Heart bypass (CABG) · Minnesota
Heart bypass (CABG) in Minnesota: the highest-volume physicians
29 physicians in Minnesota billed Medicare for 436 heart bypass (CABG) procedures in 2024. The top 29, with the year before beside it.
Top 29
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy J. Kroshus, MDThoracic Surgery · St. Paul | 22 | 29 | −24% |
| 1 | Michael S. Mulvihill, MDCardiac Surgery · Minneapolis | 22 | — | |
| 3 | Douglas R. Baldwin, MDCardiac Surgery · Saint Paul | 19 | 20 | −5% |
| 3 | Ryan C. Knoper, MDThoracic Surgery · Maplewood | 19 | 19 | |
| 3 | Nishant Saran, MBBSCardiac Surgery · Rochester | 19 | 20 | −5% |
| 6 | Juan Crestanello, MDCardiac Surgery · Rochester | 18 | 20 | −10% |
| 6 | Ryan Clark, MDThoracic Surgery · Duluth | 18 | 18 | |
| 6 | Philip J. Spencer, MDCardiac Surgery · Rochester | 18 | 20 | −10% |
| 9 | Junewai L. Reoma, MDThoracic Surgery · Duluth | 17 | 30 | −43% |
| 9 | Erik Beckmann, MDThoracic Surgery · Minneapolis | 17 | — | |
| 11 | Amanda R. Stram, MDCardiac Surgery · Robbinsdale | 16 | 16 | |
| 11 | Kevin L. Greason, MDCardiac Surgery · Rochester | 16 | 22 | −27% |
| 13 | Stephen J. Huddleston, MDCardiac Surgery · Duluth | 15 | 17 | |
| 13 | Sara J. Shumway, MDThoracic Surgery · Minneapolis | 15 | 22 | −32% |
| 13 | Malakh L. Shrestha, MBBS, PHDCardiac Surgery · Rochester | 15 | 19 | |
| 13 | Rizwan Q. Attia, MBCHBThoracic Surgery · Minneapolis | 15 | 14 | |
| 13 | Phillip G. Rowse, MDThoracic Surgery · Rochester | 15 | 15 | |
| 18 | Sebastian A. Iturra Urriola, MDCardiology · Minneapolis | 13 | — | |
| 19 | Gabriel A. Olivares Rodriguez, MDThoracic Surgery · Saint Paul | 12 | — | |
| 19 | Mauricio A. Villavicencio, MD, MBACardiac Surgery · Rochester | 12 | 15 | |
| 19 | Eduardo G. DanduchThoracic Surgery · Rochester | 12 | — | |
| 19 | Daren S. Danielson, MDThoracic Surgery · Saint Cloud | 12 | 25 | −52% |
| 19 | Robert J. Steffen, MDCardiac Surgery · Minneapolis | 12 | 11 | |
| 19 | Sarah T. Palmer, MDThoracic Surgery · Minneapolis | 12 | 16 | |
| 25 | Douglas N. Mellinger, DOThoracic Surgery · Saint Cloud | 11 | 17 | |
| 25 | Gabor Bagameri, MDCardiac Surgery · Rochester | 11 | — | |
| 25 | Elvis CamachoThoracic Surgery · Rochester | 11 | — | |
| 25 | Ranjit John, MDThoracic Surgery · Minneapolis | 11 | 18 | |
| 25 | Rochus K. Voeller, MDCardiac Surgery · St. Paul | 11 | — |
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.