Surgical Volume

California: who does the most of each procedure

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

Joints, bones and spine

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Knee replacement	Dr. Alexander P. Sah513 · Fremont	Dr. Andrew G. Yun373 · Beverly Hills	Dr. John T. Dearborn318 · Menlo Park
Hip replacement	Dr. Andrew G. Yun301 · Beverly Hills	Dr. Alexander P. Sah266 · Fremont	Dr. Louay Toma194 · Walnut Creek
Shoulder replacement	Dr. Hafiz F. Kassam139 · Newport Beach	Dr. Patrick St.Pierre127 · Rancho Mirage	Dr. Kirk L. Jensen127 · Lafayette
Rotator cuff repair (arthroscopic)	Dr. Peter T. Simonian103 · Fresno	Dr. Nicholas M. Komas66 · Chico	Dr. Bruce N. Le63 · Visalia
Carpal tunnel release	Dr. Stephen P. Ferraro181 · Redding	Dr. Jared A. Niska122 · Valencia	Dr. Jacob R. Bosley111 · Rancho Mirage
Trigger finger release	Dr. Stephen P. Ferraro131 · Redding	Dr. Alexander L. Majors125 · Fresno	Dr. Stephen M. Hankins121 · Roseville
Knee arthroscopy (meniscus)	Dr. Peter T. Simonian91 · Fresno	Dr. Aman S. Khan41 · Daly City	Dr. Philip O. Merritt38 · Glendale
Hip fracture surgery	Dr. Christina Seifert90 · Newport Beach	Dr. Michael H. Kim-Orden76 · Fountain Valley	Dr. Weiwei Wu73 · Carmichael
Kyphoplasty	Dr. Erik C. Spayde108 · Thousand Oaks	Dr. Jason T. Huffman62 · Napa	Dr. Jason A. Liauw57 · Laguna Hills
Lumbar spinal fusion	Dr. Henry E. Aryan124 · Fresno	Dr. Erik C. Spayde120 · Thousand Oaks	Dr. Aaron Clark85 · San Francisco
Lumbar laminectomy (decompression)	Dr. Henry E. Aryan109 · Fresno	Dr. Erik C. Spayde107 · Thousand Oaks	Dr. Todd F. Alamin97 · Stanford
Neck fusion (ACDF)	Dr. Henry E. Aryan56 · Fresno	Dr. Lee A. Tan33 · San Francisco	Rishi K. Wadhwa33 · Greenbrae

Spine pain procedures

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Spinal cord stimulator	Dr. Sayed Monis472 · Brawley	Justice Otchere211 · Fresno	Paul Ky161 · Fresno
Lumbar epidural steroid injection	Dr. Hazmer H. Cassim1,175 · Rancho Mirage	Dr. Keeran Kumar1,141 · Encinitas	Dr. Robert Jarka873 · Placerville
Radiofrequency ablation (lower back)	Dr. Farzad H. Sabet361 · Redding	Dr. Kiumars Arfai347 · Mission Hills	Dr. Forrest R. Monroe282 · Redding

Eye

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cataract surgery	Dr. Douglas L. Mcgraw1,490 · Marysville	Dr. David B. Hair1,134 · Bakersfield	Dr. David F. Chang1,056 · Los Altos
YAG laser capsulotomy	Dr. Joel I. Barthelow476 · Chico	Dr. Douglas L. Mcgraw406 · Marysville	Dr. Arnett Carraby363 · Chula Vista
Eye injections (retina)	Dr. Nathan C. Steinle4,679 · Santa Barbara	Dr. Rizwan Bhatti4,505 · Pasadena	Dr. Mehran Taban3,975 · Torrance
Vitrectomy	Dr. Stephen K. Wong309 · Sacramento	Dr. Nathan C. Steinle213 · Santa Barbara	Dr. James M. Reece182 · Sacramento
Retinal detachment repair	Dr. Stephen K. Wong112 · Sacramento	Dr. James M. Reece56 · Sacramento	Dr. Hillis L. Warren36 · Sacramento
SLT laser for glaucoma	Dr. Joel I. Barthelow476 · Chico	Dr. Sok H. Nam398 · Los Angeles	Dr. Keshav Narain338 · San Jose
Glaucoma surgery (goniotomy, trabeculectomy)	Dr. Thomas Shute152 · Fresno	Dr. Matin Khoshnevis106 · Sacramento	Dr. Sok H. Nam103 · Los Angeles
Laser iridotomy	Dr. Anand B. Bhatt94 · Santa Ana	Dr. Mehrdad Aghai82 · Gardena	Dr. Priyanka Jain72 · Merced
Upper eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)	Dr. Rona Z. Silkiss135 · Oakland	Emma C. Mcdonnell124 · Chula Vista	Dr. Justin Hellman119 · San Luis Obispo

Skin

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Mohs surgery	Dr. Robert Leposavic2,175 · Santa Barbara	Dr. Gregory M. Bricca1,638 · Roseville	Dr. Ronald D. Shiell1,548 · Redlands

Heart

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve)	Dr. Wen Cheng538 · Los Angeles	Dr. Raj R. Makkar454 · West Hollywood	Dr. Jeffrey A. Southard166 · Sacramento
Open aortic valve replacement	Dr. Michael T. Ingram38 · Sacramento	Dr. Robert C. Kincade27 · Sacramento	Dr. Mohammad H. Islami Manuchehry27 · El Cajon
Heart bypass (CABG)	Dr. Michael T. Ingram96 · Sacramento	Dr. Aaron H. Healy73 · Sacramento	Dr. Shamsuddin Khwaja73 · Fresno
Pacemaker implant	Dr. Tin C. Botzler73 · Los Angeles	Dr. George Fehrenbacher69 · Roseville	Dr. Mohamed H. Khan56 · Redding
Leadless pacemaker	Dr. Leon A. Feldman58 · Rancho Mirage	Dr. Arshia M. Noori40 · Los Angeles	Dr. Nicholas Olson36 · La Jolla
Implantable defibrillator (ICD)	Sukhvinder Bhajal44 · Visalia	Dr. John D. Rogers36 · La Jolla	Dr. Leon A. Feldman23 · Rancho Mirage
Left atrial appendage closure (Watchman)	Dr. Douglas N. Gibson196 · La Jolla	Dr. Brett A. Gidney135 · Santa Barbara	Dr. Shephal K. Doshi99 · Santa Monica
AFib ablation	Dr. Brett A. Gidney243 · Santa Barbara	Dr. Mark R. Bowers234 · Sacramento	Dr. Arash Aryana223 · Sacramento
Coronary stent	Dr. Paul S. Teirstein196 · La Jolla	Dr. Dalpinder Sandhu186 · Fresno	Dr. Mamoo Nakamura185 · West Hollywood
Cardiac catheterization	Dr. Raj R. Makkar489 · West Hollywood	Dr. Mamoo Nakamura457 · West Hollywood	Dr. Matthew J. Price409 · La Jolla

Arteries and veins

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Varicose vein ablation	Dr. Mehran Moussavian764 · Chula Vista	Dr. Sam A. Ebrahimi566 · Tarzana	Dr. Romesh K. Japra478 · Fremont
Leg artery angioplasty and stenting	Dr. Amiel Moshfegh396 · Commerce	Dr. Harold A. Tabaie360 · Los Angeles	Dr. Martin P. Edwards321 · Los Angeles
Carotid endarterectomy	Dr. Lit K. Fung49 · Modesto	Dr. Michael A. Palmer41 · Eureka	Dr. Thomas C. Park34 · Sacramento
Carotid stent	Dr. Trevor J. Derderian49 · Rancho Mirage	Dr. Muhammad A. Taqi36 · Palm Springs	Dr. Zahi Nassoura26 · Tarzana
Dialysis fistula creation	Dr. Steven P. Posner101 · Bellflower	Dr. Andreas G. Sakopoulos32 · Salinas	Dr. Norman D. Reyes28 · Sacramento

Digestive and general surgery

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Colonoscopy (diagnostic)	Dr. Long P. Dang241 · Westminster	Dr. Frederick A. Boghossian240 · Glendale	Dr. Shahram Daneshgar193 · Thousand Oaks
Colonoscopy with polyp removal	Tegpal Atwal486 · Saint Helena	Dr. Yash Mittal400 · Rancho Mirage	Dr. Thomas C. Caves380 · Santa Barbara
Upper endoscopy with biopsy	Dr. Frederick A. Boghossian570 · Glendale	Dr. Chia Chi G. Lai524 · Monterey Park	Dr. Long P. Dang522 · Westminster
Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)	Dr. Philippe J. Quilici61 · Burbank	Dr. Thang D. Nguyen48 · Fountain Valley	Alexander S. Tovar46 · Burbank
Inguinal hernia repair	Dr. Mark C. Takata113 · La Jolla	Dr. Scott D. Schneider97 · Chico	Dr. Wes J. Powell73 · Pasadena
Lumpectomy	Dr. Michael E. Stuntz83 · Monterey	Dr. Sara Kim78 · La Jolla	Dr. Mary K. Wilde77 · La Jolla
Mastectomy	Dr. Peter R. Schulz28 · Rancho Mirage	Dr. Deborah L. Gumina21 · Fresno	Dr. Raquel Prati20 · Los Angeles

Urology

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cystoscopy	Dr. Sima P. Porten538 · San Francisco	Dr. Felix Chi-Ming Yip387 · Monterey Park	Dr. John R. Faulkner378 · Rancho Mirage
Prostate biopsy	Dr. Katsuto Shinohara243 · San Francisco	Dr. Leonard S. Marks223 · Los Angeles	Dr. Andre L. De Castro Abreu222 · Los Angeles
Prostatectomy (robotic or laparoscopic)	Dr. Clayton Lau80 · Duarte	Dr. David I. Lee57 · Orange	Dr. Peter R. Carroll48 · San Francisco
TURP	Dr. Victoriano Romero60 · Redding	Dr. James L. Lau38 · Panorama City	Dr. Hugh B. Perkin36 · Templeton
Laser prostate vaporization (GreenLight)	Dr. John R. Faulkner36 · Rancho Mirage	Dr. James G. Hendricks28 · Rancho Mirage	Dr. Matthew H. Bui24 · Los Angeles
UroLift	Dr. Theodore Affue79 · El Centro	Dr. Amir Saffarian72 · Morgan Hill	Dr. Prithipal S. Sethi66 · Sacramento
Rezūm water vapor therapy	Dr. Robert C. Chan21 · Greenbrae	Dr. Seth K. Bechis17 · San Diego	Dr. Scott D. Simon17 · La Jolla
Kidney stone lithotripsy (shock wave)	Dr. Nadeem U. Rahman83 · Clovis	Dr. Christopher W. Johnson54 · San Luis Obispo	Dr. Theodore Affue50 · El Centro
Ureteroscopy with laser	Dr. Gerhard Fuchs64 · Los Angeles	Dr. Pengbo Jiang60 · Orange	Dr. Roshan M. Patel60 · Orange

Ear, nose and throat

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Balloon sinuplasty	Dr. Shervin Aminpour305 · West Hills	Dr. Madison F. Richardson179 · Beverly Hills	Dr. Martin L. Hopp113 · Los Angeles
Septoplasty	Dr. Ali R. Namazie69 · Encino	Dr. George H. Domb38 · Redding	Dr. Kathy Yu34 · Huntington Beach