TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve) · California
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve) in California: the highest-volume physicians
230 physicians in California billed Medicare for 8,413 TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve) procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.
Top 25
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wen Cheng, MDThoracic Surgery · Los Angeles | 538 | 433 | +24% |
| 2 | Raj R. Makkar, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | 454 | 361 | +26% |
| 3 | Jeffrey A. Southard, MDCardiology · Sacramento | 166 | 136 | +22% |
| 4 | Keith F. Korver, MDThoracic Surgery · Santa Rosa | 119 | 94 | +27% |
| 5 | Curtiss T. Stinis, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | 108 | 74 | +46% |
| 6 | Miguel Puig Palomar, MDThoracic Surgery · Chico | 102 | 85 | +20% |
| 7 | David K. Roberts, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sacramento | 98 | 97 | +1% |
| 8 | Chidambaram (Chad) Rammohan, MDInterventional Cardiology · Mountain View | 97 | 92 | +5% |
| 8 | Aziz S. Ghaly, MBBCH (MD)Thoracic Surgery · West Hollywood | 97 | 63 | +54% |
| 10 | David Daniels, MDInterventional Cardiology · Burlingame | 92 | 88 | +5% |
| 11 | Pei-Hsiu Huang, MDInterventional Cardiology · Sacramento | 90 | 65 | +38% |
| 12 | Sabrina Evans, MDCardiac Surgery · Sacramento | 88 | 78 | +13% |
| 13 | Daniel Logsdon, MDCardiac Surgery · Rancho Mirage | 87 | 61 | +43% |
| 14 | Bilal M. Shafi, MDThoracic Surgery · Santa Cruz | 78 | 46 | +70% |
| 15 | Brett C. Sheridan, MDThoracic Surgery · San Francisco | 76 | 66 | +15% |
| 15 | Mamoo Nakamura, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | 76 | 53 | +43% |
| 17 | Paul S. Teirstein, MDInterventional Cardiology · La Jolla | 74 | 68 | +9% |
| 17 | Rahul P. Sharma, MDCardiology · Stanford | 74 | 56 | +32% |
| 19 | Michael T. Ingram, MDCardiac Surgery · Sacramento | 73 | 79 | −8% |
| 20 | Russell D. Stanten, MDThoracic Surgery · Oakland | 72 | 68 | +6% |
| 21 | Darren M. Hodgins, MDThoracic Surgery · Los Angeles | 70 | 72 | −3% |
| 22 | William F. Fearon, MDCardiology · Stanford | 68 | 85 | −20% |
| 23 | Robbin G. Cohen, MDCardiac Surgery · Los Angeles | 67 | 87 | −23% |
| 24 | Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPHInterventional Cardiology · San Francisco | 64 | 32 | +100% |
| 25 | Tarun Chakravarty, MDInterventional Cardiology · West Hollywood | 63 | 40 | +58% |
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.