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Arkansas: who does the most of each procedure

The top three physicians for each procedure in Arkansas, by procedures billed to Medicare in 2024.

Joints, bones and spine

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Knee replacement	Dr. Kenneth A. Martin255 · Little Rock	Dr. Charles K. Hanby250 · Fayetteville	Dr. Jon C. Banwart134 · Bentonville
Hip replacement	Dr. Charles K. Hanby101 · Fayetteville	Dr. William F. Hefley89 · North Little Rock	Dr. Paul K. Edwards81 · Little Rock
Shoulder replacement	Dr. Jeremy P. Swymn57 · Jonesboro	Dr. Justin M. Rabinowitz52 · Little Rock	Dr. Michael M. Hussey51 · Little Rock
Rotator cuff repair (arthroscopic)	Dr. Michael M. Hussey46 · Little Rock	Dr. Clayton H. Riley43 · Little Rock	Dr. Ethan J. Schock37 · Little Rock
Carpal tunnel release	Dr. Cari L. Cordell126 · Hot Springs	Dr. James E. Kelly97 · Fort Smith	Dr. Jeanine A. Andersson86 · Little Rock
Trigger finger release	Dr. Cari L. Cordell73 · Hot Springs	Dr. Charles D. Varela67 · Mountain View	Dr. Jeanine A. Andersson63 · Little Rock
Knee arthroscopy (meniscus)	Dr. Kenneth A. Martin48 · Little Rock	Dr. Tom P. Coker29 · Fayetteville	Dr. William F. Hefley20 · North Little Rock
Hip fracture surgery	Dr. Christopher M. Stewart61 · Little Rock	Dr. Ryan Patton59 · Fort Smith	Christopher M. Young58 · Hot Springs
Kyphoplasty	Dr. Stephen Paulus55 · Little Rock	Dr. Jarret Sanders45 · Fayetteville	Dr. Zubin N. Balsara43 · Fort Smith
Lumbar spinal fusion	Dr. Wayne L. Bruffett48 · North Little Rock	Dr. Jared J. Seale44 · Little Rock	Dr. Ikemefuna U. Onyekwelu42 · Little Rock
Lumbar laminectomy (decompression)	Dr. Brad A. Thomas81 · Little Rock	Dr. John R. Pace57 · Hot Springs	Dr. George T. Burson42 · Little Rock
Neck fusion (ACDF)	Dr. Larry G. Armstrong59 · Fayetteville	Dr. Gautam K. Gandhi27 · Little Rock	Dr. Jonathan A. Reding24 · Little Rock

Spine pain procedures

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Spinal cord stimulator	Dr. George W. Deimel122 · Fayetteville	Dr. Mark L. Miedema98 · Fayetteville	Dr. Zhangliang Ma62 · Jonesboro
Lumbar epidural steroid injection	Dr. Brian Goodman896 · Fort Smith	Dr. Mark L. Miedema567 · Fayetteville	Dr. Brent L. Walker519 · Little Rock
Radiofrequency ablation (lower back)	Dr. Ryan T. Krafft189 · Mountain Home	Dr. Wolf E. Heberlein182 · Jonesboro	Mark Wendel178 · Jonesboro

Eye

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cataract surgery	Dr. Jeffrey G. Holt1,032 · Hot Springs	Dr. James R. Hoffmann1,007 · Pine Bluff	Dr. Christopher J. Rodriguez978 · Fort Smith
YAG laser capsulotomy	Dr. Ivory A. Kinslow319 · El Dorado	Dr. Claire B. Price308 · Fort Smith	Dr. James R. Hoffmann250 · Pine Bluff
Eye injections (retina)	Dr. Serrhel G. Adams2,081 · Springdale	Dr. Paul M. Hruby1,918 · Little Rock	Dr. Stephen J. Davis1,812 · Little Rock
Vitrectomy	Dr. Cedric Pratt68 · Little Rock	Dr. Stephen J. Davis59 · Little Rock	Dr. Bradley M. Hughes56 · Little Rock
Retinal detachment repair	Dr. Kent A. Zocchi19 · Little Rock	Dr. Stephen J. Davis17 · Little Rock	Dr. Serrhel G. Adams17 · Springdale
SLT laser for glaucoma	Dr. Austin P. Bell125 · Rogers	Dr. Lydia F. Lane104 · Little Rock	Dr. Richard G. Morshedi73 · Little Rock
Glaucoma surgery (goniotomy, trabeculectomy)	Dr. David R. Rozas97 · Little Rock	Dr. Andrew F. Perin84 · North Little Rock	Dr. Lydia F. Lane27 · Little Rock
Laser iridotomy	Dr. David B. Warner11 · Little Rock
Upper eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)	Dr. Byron N. Wilkes168 · Pine Bluff	Dr. Hans B. Heymann159 · Fayetteville	Dr. Daniel T. Sines102 · Rogers

Skin

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Mohs surgery	Dr. James C. Keane5,073 · Little Rock	Dr. Garrett J. Nelson1,017 · Little Rock	Dr. Joseph C. Purnell985 · Little Rock

Heart

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve)	Dr. Zubair Ahmed55 · Fayetteville	Dr. Forrest D. Glover51 · Little Rock	Dr. Charles R. Cole48 · Little Rock
Open aortic valve replacement	Dr. Michael T. Nolen17 · Little Rock	Dr. Karol Mudy15 · Little Rock	Dr. Kristofer T. Freeland15 · Little Rock
Heart bypass (CABG)	Dr. Kristofer T. Freeland109 · Little Rock	Dr. Michael T. Nolen84 · Little Rock	Dr. Thurston M. Bauer46 · Little Rock
Pacemaker implant	Dr. Boris V. Bogomilov96 · Fayetteville	Dr. Thomas W. Wallace82 · Little Rock	Dr. Brian B. Norris72 · Little Rock
Leadless pacemaker	Dr. Devi G. Nair63 · Jonesboro	Dr. Andre J. Nolewajka33 · Fort Smith	Dr. Abdul-Nasser Adjei27 · Fort Smith
Implantable defibrillator (ICD)	Dr. Boris V. Bogomilov42 · Fayetteville	Dr. Devi G. Nair31 · Jonesboro	Dr. Thomas W. Wallace29 · Little Rock
Left atrial appendage closure (Watchman)	Dr. Devi G. Nair224 · Jonesboro	Yang Yang79 · Fayetteville	Dr. Shaun R. Senter79 · Fayetteville
AFib ablation	Dr. Devi G. Nair244 · Jonesboro	Dr. Michael J. Loguidice197 · Little Rock	Dr. Monica Y. Lo126 · Little Rock
Coronary stent	Dr. Jeffrey G. Tauth162 · Hot Springs National Park	Dr. Mahesh Anantha Narayanan154 · Little Rock	Dr. Vasili Lendel144 · Little Rock
Cardiac catheterization	Dr. Vasili Lendel395 · Little Rock	Dr. Wesley G. Lane386 · Little Rock	Dr. Andre Paixao317 · Little Rock

Arteries and veins

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Varicose vein ablation	Dr. Rondall K. Haney235 · Rogers	Dr. Norma Smith79 · Fort Smith	Dr. Freddy D. Chrisman55 · Little Rock
Leg artery angioplasty and stenting	Dr. Gary E. Allen146 · Little Rock	Dr. Ian M. Cawich70 · Little Rock	Dr. Harvinder S. Dod54 · El Dorado
Carotid endarterectomy	Dr. Matthew B. Hendrich32 · Jonesboro	Dr. Ali Krisht22 · Sherwood	Dr. Daniel W. Mccoy18 · Hot Springs
Carotid stent	Dr. Clint E. Wood34 · Fort Smith	Dr. Kent P. Nachtigal22 · Mountain Home	Dr. Kristofer T. Freeland20 · Little Rock
Dialysis fistula creation	Dr. James B. Morgan32 · El Dorado	Dr. Jon M. Berry11 · Fayetteville	Dr. Brock K. King11 · Conway

Digestive and general surgery

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Colonoscopy (diagnostic)	Dr. Karl H. Landberg96 · Conway	Dr. James B. Morgan88 · El Dorado	Dr. John T. Baber87 · Little Rock
Colonoscopy with polyp removal	Dr. Pavan Chepyala339 · Little Rock	Dr. Jacob K. Joseph252 · Fort Smith	Dr. Abodunrin S. Badejo246 · Mountain Home
Upper endoscopy with biopsy	Dr. Hrair P. Simonian365 · Fort Smith	Dr. Ioannis Papayannis275 · Pine Bluff	Dr. Angelo G. Coppola241 · Little Rock
Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)	Dr. John W. Webb39 · Hot Springs	Dr. James C. Walker30 · Little Rock	Dr. Brock K. King26 · Conway
Inguinal hernia repair	Dr. John W. Webb27 · Hot Springs	Dr. Peter J. Kim21 · Little Rock	Dr. James C. Walker20 · Little Rock
Lumpectomy	Dr. Jerri S. Fant98 · North Little Rock	Dr. Stephen J. Seffense55 · Fort Smith	Dr. Dana C. Abraham52 · Little Rock
Mastectomy	Dr. Michael J. Cross25 · Springdale	Dr. Yara Robertson18 · Little Rock	Dr. James E. Hagans17 · Little Rock

Urology

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cystoscopy	Dr. Caleb B. Bozeman381 · Little Rock	Dr. Seth A. Hollenbach379 · Hot Springs	Dr. Jason T. Lindsay291 · Mountain Home
Prostate biopsy	Dr. Timothy C. Goodson88 · Little Rock	Dr. Caleb B. Bozeman77 · Little Rock	Dr. Gerald M. Heulitt62 · North Little Rock
Prostatectomy (robotic or laparoscopic)	Dr. Donald K. Mooney27 · Little Rock	Dr. Mark W. Pickhardt19 · Springdale	Dr. Robbie L. Hurtt19 · Conway
TURP	Dr. Gerald M. Heulitt20 · North Little Rock	Dr. John D. Terrell20 · Fort Smith	Dr. Mark W. Pickhardt19 · Springdale
Laser prostate vaporization (GreenLight)	Dr. Daniel B. Decker40 · Mountain Home	Dr. John T. Moore29 · Little Rock	Dr. Austin N. Barber13 · Mountain Home
UroLift	Dr. Jordan Hanberry21 · Pine Bluff	Dr. Timothy C. Goodson19 · Little Rock	Dr. Caleb B. Bozeman18 · Little Rock
Kidney stone lithotripsy (shock wave)	Dr. Edwin A. Diaz29 · North Little Rock	Dr. Rudolph N. Bowens27 · Jonesboro	Dr. Jeffrey B. Marotte25 · Conway
Ureteroscopy with laser	Dr. Nathan R. Littlejohn57 · Hot Springs	Dr. Seth A. Hollenbach51 · Hot Springs	Dr. John T. Moore51 · Little Rock

Ear, nose and throat

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Balloon sinuplasty	Dr. Michael A. Marsh13 · Fort Smith
Septoplasty	Dr. J C. Colclasure14 · Little Rock