Coronary stent in California: the highest-volume physicians
380 physicians in California billed Medicare for 12,659 coronary stent procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.
Top 25
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul S. Teirstein, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | 196 | 251 | −22% |
| 2 | Dalpinder Sandhu, MDCardiology · Fresno | 186 | 143 | +30% |
| 3 | Mamoo Nakamura, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | 185 | 213 | −13% |
| 4 | Raj R. Makkar, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | 182 | 202 | −10% |
| 5 | Matthew J. Price, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | 179 | 183 | −2% |
| 6 | Steve H. Jin, MDCardiology · Murrieta | 170 | 191 | −11% |
| 7 | Walt Marquardt, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sacramento | 159 | 138 | +15% |
| 8 | Curtiss T. Stinis, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | 156 | 93 | +68% |
| 9 | Tarun Chakravarty, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | 137 | 89 | +54% |
| 10 | Sam J. Kalioundji, MDCardiology · Northridge | 105 | 93 | +13% |
| 11 | Shashi K. Sharma, DMCardiology · Visalia | 100 | 120 | −17% |
| 12 | Vishva Dev, MDCardiology · Thousand Oaks | 95 | 141 | −33% |
| 13 | Suhail Y. Dohad, MDInterventional Cardiology · Beverly Hills | 92 | 120 | −23% |
| 14 | Ray V. Matthews, MDInterventional Cardiology · Los Angeles | 91 | 101 | −10% |
| 14 | Zouheir H. Elias, MDCardiology · Northridge | 91 | 65 | +40% |
| 16 | Belal O. Al Khiami, MDInterventional Cardiology · San Diego | 86 | 39 | +121% |
| 17 | Elliott M. Groves, MDCardiology · Burlingame | 85 | 69 | +23% |
| 18 | Antreas Hindoyan, MDInterventional Cardiology · Los Angeles | 84 | 54 | +56% |
| 19 | Reza Nazari, MDCardiology · Turlock | 81 | 70 | +16% |
| 20 | George Fehrenbacher, MDCardiology · Roseville | 80 | 52 | +54% |
| 21 | Usman Javed, MDCardiology · Fresno | 76 | 48 | +58% |
| 22 | Mehran J. Khorsandi, MD,Cardiology · Los Angeles | 75 | 62 | +21% |
| 23 | Praveen Panguluri, MDCardiology · Rancho Mirage | 74 | 57 | +30% |
| 23 | Dhananjay Chatterjee, MDCardiology · Calabasas | 74 | — | |
| 25 | Samad Zaheeruddin, MDInterventional Cardiology · Valencia | 73 | 54 | +35% |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 92928), 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.