TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve) · Arkansas
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve) in Arkansas: the highest-volume physicians
31 physicians in Arkansas billed Medicare for 806 TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve) procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.
Top 25
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zubair Ahmed, MDInterventional Cardiology · Fayetteville | 55 | 30 | +83% |
| 2 | Forrest D. Glover, MDCardiology · Little Rock | 51 | 50 | +2% |
| 3 | Charles R. Cole, MDGeneral Surgery · Little Rock | 48 | 34 | +41% |
| 4 | Aravind Rao, MDInterventional Cardiology · Little Rock | 41 | 49 | −16% |
| 4 | Russell H. Wood, MDCardiac Surgery · Fayetteville | 41 | 25 | +64% |
| 6 | Thomas E. Watts, MDInterventional Cardiology · Little Rock | 39 | 38 | +3% |
| 7 | Ernesto Ruiz-Rodriguez, MDInterventional Cardiology · Little Rock | 33 | 53 | −38% |
| 8 | Kenneth W. Howell, MDCardiac Surgery · Little Rock | 32 | 31 | +3% |
| 9 | Michael T. Nolen, MDCardiac Surgery · Little Rock | 31 | 40 | −22% |
| 10 | Wesley G. Lane, MDCardiology · Little Rock | 30 | 41 | −27% |
| 10 | Brandon S. Chism, MDCardiology · Fayetteville | 30 | 26 | +15% |
| 12 | Kristofer T. Freeland, MDCardiac Surgery · Little Rock | 29 | 33 | −12% |
| 13 | Frederick A. Meadors, MDCardiac Surgery · Little Rock | 28 | 24 | +17% |
| 14 | Aaron L. Strobel, MDCardiology · Little Rock | 25 | 20 | +25% |
| 14 | Andre Paixao, MDInternal Medicine · Little Rock | 25 | 30 | −17% |
| 16 | Jack Havdala, MDGeneral Surgery · Jonesboro | 24 | 22 | +9% |
| 17 | Trung L. Tran, MDThoracic Surgery · Rogers | 22 | — | |
| 18 | Gaurav Dhar, MDCardiology · Little Rock | 21 | — | |
| 18 | Amr G. El-Shafei, MDCardiology · Rogers | 21 | 19 | |
| 20 | Clyde R. Redmond, MDThoracic Surgery · Springdale | 20 | — | |
| 21 | John E. Streitman, MDThoracic Surgery · Little Rock | 19 | — | |
| 22 | John R. Busby, MDThoracic Surgery · Little Rock | 18 | 33 | −45% |
| 22 | Lance W. Weathers, MDCardiology · Rogers | 18 | 14 | |
| 24 | Edgar J. Chauvin, MDThoracic Surgery · Rodgers | 17 | 23 | −26% |
| 25 | William A. Rollefson, MDInterventional Cardiology · Little Rock | 16 | 26 | −38% |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 33361, 33362, 33363), 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.