TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve) · Oklahoma
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve) in Oklahoma: the highest-volume physicians
38 physicians in Oklahoma billed Medicare for 1,172 TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve) procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.
Top 25
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamran I. Muhammad, MDInterventional Cardiology · Tulsa | 127 | 140 | −9% |
| 2 | Mohammad K. Ghani, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | 83 | 99 | −16% |
| 3 | Ajit K. Tharakan, MDThoracic Surgery · Tulsa | 67 | 75 | −11% |
| 4 | John D. Randolph, MDThoracic Surgery · Oklahoma City | 57 | 56 | +2% |
| 5 | Charles C. Elkins, MDCardiac Surgery · Oklahoma City | 54 | 47 | +15% |
| 6 | James H. Neel, MDCardiac Surgery · Tulsa | 52 | 28 | +86% |
| 7 | Jeffrey V. Garrett, MDCardiac Surgery · Oklahoma City | 49 | 49 | +0% |
| 8 | Robert M. Bodenhamer, MDCardiac Surgery · Oklahoma City | 42 | 36 | +17% |
| 9 | Mazen S. Abu-Fadel, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | 41 | 11 | |
| 10 | John Franco A. Carabello, DOCardiac Surgery · Tulsa | 39 | 31 | +26% |
| 11 | Poorya Fazel, MDInterventional Cardiology · Tulsa | 38 | 37 | +3% |
| 12 | Steven D. Miller, MDThoracic Surgery · Oklahoma City | 35 | 36 | −3% |
| 13 | Jeffrey M. Sparling, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | 31 | 23 | +35% |
| 14 | George S. Chrysant, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | 29 | 23 | +26% |
| 14 | Clifford E. Howell, MDCardiac Surgery · Oklahoma City | 29 | 30 | −3% |
| 16 | Thomas Kalapura, MDInterventional Cardiology · Tulsa | 25 | 27 | −7% |
| 16 | Marshall T. Bell, MDCardiac Surgery · Oklahoma City | 25 | — | |
| 18 | Reji M. Pappy, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | 24 | 30 | −20% |
| 18 | Naeem K. Tahirkheli, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | 24 | 20 | +20% |
| 20 | Ralph D. Ensley, MDAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Tulsa | 22 | 23 | −4% |
| 20 | Kelly K. Nagasawa, MDCardiac Surgery · Tulsa | 22 | 30 | −27% |
| 22 | Jess L. Thompson, MDCardiac Surgery · Oklahoma City | 20 | 24 | −17% |
| 22 | David W. Yandell, MDCardiac Surgery · Tulsa | 20 | 11 | |
| 24 | Vinodh Jeevanantham, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | 19 | 22 | −14% |
| 24 | John M. Williams, MDInterventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City | 19 | 23 | −17% |
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.