorna Kini, MDCardiology · New York | NY | 181 | 158 | +15% |
| 16 | Matthew J. Price, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | CA | 179 | 183 | −2% |
| 17 | Steve H. Jin, MDCardiology · Murrieta | CA | 170 | 191 | −11% |
| 18 | Hari C. Kannam, MDInterventional Cardiology · Inverness | FL | 168 | 167 | +1% |
| 19 | Ronald P. Caputo, MDInterventional Cardiology · Naples | FL | 167 | 126 | +33% |
| 20 | Michael Ragosta, MDCardiology · Charlottesville | VA | 163 | 140 | +16% |
| 21 | Jeffrey G. Tauth, MDCardiology · Hot Springs National Park | AR | 162 | 122 | +33% |
| 21 | Michael Attubato, MDCardiology · New York | NY | 162 | 165 | −2% |
| 23 | Justin P. LevisayInterventional Cardiology · Evanston | IL | 161 | 146 | +10% |
| 23 | Rajiv Jauhar, MDInterventional Cardiology · New Hyde Park | NY | 161 | 141 | +14% |
| 23 | Bernard Topi, MDInterventional Cardiology · Inverness | FL | 161 | 192 | −16% |
| 26 | Jorge A. Alvarez, MDInterventional Cardiology · San Antonio | TX | 159 | 153 | +4% |
| 26 | Walt Marquardt, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sacramento | CA | 159 | 138 | +15% |
| 28 | Curtiss T. Stinis, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | CA | 156 | 93 | +68% |
| 28 | Dwijesh B. Patel, MDInterventional Cardiology · Raleigh | NC | 156 | 176 | −11% |
| 30 | Mahesh Anantha Narayanan, MDInterventional Cardiology · Little Rock | AR | 154 | 91 | +69% |
| 30 | Abdrhman Hamo, MDCardiology · Beckley | WV | 154 | 169 | −9% |
| 32 | Alpesh R. Shah, MDInterventional Cardiology · Pearland | TX | 150 | 140 | +7% |
| 32 | Bassem M. Chehab, MDCardiology · Wichita | KS | 150 | 174 | −14% |
| 32 | Michael C. Kim, MDInterventional Cardiology · Manhasset | NY | 150 | 127 | +18% |
| 35 | Hinh D. Nguyen, MDInterventional Cardiology · San Antonio | TX | 148 | 126 | +17% |
| 35 | Joseph R. Califano, MDInterventional Cardiology · Naples | FL | 148 | 157 | −6% |
| 37 | Robert L. Jobe, MDInterventional Cardiology · Raleigh | NC | 145 | 129 | +12% |
| 38 | Vasili Lendel, MDInterventional Cardiology · Little Rock | AR | 144 | 165 | −13% |
| 38 | Syed S. Zaidi, MDInterventional Cardiology · Towson | MD | 144 | 161 | −11% |
| 40 | Samer M. Garas, MDCardiology · Jacksonville | FL | 143 | 126 | +13% |
| 41 | Dhananjai J. Menzies, MDInterventional Cardiology · Chesapeake | VA | 140 | 143 | −2% |
| 41 | Tarun R. Nagrani, MDCardiology · Portsmouth | OH | 140 | 112 | +25% |
| 43 | Nureddin Almaddah, MDInterventional Cardiology · Little Rock | AR | 139 | 95 | +46% |
| 44 | Tarun Chakravarty, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | CA | 137 | 89 | +54% |
| 45 | Mansour H. Assar, MDInterventional Cardiology · Prescott | AZ | 136 | 92 | +48% |
| 46 | Sunny Goel, MDCardiology · Oceanside | NY | 135 | 108 | +25% |
| 47 | Wesley G. Lane, MDCardiology · Little Rock | AR | 133 | 149 | −11% |
| 48 | James N. Hadstate, MDCardiology · Myrtle Beach | SC | 132 | 132 | +0% |
| 48 | Christopher L. Brown, MDInterventional Cardiology · Seattle | WA | 132 | 135 | −2% |
| 50 | Gino J. Sedillo, MDInterventional Cardiology · Bradenton | FL | 131 | 91 | +44% |
| 51 | David E. Weaver, MDCardiology · Wilmington | NC | 130 | 159 | −18% |
| 52 | Kamaldeep Singh, DOInterventional Cardiology · Fort Myers | FL | 129 | 122 | +6% |
| 53 | Adam T. Stys, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sioux Falls | SD | 128 | 130 | −2% |
| 54 | Judah N. Rauch, MDCardiology · New York | NY | 127 | 36 | +253% |
| 55 | Randall N. Goodroe, MDInterventional Cardiology · Myrtle Beach | SC | 126 | 133 | −5% |
| 56 | Richard K. Schwartz, DOInterventional Cardiology · Garden City | NY | 124 | 110 | +13% |
| 56 | Rajeev L. Narayan, MDInterventional Cardiology · Poughkeepsie | NY | 124 | 83 | +49% |
| 56 | Louai Razzouk, MD, MPHCardiology · New York | NY | 124 | 130 | −5% |
| 56 | Brian A. Bergmark, MDInternal Medicine · Boston | MA | 124 | 83 | +49% |
| 56 | Marian S. Petrasko, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sioux Falls | SD | 124 | 125 | −1% |
| 61 | Sandeep Sehgal, MDCardiology · Valparaiso | IN | 123 | 79 | +56% |
| 61 | David Stewart, MDInterventional Cardiology · Chicago | IL | 123 | 109 | +13% |
| 63 | Amit Nanavati, MDCardiology · Palm Coast | FL | 122 | 102 | +20% |
| 64 | Diljon S. Chahal, MDInterventional Cardiology · Baltimore | MD | 121 | 90 | +34% |
| 64 | Allen Jeremias, MDInterventional Cardiology · E Setauket | NY | 121 | 118 | +3% |
| 64 | Anish D. Amin, MDInterventional Cardiology · Elmhurst | IL | 121 | 141 | −14% |
| 64 | Radoslaw S. Kiesz, MDInterventional Cardiology · San Antonio | TX | 121 | 86 | +41% |
| 64 | Tomasz P. Stys, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sioux Falls | SD | 121 | 135 | −10% |
| 69 | Parag D. Patel, MDInterventional Cardiology · Safety Harbor | FL | 120 | 84 | +43% |
| 70 | Saleem Husain, MDCardiology · Plainfield | NJ | 119 | 102 | +17% |
| 70 | Ahsan Maqsood, MDCardiology · Waterloo | IA | 119 | 113 | +5% |
| 72 | Andrew H. Bishop, MDCardiology · Wilmington | NC | 118 | 163 | −28% |
| 72 | Ezra Deutsch, MDInterventional Cardiology · Smithtown | NY | 118 | 104 | +13% |
| 72 | David C. Boorman, MDInterventional Cardiology · St George | UT | 118 | 152 | −22% |
| 75 | Mark E. Lawrence, DOInterventional Cardiology · Temple | TX | 116 | 90 | +29% |
| 75 | Jimmy L. Kontos, MDInterventional Cardiology · Myrtle Beach | SC | 116 | 115 | +1% |
| 75 | Wissam Gharib, M DInterventional Cardiology · Morgantown | WV | 116 | 84 | +38% |
| 75 | Michael S. Blanc, MDCardiology · San Angelo | TX | 116 | 82 | +41% |
| 79 | Robert V. Carida, MDCardiology · Delray Beach | FL | 115 | 129 | −11% |
| 79 | Cihan Cevik, MDInterventional Cardiology · Colorado Springs | CO | 115 | 118 | −3% |
| 79 | Prasad V. Chalasani, MDCardiology · Fort Pierce | FL | 115 | 116 | −1% |
| 82 | Christopher J. Douglas, MDInterventional Cardiology · Hattiesburg | MS | 114 | 91 | +25% |
| 82 | Arijit Chanda, MDInterventional Cardiology · Fredericksburg | VA | 114 | 75 | +52% |
| 84 | Tarpan R. Patel, MDInterventional Cardiology · Avondale | AZ | 113 | 145 | −22% |
| 85 | Branislav Schifferdecker, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | OK | 112 | 117 | −4% |
| 86 | Brett A. Bennett, MDInterventional Cardiology · Jackson | MS | 111 | 87 | +28% |
| 86 | Paul Anike, DOCardiology · Lima | OH | 111 | 95 | +17% |
| 86 | Jeffrey R. Cook, MDInterventional Cardiology · Quincy | IL | 111 | 51 | +118% |
| 89 | Jaskamal P. Kahlon, MDInterventional Cardiology · Mesa | AZ | 110 | 64 | +72% |
| 90 | Eric S. Rothstein, MDInterventional Cardiology · Lebanon | NH | 109 | 69 | +58% |
| 90 | Adam RafiInterventional Cardiology · Quincy | IL | 109 | 66 | +65% |
| 90 | Stilianos Efstratiadis, MDCardiology · Rolla | MO | 109 | — | |
| 90 | Amit S. Dande, MDInterventional Cardiology · Decatur | IL | 109 | 154 | −29% |
| 90 | Thomas J. Lanspa, MDCardiology · Omaha | NE | 109 | 102 | +7% |
| 90 | Costy MattarCardiology · Hutchinson | KS | 109 | 102 | +7% |
| 90 | Gopal Ghimire, MD, PHD, MRCPInterventional Cardiology · Olympia | WA | 109 | 108 | +1% |
| 90 | John F. Wagener, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sioux Falls | SD | 109 | 89 | +22% |
| 98 | Abdul G. Bahro, MDCardiology · Flowood | MS | 108 | 64 | +69% |
| 98 | Michael C. Happes, MDCardiology · Smithtown | NY | 108 | 108 | +0% |
| 100 | Wing Yi Liu, MDCardiology · New Smyrna Beach | FL | 107 | 98 | +9% |
Codes counted: CPT 92928. Procedures billed in 2024, all places of service, Medicare fee-for-service. CMS withholds counts under 11.