Surgical Volume

Upper endoscopy with biopsy · Illinois

Upper endoscopy with biopsy in Illinois: the highest-volume physicians

660 physicians in Illinois billed Medicare for 49,361 upper endoscopy with biopsy procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.

Top 25

RankPhysician20242023Change
1Zahoor A. Makhdoom, MDGastroenterology · Carbondale505557−9%
2Stephen S. Matter, MDGastroenterology · Normal474478−1%
3Vasantha P. Pai, MDGastroenterology · Belleville467420+11%
4Kamran Ayub, MDGastroenterology · Oak Lawn424375+13%
5Charles Berkelhammer, MDGastroenterology · Oak Lawn342347−1%
5George N. Atia, MDGastroenterology · Barrington342345−1%
7Richard Rotnicki, DOGastroenterology · Morris337300+12%
8Faisal Q. Khan, MDGastroenterology · Geneva334278+20%
9Geetha Dodda, MDInternal Medicine · Princeton328351−7%
10Ajay Bajaj, MDGastroenterology · Burbank317282+12%
11Amitkumar Patel, MDGastroenterology · Moline297280+6%
12Mani Mahdavian, MDGastroenterology · Des Plaines272243+12%
13Rajesh S. Pillai, MDGastroenterology · Elgin270231+17%
14Jonathan F. WilliamsGastroenterology · Kenilworth269264+2%
15Sushilkumar M. Tibrewala, MDGastroenterology · Herrin265275−4%
16Abdus S. Soudagar, MDGastroenterology · Bolingbrook252227+11%
17Thomas O'connor, MDGastroenterology · Bourbonnais245288−15%
18William L. Peterson, MDGastroenterology · Springfield242305−21%
19Sharif Zubair, MDGastroenterology · Geneva239226+6%
20Timothy M. Biagini, MDGastroenterology · Macomb221241−8%
21Tarek AlmouradiInternal Medicine · Chicago209247−15%
22Ravi K. Prakash, MDGastroenterology · Aurora206222−7%
23Rajan Kochar, MDGastroenterology · Springfield201223−10%
24John Venetos, MDGastroenterology · Chicago200199+1%
25Andrew Batey, MDGastroenterology · Urbana198189+5%

A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 43239), 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.