Surgical Volume

Minnesota: who does the most of each procedure

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

Joints, bones and spine

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Knee replacement	Dr. Robert T. Trousdale94 · Rochester	Dr. Sean Ryan90 · Rochester	Dr. Brian T. O'neill86 · Robbinsdale
Hip replacement	Dr. Mark A. Heller80 · Edina	Dr. Michael J. Taunton79 · Rochester	Dr. Robert T. Trousdale75 · Rochester
Shoulder replacement	Dr. John W. Sperling117 · Rochester	Dr. Jonathan D. Barlow62 · Rochester	Dr. Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo59 · Rochester
Rotator cuff repair (arthroscopic)	Michael R. Walsh21 · Bloomington	Dr. Matthew R. Hwang17 · Sartell	Dr. Bradley R. Kuzel17 · Duluth
Carpal tunnel release	Dr. Daniel J. Marek66 · Waconia	Dr. Ryan R. Karlstad51 · Oak Park Heights	Dr. Laura D. Koch48 · Burnsville
Trigger finger release	Dr. David J. Gerlach66 · Otsego	Dr. Stephen L. Olmsted41 · Burnsville	Dr. Daniel J. Marek41 · Waconia
Knee arthroscopy (meniscus)	Dr. Scott G. Perkinson13 · Owatonna
Hip fracture surgery	Dr. Justin A. Walker45 · Edina	Dr. Naoko Onizuka41 · St Louis Park	Dr. Brian P. Cunningham41 · Saint Paul
Kyphoplasty	Dr. Charles R. Watts17 · St Louis Park
Lumbar spinal fusion	Dr. Hamid R. Abbasi92 · Burnsville	Dr. Arjun S. Sebastian58 · Rochester	Dr. Manuel R. Pinto44 · Minneapolis
Lumbar laminectomy (decompression)	Dr. Arjun S. Sebastian63 · Rochester	Dr. Manuel R. Pinto58 · Minneapolis	Dr. John L. Atkinson51 · Rochester
Neck fusion (ACDF)	Terence M. Zimmermann17 · Rochester	Dr. Jeffrey S. Gerdes16 · St Cloud	Dr. Richard A. Davis14 · Waconia

Spine pain procedures

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Spinal cord stimulator	Dr. Cody A. Foster154 · Coon Rapids	Dr. Richard S. Stayner150 · Edina	Dr. Erin Bettendorf135 · Coon Rapids
Lumbar epidural steroid injection	Dr. Laura L. Matzke Bitterman310 · Rochester	Dr. Andrew M. Clary290 · Woodbury	Dr. Michael R. Mcentire280 · Rochester
Radiofrequency ablation (lower back)	Dr. Rachel H. Jones121 · Mankato	Dr. Ryan C. Birkland100 · Rochester	Dr. Dustin R. Ward84 · Maple Grove

Eye

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cataract surgery	Dr. Deborah G. Ristvedt580 · Alexandria	Dr. Nathan Carpenter493 · Mankato	Dr. Steven B. Thom491 · Fergus Falls
YAG laser capsulotomy	Dr. Sunil S. Khanna169 · Rochester	Dr. Deborah G. Ristvedt169 · Alexandria	Dr. Yun-Sen R. Chu168 · Bloomington
Eye injections (retina)	Dr. David F. Williams3,233 · Baxter	Dr. Dale S. Reynolds2,860 · Sartell	Dr. David W. Parke2,585 · Minneapolis
Vitrectomy	Dr. Alexander L. Ringeisen109 · Woodbury	Dr. Matthew Starr56 · Rochester	Dr. Dale S. Reynolds44 · Sartell
Retinal detachment repair	Dr. James M. Kohler17 · Minneapolis	Dr. Sundeep Dev14 · Minneapolis	Dr. Robert A. Mittra14 · Minneapolis
SLT laser for glaucoma	Dr. Marshall J. Huang67 · Bloomington	Dr. Deborah G. Ristvedt65 · Alexandria	Dr. Cheryl L. Khanna65 · Rochester
Glaucoma surgery (goniotomy, trabeculectomy)	Dr. Luke Dolezal53 · Golden Valley	Dr. Nathan Carpenter39 · Mankato	Dr. Emily S. Birkholz32 · Mankato
Upper eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)	Dr. Deborah G. Ristvedt115 · Alexandria	Dr. Meredith S. Baker68 · Edina	Dr. Douglas Dworak66 · Woodbury

Skin

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Mohs surgery	Dr. Alyssa R. Hoverson Schott555 · East Grand Forks	Dr. Bart T. Endrizzi551 · Fridley	Dr. Jennifer L. Hanson535 · Rochester

Heart

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve)	Dr. Konstantinos Voudris63 · Minneapolis	Thomas Stark62 · Rochester	Carly L. Lodewyks62 · Minneapolis
Open aortic valve replacement	Dr. Juan Crestanello15 · Rochester	Carly L. Lodewyks13 · Minneapolis	Dr. Erik Beckmann13 · Minneapolis
Heart bypass (CABG)	Dr. Timothy J. Kroshus22 · St. Paul	Dr. Michael S. Mulvihill22 · Minneapolis	Dr. Douglas R. Baldwin19 · Saint Paul
Pacemaker implant	Dr. John A. Anderson55 · Duluth	Dr. Prasongchai Sattayaprasert45 · Saint Paul	Dr. John S. Zakaib44 · Edina
Leadless pacemaker	Dr. Moustapha Atoui13 · Coon Rapids
Implantable defibrillator (ICD)	Dr. John S. Zakaib24 · Edina	Dr. Edriss A. Charaf18 · Saint Paul	Dr. Prasongchai Sattayaprasert18 · Saint Paul
Left atrial appendage closure (Watchman)	Dr. Scott J. Hoffman74 · Rochester	Dr. Jacob R. Dutcher69 · St Cloud	Dr. Colleen E. Lane66 · Rochester
AFib ablation	Dr. Alex A. Baher85 · Coon Rapids	Dr. Amila D. William62 · Maplewood	Dr. Kanishk Agnihotri51 · Minneapolis
Coronary stent	Dr. Rajiv Gulati78 · Rochester	Dr. Stephen K. Kidd69 · Saint Cloud	Dr. Gurpreet S. Sandhu57 · Rochester
Cardiac catheterization	Dr. Stephen K. Kidd156 · Saint Cloud	Dr. Mandeep Singh132 · Rochester	Dr. Sergey Gurevich116 · Minneapolis

Arteries and veins

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Varicose vein ablation	Dr. Shawn I. Ahmed99 · Eden Prairie	Mia Miller54 · Burnsville	Dr. Elizabeth G. Gavin45 · Burnsville
Leg artery angioplasty and stenting	Dr. Christopher D. Leville39 · Saint Cloud	Dr. Clarence O. Ojo24 · St. Cloud	Dr. Andrew H. Stockland19 · Rochester
Carotid endarterectomy	Dr. Joel E. Barbato22 · Saint Paul	Dr. William R. Omlie17 · Edina	Jeffrey Mendeloff11 · St Louis Park
Carotid stent	Mohammad A. Khasawneh14 · Rochester	Dr. Clarence O. Ojo12 · St. Cloud
Dialysis fistula creation	Dr. Anna E. Marjan21 · Robbinsdale	Dr. William D. Mcmillan18 · Robbinsdale	Dr. Joel E. Barbato18 · Saint Paul

Digestive and general surgery

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Colonoscopy (diagnostic)	Dr. Hassan Azhari45 · Rochester	Dr. Ahsan M. Bhatti38 · Chaska	Dr. Thomas R. Viggiano31 · Rochester
Colonoscopy with polyp removal	Dr. Matthew R. Carns198 · Mankato	Dr. Aaron J. Chan165 · Brainerd	Dr. Larry M. Deppe157 · Red Wing
Upper endoscopy with biopsy	Dr. Ahsan M. Bhatti274 · Chaska	Dr. Cadman L. Leggett192 · Rochester	Dr. Marcelo F. Vela Aquino138 · Rochester
Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)	Mackenzie Moore18 · Minneapolis	Dr. Paul D. Scott17 · Saint Paul	Bela Denes17 · St Louis Park
Inguinal hernia repair	Dr. Charlotte M. Horne27 · Rochester	Dr. Victor S. Liew25 · Vadnais Heights	Dr. Megan H. Nelson23 · Rochester
Lumpectomy	Dr. Dalliah M. Black40 · Rochester	Dr. Jeffrey E. Johnson40 · Rochester	Dr. Karen J. Hendershott39 · Minneapolis
Mastectomy	Dr. Mary M. Mrdutt19 · Rochester	Dr. Jeffrey E. Johnson11 · Rochester	Dr. Dale L. Cody11 · Fridley

Urology

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cystoscopy	Dr. Daniel S. Elliott341 · Rochester	Dr. Lioudmila Sitnikova234 · Edina	Dr. George K. Chow208 · Rochester
Prostate biopsy	Dr. Derek J. Lomas183 · Rochester	Dr. Lance A. Mynderse104 · Rochester	Jocelyn M. Rieder94 · St Louis Park
Prostatectomy (robotic or laparoscopic)	Dr. Matthew K. Tollefson74 · Rochester	Dr. Paras H. Shah56 · Rochester	Dr. Igor Frank35 · Rochester
TURP	Dr. Jonathan N. Warner72 · Rochester	Dr. Samuel B. Kieley21 · Woodbury	Dr. Eric J. Chapman16 · Brainerd
Laser prostate vaporization (GreenLight)	Dr. Tobias S. Kohler32 · Rochester	Dr. Thomas J. Stormont23 · Stillwater	Dr. Alex Sneiders15 · Faribault
Kidney stone lithotripsy (shock wave)	Dr. Samuel B. Kieley12 · Woodbury	Dr. Thomas J. Stormont12 · Stillwater
Ureteroscopy with laser	Dr. Kevin Koo45 · Rochester	Dr. Kevin M. Wymer25 · Rochester	Dr. Thomas J. Stormont24 · Stillwater

Ear, nose and throat

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Balloon sinuplasty	Dr. Yasmina Ahmed60 · Blaine	Dr. Jennifer C. Hsia32 · Blaine