Heart bypass (CABG) · New Jersey
Heart bypass (CABG) in New Jersey: the highest-volume physicians
35 physicians in New Jersey billed Medicare for 1,014 heart bypass (CABG) procedures in 2024. The top 26, with the year before beside it.
Top 26
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kourosh T. Asgarian, DOCardiac Surgery · Neptune | 76 | 50 | +52% |
| 2 | Christopher J. Magovern, MDCardiac Surgery · Morristown | 63 | 63 | +0% |
| 2 | Hirohisa Ikegami, MDCardiac Surgery · New Brunswick | 63 | 55 | +15% |
| 4 | Frederick F. Sardari, MDThoracic Surgery · Newark | 60 | 44 | +36% |
| 5 | John M. Brown, MDThoracic Surgery · Morristown | 58 | 63 | −8% |
| 6 | Leonard Y. Lee, MDGeneral Surgery · Hackensack | 53 | 64 | −17% |
| 7 | Joseph A. Kuchler, MDThoracic Surgery · Camden | 50 | 44 | +14% |
| 8 | James P. Slater, MDCardiac Surgery · Morristown | 43 | 46 | −7% |
| 9 | Brook A. Dejene, MDCardiac Surgery · Neptune | 39 | 32 | +22% |
| 10 | Arthur Ng, MDThoracic Surgery · Cherry Hill | 37 | — | |
| 11 | David L. Johnson, MDThoracic Surgery · Neptune | 31 | 49 | −37% |
| 11 | Elie M. Elmann, MDCardiac Surgery · Hackensack | 31 | 40 | −22% |
| 13 | George Batsides, MDThoracic Surgery · New Brunswick | 28 | 25 | +12% |
| 14 | Mark J. Russo, MD, MSThoracic Surgery · New Brunswick | 27 | 25 | +8% |
| 14 | Ronald E. Ross, MBBSCardiac Surgery · Browns Mills | 27 | 26 | +4% |
| 16 | Michael Rosenbloom, MDThoracic Surgery · Camden | 25 | 18 | |
| 17 | Constantinos J. Lovoulos, MDThoracic Surgery · Newark | 24 | 58 | −59% |
| 18 | Paul G. Burns, MDCardiac Surgery · Browns Mills | 23 | 27 | −15% |
| 19 | Pasquale A. Luciano, DOThoracic Surgery · Cherry Hill | 22 | 14 | |
| 20 | Paul K. Davis, MDThoracic Surgery · Cherry Hill | 20 | 19 | |
| 20 | Chun W. Choi, MDThoracic Surgery · Cherry Hill | 20 | 44 | −55% |
| 22 | Adam Arnofsky, MDThoracic Surgery · Englewood | 19 | 27 | −30% |
| 23 | Kirk A. Mcmurtry, MDThoracic Surgery · Pomona | 17 | — | |
| 23 | Benjamin Van Boxtel, MDCardiac Surgery · Morristown | 17 | 16 | |
| 25 | Manabu Takebe, MDThoracic Surgery · New Brunswick | 16 | 42 | −62% |
| 25 | Joseph S. Auteri, MDThoracic Surgery · Pennington | 16 | — |
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.