Pacemaker implant · North Carolina
Pacemaker implant in North Carolina: the highest-volume physicians
99 physicians in North Carolina billed Medicare for 2,549 pacemaker implant procedures in 2024. The top 26, with the year before beside it.
Top 26
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sidharth A. Shah, MD, MSCardiology · Raleigh | 82 | 76 | +8% |
| 2 | Taylor C. BazemoreHospitalist · Wilmington | 72 | 52 | +38% |
| 3 | Pavlo I. Netrebko, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cary | 71 | 46 | +54% |
| 4 | Joseph M. Bumgarner, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Raleigh | 63 | 64 | −2% |
| 5 | Meena P. Rao, MDPhysician · Wilmington | 57 | 46 | +24% |
| 6 | Mark D. Landers, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Pinehurst | 54 | 50 | +8% |
| 7 | Keith M. Golden, MDCardiology · Wilmington | 53 | 61 | −13% |
| 8 | Jason M. Lappe, MD MSClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Durham | 51 | 32 | +59% |
| 9 | Geoffrey F. Lewis, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Raleigh | 49 | 54 | −9% |
| 10 | David W. Frazier, MDCardiology · Greenville | 47 | 36 | +31% |
| 10 | Michael R. Manogue, MDInternal Medicine · Asheville | 47 | 40 | +18% |
| 12 | William T. Smith, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Wilmington | 46 | 44 | +5% |
| 13 | John D. Rhyner, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Asheville | 44 | 46 | −4% |
| 14 | Randolph A. Cooper, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Raleigh | 43 | 39 | +10% |
| 15 | Gregory Harris, MD, PHDInternal Medicine · Greenville | 40 | 34 | +18% |
| 16 | James S. Forrester, MDCardiology · Wilmington | 39 | 38 | +3% |
| 16 | Xiuxian A. Zhu, MDCardiology · Lumberton | 39 | 37 | +5% |
| 18 | Christopher J. Hudson, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · New Bern | 38 | 35 | +9% |
| 18 | Kevin Hsu, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Charlotte | 38 | 35 | +9% |
| 20 | Neel J. Patel, MDCardiology · Charlotte | 36 | 36 | +0% |
| 20 | Joan A. Maradey, MDCardiology · Pinehurst | 36 | 31 | +16% |
| 22 | Zachary Hale, MDCardiology · Asheville | 34 | 51 | −33% |
| 23 | Kashif N. Chaudhry, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Winston Salem | 33 | 31 | +6% |
| 24 | William C. Bock, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Charlotte | 32 | 51 | −37% |
| 25 | Joseph J. Thompson, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Charlotte | 31 | 44 | −30% |
| 25 | Jad G. Skaf, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Fayetteville | 31 | 30 | +3% |
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.