Surgical Volume

District of Columbia: who does the most of each procedure

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

Joints, bones and spine

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Knee replacement	Dr. Savyasachi C. Thakkar67 · Washington	Dr. Matthew A. Harb55 · Washington	Dr. Anthony S. Unger49 · Washington
Hip replacement	Dr. Anthony S. Unger74 · Washington	Dr. Kenneth Vaz59 · Washington	Dr. Savyasachi C. Thakkar59 · Washington
Shoulder replacement	Dr. David M. Lutton63 · Washington	Dr. Brent B. Wiesel39 · Washington	Dr. Evan H. Argintar14 · Washington
Rotator cuff repair (arthroscopic)	Dr. Brent B. Wiesel22 · Washington	Dr. David M. Lutton12 · Washington
Carpal tunnel release	Dr. Richard W. Barth59 · Washington	Dr. Jonathan R. Pribaz57 · Washington	Dr. Michael W. Kessler28 · Washington
Trigger finger release	Kevin O'malley60 · Washington	Dr. Richard W. Barth52 · Washington	Dr. Sam Moghtaderi28 · Washington
Hip fracture surgery	Jonathan H. Wills16 · Washington	Dr. James Debritz14 · Washington	Dr. Sandesh S. Rao11 · Washington
Kyphoplasty	Dr. Brian G. Johnson12 · Washington
Lumbar spinal fusion	Dr. Seyed B. Kalantar63 · Washington	Dr. Fred Mo50 · Washington	Dr. Michael K. Rosner29 · Washington
Lumbar laminectomy (decompression)	Dr. Fred Mo53 · Washington	Kevin Mcgrail28 · Washington	Dr. Seyed B. Kalantar27 · Washington
Neck fusion (ACDF)	Dr. Seyed B. Kalantar13 · Washington

Spine pain procedures

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Spinal cord stimulator	Dr. Mehul J. Desai28 · Washington
Lumbar epidural steroid injection	Dr. Malady S. Kodgi219 · Washington	Dr. Ryan Aschenbrener185 · Washington	Dr. Edwin Numsuwan164 · Washington
Radiofrequency ablation (lower back)	Dr. Michael A. Kiefer52 · Washington	Dr. Chiemeka Onyima35 · Washington	John F. Dombrowski28 · Washington

Eye

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cataract surgery	Dr. Alexander G. Hacopian492 · Washington	Dr. Frank S. Ashburn294 · Washington	Dr. Daniel Pluznik270 · Washington
YAG laser capsulotomy	Dr. Melanie J. Buttross100 · Washington	Dr. Daniel Pluznik85 · Washington	Dr. Alexander G. Hacopian66 · Washington
Eye injections (retina)	Dr. Juanita S. Bryant1,165 · Washington	Dr. Bilal K. Yousufzai835 · Washington	Dr. Bennett J. Oberg386 · Washington
Vitrectomy	Jared Ebert122 · Washington	Aditya S. Rali60 · Washington	Dr. Abdullah Abou-Samra15 · Washington
Retinal detachment repair	Jared Ebert29 · Washington	Aditya S. Rali21 · Washington	Dr. Abdullah Abou-Samra11 · Washington
SLT laser for glaucoma	Dr. Salim I. Butrus296 · Washington	Dr. Andrew J. Adelson49 · Washington	Dr. Keesha M. Williams-Elliott42 · Washington
Glaucoma surgery (goniotomy, trabeculectomy)	Dr. Daniel Pluznik20 · Washington	Dr. Anjali Badami18 · Washington
Upper eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)	Dr. Lauren Z. Gavaris27 · Washington	Dr. Bennett J. Oberg12 · Washington

Skin

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Mohs surgery	Dr. Martin A. Braun444 · Washington	Dr. Marisa A. Braun361 · Washington	Dr. Maren Shaw163 · Washington

Heart

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve)	Dr. Lowell F. Satler155 · Washington	Dr. Itshac I. Ben-Dor114 · Washington	Dr. Christian Shults70 · Washington
Open aortic valve replacement	Dr. Jeffrey E. Cohen27 · Washington
Heart bypass (CABG)	Dr. Jeffrey E. Cohen81 · Washington	Dr. Christian Shults40 · Washington	Dr. Ammar S. Bafi22 · Washington
Pacemaker implant	Apostolos Tsimploulis62 · Washington	Dr. Marco G. Cavagna26 · Washington	Dr. Rajiv A. Kabadi25 · Washington
Leadless pacemaker	Dr. Emmanuel Ekanem21 · Washington
Implantable defibrillator (ICD)	Apostolos Tsimploulis30 · Washington	Dr. Manish H. Shah14 · Washington	Dr. Marco G. Cavagna13 · Washington
Left atrial appendage closure (Watchman)	Dr. Manish H. Shah65 · Washington	Dr. Emmanuel Ekanem30 · Washington	Dr. Lowell F. Satler11 · Washington
AFib ablation	Dr. Emmanuel Ekanem94 · Washington	Dr. Manish H. Shah69 · Washington	Dr. Jay A. Mazel68 · Washington
Coronary stent	Dr. Hayder D. Hashim77 · Washington	Dr. Itshac I. Ben-Dor76 · Washington	Dr. Nelson L. Bernardo43 · Washington
Cardiac catheterization	Dr. Itshac I. Ben-Dor436 · Washington	Dr. Hayder D. Hashim351 · Washington	Dr. Lowell F. Satler203 · Washington

Arteries and veins

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Varicose vein ablation	Dr. Misaki Kiguchi55 · Washington	Dr. Dingchao He17 · Washington	Dr. Subodh Arora16 · Washington
Leg artery angioplasty and stenting	Thomas C. Chang248 · Washington	Dr. Nelson L. Bernardo46 · Washington	Dr. Rishi R. Sood45 · Washington
Dialysis fistula creation	Dr. Jesse P. Garcia20 · Washington

Digestive and general surgery

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Colonoscopy (diagnostic)	Dr. Ira D. Shocket42 · Washington	Dr. Javad Khalilzadeh31 · Washington	Dr. Thomas M. Loughney30 · Washington
Colonoscopy with polyp removal	Dr. Thomas M. Loughney187 · Washington	Dr. Samuel Kallus164 · Washington	Dr. Gary W. Thompson137 · Washington
Upper endoscopy with biopsy	Dr. Javad Khalilzadeh165 · Washington	John E. Carroll132 · Washington	Nadim Haddad131 · Washington
Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)	Dr. Martin G. Paul33 · Washington	Jerome A. Byam19 · Washington	Dr. Adeel A. Shamim17 · Washington
Inguinal hernia repair	Dr. Martin G. Paul85 · Washington	Dr. Andrew D. Jung33 · Washington	Dr. Katherine G. Lamond25 · Washington
Lumpectomy	Dr. Bonnie Sun74 · Washington	Patricia B. Wehner50 · Washington	Dr. Hanh Tam T. Tran38 · Washington
Mastectomy	Dr. Bonnie Sun25 · Washington	Dr. Hanh Tam T. Tran17 · Washington	Dr. Marc E. Boisvert17 · Washington

Urology

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cystoscopy	Dr. Armine K. Smith331 · Washington	Dr. Jason D. Engel159 · Washington	Dr. Michael J. Whalen128 · Washington
Prostate biopsy	Dr. Justin O. Benabdallah80 · Washington	Dr. Inger L. Rosner51 · Washington	Dr. Michael W. Helbig45 · Washington
Prostatectomy (robotic or laparoscopic)	Dr. Jonathan Hwang62 · Washington	Dr. Keith J. Kowalczyk22 · Washington	Dr. Inger L. Rosner22 · Washington
TURP	Dr. Justin O. Benabdallah17 · Washington	Dr. Ryan A. Hankins16 · Washington
UroLift	Dr. Gaurav Bandi14 · Washington
Rezūm water vapor therapy	Dr. Jason D. Engel15 · Washington
Ureteroscopy with laser	Dr. Patrick W. Mufarrij74 · Washington	Dr. Michael W. Helbig24 · Washington	Dr. Gaurav Bandi23 · Washington

Ear, nose and throat

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Balloon sinuplasty	Dr. Manish Khanna20 · Washington