Heart bypass (CABG) · Kentucky
Heart bypass (CABG) in Kentucky: the highest-volume physicians
37 physicians in Kentucky billed Medicare for 995 heart bypass (CABG) procedures in 2024. The top 27, with the year before beside it.
Top 27
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen C. Nelson, DOCardiac Surgery · Bowling Green | 56 | 52 | +8% |
| 2 | Paul M. Moore, MDCardiac Surgery · Bowling Green | 46 | 59 | −22% |
| 3 | Hazaim Alwair, MDCardiac Surgery · Louisville | 45 | 52 | −13% |
| 4 | Samuel B. Pollock, MDThoracic Surgery · Louisville | 43 | 38 | +13% |
| 4 | Steven W. Etoch, MDVascular Surgery · Louisville | 43 | 36 | +19% |
| 6 | Robert O. Mitchell, MDThoracic Surgery · Lexington | 41 | 18 | |
| 7 | Harry WarrenThoracic Surgery · Bowling Green | 39 | 19 | |
| 8 | Kevin A. Graham, MDCardiac Surgery · Louisville | 35 | 32 | +9% |
| 9 | Sebastian Pagni, MDCardiac Surgery · Louisville | 34 | 30 | +13% |
| 10 | Hetal D. Patel, MDThoracic Surgery · Lexington | 33 | 35 | −6% |
| 10 | Mariano Camporrotondo, MDThoracic Surgery · Louisville | 33 | 40 | −17% |
| 12 | Gary F. Earle, MDThoracic Surgery · Lexington | 32 | 18 | |
| 13 | Nicholas M. Lopez, MDThoracic Surgery · Paducah | 31 | 37 | −16% |
| 13 | Austin N. Ward, MDThoracic Surgery · Lexington | 31 | 29 | +7% |
| 15 | Theodore Wright, MDThoracic Surgery · Lexington | 29 | 36 | −19% |
| 16 | Hamid R. Mohammadzadeh, MDCardiac Surgery · Lexington | 27 | 27 | +0% |
| 17 | Siddharth PahwaCardiac Surgery · Louisville | 25 | 37 | −32% |
| 17 | John H. Chaney, MDThoracic Surgery · Lexington | 25 | 23 | +9% |
| 17 | Eric H. Bronstein, MDThoracic Surgery · Ashland | 25 | 22 | +14% |
| 17 | Steven M. Peterson, MDThoracic Surgery · Louisville | 25 | 35 | −29% |
| 21 | Wallace R. Carter, MDCardiac Surgery · Bowling Green | 24 | 37 | −35% |
| 22 | Dermot P. Halpin, MDThoracic Surgery · Pikeville | 23 | 18 | |
| 23 | David H. Rosenbaum, MDThoracic Surgery · Louisville | 22 | 26 | −15% |
| 23 | Juan G. Penaranda Canal, MDCardiac Surgery · Edgewood | 22 | 22 | +0% |
| 25 | Juan G. Bastidas, MDThoracic Surgery · Ashland | 20 | 14 | |
| 25 | Michael E. Sekela, MDCardiac Surgery · Lexington | 20 | 20 | +0% |
| 25 | James P. Locher, MDThoracic Surgery · Edgewood | 20 | 14 |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 33533), 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.