Pacemaker implant in Kentucky: the highest-volume physicians
41 physicians in Kentucky billed Medicare for 820 pacemaker implant procedures in 2024. The top 29, with the year before beside it.
Top 29
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajdeep S. Gaitonde, DOClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Louisville | 68 | 70 | −3% |
| 2 | John M. Mandrola, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Louisville | 57 | 54 | +6% |
| 3 | Kevin W. Parrott, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Louisville | 41 | 42 | −2% |
| 4 | John J. Lee, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington | 33 | — | |
| 4 | Mohamad C. Sinno, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Edgewood | 33 | 31 | +6% |
| 6 | Muhammad Akram, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Madisonville | 29 | 14 | |
| 7 | Jeffrey M. Stidam, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Louisville | 28 | 19 | |
| 8 | Pratap Singh, MB, BSClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Ashland | 25 | 26 | −4% |
| 8 | Sofya Kuznetsov, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Louisville | 25 | 24 | +4% |
| 10 | David R. Charles, DOClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington | 24 | 23 | +4% |
| 11 | Basel Edris, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Ashland | 23 | 18 | |
| 12 | Michael E. Mckinney, MDCardiology · Somerset | 21 | 29 | −28% |
| 13 | Abhishek Bose, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Louisville | 20 | 11 | |
| 13 | Vedran Oruc, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Paducah | 20 | 18 | |
| 15 | Kevin M. Thomas, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Louisville | 18 | 15 | |
| 16 | Johan D. Aasbo, DOClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington | 17 | 12 | |
| 17 | Aaron B. Hesselson, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Ashland | 16 | — | |
| 17 | William J. Schoen, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington | 16 | 15 | |
| 17 | Samy C. Elayi, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington | 16 | — | |
| 20 | Charles G. Grigsby, MDCardiology · Panville | 15 | 16 | |
| 20 | John R. Holt, MDCardiology · Elizabethtown | 15 | 24 | −37% |
| 20 | Konstantinos Kossidas, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Edgewood | 15 | 19 | |
| 20 | Michael G. Antimisiaris, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Pikeville | 15 | 14 | |
| 20 | Jon C. Hays, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Edgewood | 15 | 34 | −56% |
| 25 | Yousef Darrat, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington | 14 | 17 | |
| 25 | Gery F. Tomassoni, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington | 14 | 17 | |
| 25 | Oluwole J. Abe, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · London | 14 | 13 | |
| 25 | Matthew K. Shotwell, MDInterventional Cardiology · Maysville | 14 | — | |
| 25 | Venkata T. Reddy, MDCardiology · Glasgow | 14 | — |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 33208, 33207, 33206), 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.