Heart bypass (CABG) · South Carolina
Heart bypass (CABG) in South Carolina: the highest-volume physicians
39 physicians in South Carolina billed Medicare for 1,116 heart bypass (CABG) procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.
Top 25
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry R. Davis, MD, FACSCardiac Surgery · Greenville | 82 | 89 | −8% |
| 2 | John M. Toole, MDCardiac Surgery · Charleston | 61 | 47 | +30% |
| 3 | Parijat M. Didolkar, MDPsychiatry · Myrtle Beach | 51 | 47 | +9% |
| 4 | Robert P. Zurcher, MDCardiac Surgery · Columbia | 49 | 41 | +20% |
| 5 | James R. Burke, MDGeneral Surgery · Columbia | 48 | 41 | +17% |
| 5 | Heather PalominoThoracic Surgery · Myrtle Beach | 48 | 32 | +50% |
| 7 | Stephen C. Huber, MDThoracic Surgery · Florence | 47 | 33 | +42% |
| 8 | Charles S. Roberts, MDThoracic Surgery · North Charleston | 40 | 36 | +11% |
| 8 | Timothy H. Williams, MDThoracic Surgery · Greenville | 40 | 38 | +5% |
| 10 | John J. Kelemen, MDThoracic Surgery · Hilton Head Island | 36 | 48 | −25% |
| 11 | Jeffrey A. Travis, MDThoracic Surgery · West Columbia | 35 | 38 | −8% |
| 12 | James M. Benner, MDThoracic Surgery · North Charleston | 31 | 47 | −34% |
| 13 | Scott D. Ross, MDCardiac Surgery · Charleston | 30 | 27 | +11% |
| 14 | Lucas Witer, MDCardiac Surgery · Charleston | 29 | 27 | +7% |
| 15 | Heather M. Currier, MDThoracic Surgery · West Columbia | 26 | 31 | −16% |
| 15 | John P. Sutton, MDCardiac Surgery · Columbia | 26 | 31 | −16% |
| 15 | John A. Spratt, MDThoracic Surgery · Charleston | 26 | 38 | −32% |
| 18 | Sachin Shah, MDThoracic Surgery · Greenville | 25 | 11 | |
| 18 | Barry B. Chan, MDThoracic Surgery · Rock Hill | 25 | 18 | |
| 18 | Charles J. Rousseau, DOGeneral Surgery · Spartanburg | 25 | 30 | −17% |
| 21 | Arman KilicCardiac Surgery · Charleston | 24 | 24 | +0% |
| 21 | John S. Kabas, MDThoracic Surgery · Greenville | 24 | 34 | −29% |
| 23 | Peter K. Zakow, MDThoracic Surgery · Rock Hill | 21 | 19 | |
| 24 | Sanford M. Zeigler, MDCardiac Surgery · Charleston | 20 | — | |
| 24 | Jeffery S. Martin, MDCardiac Surgery · Columbia | 20 | 26 | −23% |
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.