Surgical Volume

Hawaii: who does the most of each procedure

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

Joints, bones and spine

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Knee replacement	Dr. Cass K. Nakasone59 · Honolulu	Dr. Paul N. Morton51 · Honolulu	Zachary Thielen41 · Wailuku
Hip replacement	Dr. Jeffery K. Harpstrite70 · Honolulu	Dr. Cass K. Nakasone60 · Honolulu	Zachary Thielen37 · Wailuku
Shoulder replacement	Dr. Alison R. Kinsler28 · Tripler Army Medical Center	Dr. Alexander C. Garber14 · Honolulu
Rotator cuff repair (arthroscopic)	Dr. Darryl M. Kan63 · Honolulu	Dr. Jonathan-James T. Eno15 · Wailuku	Dr. Alison R. Kinsler13 · Tripler Army Medical Center
Carpal tunnel release	Dr. Daniel I. Singer46 · Honolulu	Dr. Aimee C. Perreira46 · Honolulu	Dr. Catherine H. Shin43 · Lihue
Trigger finger release	Dr. Daniel I. Singer122 · Honolulu	Dr. Aimee C. Perreira38 · Honolulu	Dr. Alyssa A. Carnegie34 · Lihue
Hip fracture surgery	Dr. Lorrin S. Lee36 · Honolulu	Mariya Opanova14 · Aiea	Dr. Jason R. Kaneshige13 · Honolulu
Kyphoplasty	Dr. Louis J. Pau33 · Honolulu
Lumbar spinal fusion	Dr. Kyle A. Mitsunaga32 · Honolulu	Dr. Gregory H. Chow16 · Honolulu	Dr. Morris Mitsunaga16 · Honolulu
Lumbar laminectomy (decompression)	Dr. Kyle A. Mitsunaga31 · Honolulu	Dr. Gregory H. Chow24 · Honolulu	Dr. Darin J. Awaya24 · Honolulu

Spine pain procedures

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Lumbar epidural steroid injection	Dr. Louis J. Pau246 · Honolulu	Dr. Kaipo T. Pau115 · Honolulu	Dr. Troy A. Tada66 · Honolulu
Radiofrequency ablation (lower back)	Dr. Daniel S. Choi22 · Koloa	Dr. Jonathan D. Carlson17 · Kailua

Eye

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cataract surgery	Dr. Daniel B. Driscoll687 · Hilo	Dr. Tyrie L. Jenkins404 · Honolulu	Dr. Carlton K. Yuen326 · Honolulu
YAG laser capsulotomy	Dr. Daniel B. Driscoll165 · Hilo	Dr. Tyrie L. Jenkins110 · Honolulu	Dr. Gregory W. Schmidt88 · Honolulu
Eye injections (retina)	Dr. Claudia G. Hooten1,338 · Honolulu	Dr. Raymond Wee1,074 · Aiea	Dr. James C. Lai804 · Aiea
Vitrectomy	Dr. Raymond Wee25 · Aiea	Dr. Elysse Tom25 · Honolulu	Dr. Claudia G. Hooten20 · Honolulu
Retinal detachment repair	Dr. Claudia G. Hooten17 · Honolulu	Dr. Elysse Tom13 · Honolulu
SLT laser for glaucoma	Dr. Eugene Ng295 · Honolulu	Dr. Jivin G. Tantisira51 · Wailuku	Dr. Daniel B. Driscoll49 · Hilo
Glaucoma surgery (goniotomy, trabeculectomy)	Dr. Jeffrey Peterson28 · Honolulu	Dr. Sarah C. Xu25 · Waipahu
Laser iridotomy	Dr. Sarah C. Xu41 · Waipahu	Dr. Eugene Ng41 · Honolulu	Dr. Timothy L. Lee33 · Lihue
Upper eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)	Dr. Bradford W. Lee42 · Honolulu	Dr. Amelia A. Fong16 · Honolulu	Dr. Daniel B. Driscoll16 · Hilo

Skin

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Mohs surgery	Dr. Westley S. Mori478 · Honolulu	Karl Vance334 · Honolulu	Dr. John D. Boyer281 · Honolulu

Heart

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve)	Dr. Peter I. Tsai21 · Honolulu	Dr. Eric Y. Chung18 · Honolulu	Dr. Jeffrey J. Wu12 · Honolulu
Heart bypass (CABG)	Dr. Dean S. Nakamura33 · Honolulu	Dr. Jeffrey J. Wu26 · Honolulu	Dr. Andrew C. Baldwin23 · Honolulu
Pacemaker implant	Dr. Ryan M. Smith34 · Kaneohe	Dr. Hingson M. Chun28 · Honolulu	Dr. Alamelu Ramamurthi22 · Honolulu
Implantable defibrillator (ICD)	Dr. Hingson M. Chun11 · Honolulu
AFib ablation	Dr. Alamelu Ramamurthi18 · Honolulu
Coronary stent	Dr. John J. Cogan45 · Honolulu	Dr. John A. Kao30 · Honolulu	Dr. Kelly M. Paschke27 · Honolulu
Cardiac catheterization	Dr. Kelly M. Paschke136 · Honolulu	Dr. John J. Cogan115 · Honolulu	Dr. Kris R. Kawamoto65 · Honolulu

Arteries and veins

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Varicose vein ablation	Dr. Nathan P. Tomita118 · Kailua Kona	Dr. Delaram J. Taghipour91 · Honolulu	Dr. Robert R. Waterford47 · Kahului
Leg artery angioplasty and stenting	Dr. Amr El-Sergany46 · Aiea	Dr. Nathan K. Itoga17 · Honolulu
Dialysis fistula creation	Dr. Makoto Ogihara17 · Honolulu	Dr. Russell N. Harada12 · Aiea

Digestive and general surgery

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Colonoscopy (diagnostic)	Dr. Mark A. Morisaki55 · Honolulu	Dr. Timothy C. Jahraus51 · Hilo	Dr. Roy M. Matsuyama23 · Kahului
Colonoscopy with polyp removal	Dr. Timothy C. Jahraus277 · Hilo	Dr. Robert F. Wong181 · Aiea	Dr. Kristi T. Lopez175 · Honolulu
Upper endoscopy with biopsy	Dr. Kristi T. Lopez184 · Honolulu	Dr. Mark Rosenblatt118 · Wailuku	Dr. Mari Ikeguchi114 · Honolulu
Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)	Dr. Andrew A. Fedder17 · Kailua-Kona
Inguinal hernia repair	Dr. Steven D. Nishida23 · Honolulu	Dr. Dean J. Mikami11 · Honolulu
Lumpectomy	Dr. Mari Nakashizuka59 · Honolulu	Dr. Laura D. Peterson37 · Honolulu	Ashley D. Marumoto14 · Honolulu

Urology

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cystoscopy	Dr. Soren N. Carlsen153 · Wailuku	Dr. Charles O. Kim127 · Honolulu	Dr. Edith Canby-Hagino93 · Honolulu
Prostate biopsy	Dr. Soren N. Carlsen27 · Wailuku	Dr. Charles O. Kim26 · Honolulu	Dr. Todd A. Miller23 · Honolulu
Prostatectomy (robotic or laparoscopic)	Dr. Timur M. Roytman11 · Honolulu
TURP	Dr. Soren N. Carlsen13 · Wailuku	Dr. Herbert K. Chinn13 · Honolulu	Dr. Steve Rivera12 · Honolulu
Laser prostate vaporization (GreenLight)	Dr. Sergei Tikhonenkov13 · Honolulu
UroLift	Dr. Sergei Tikhonenkov12 · Honolulu
Ureteroscopy with laser	Dr. Franklin C. Lee21 · Aiea	Dr. Alicia Roston21 · Wailuku	Dr. Soren N. Carlsen20 · Wailuku

Ear, nose and throat

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Balloon sinuplasty	Dr. Marc D. Rosenthal12 · Wailuku