Surgical Volume

Mississippi: who does the most of each procedure

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

Joints, bones and spine

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Knee replacement	Dr. Robert K. Mehrle303 · Jackson	Dr. Rowland M. Roberson233 · Tupelo	Dr. Trevor R. Pickering182 · Jackson
Hip replacement	Dr. Robert K. Mehrle104 · Jackson	Dr. Rowland M. Roberson89 · Tupelo	Dr. Trevor R. Pickering76 · Jackson
Shoulder replacement	Edward R. Hobgood64 · Jackson	Dr. William O. Mccraney56 · Flowood	Dr. Richard D. Rainey44 · Tupelo
Rotator cuff repair (arthroscopic)	Dr. Larry D. Field136 · Jackson	Edward R. Hobgood71 · Jackson	Dr. Taylor P. Mathis50 · Tupelo
Carpal tunnel release	Dr. Tyler G. Marks236 · Tupelo	Dr. James A. Moss119 · Jackson	Dr. Eric V. Lewis118 · Tupelo
Trigger finger release	Dr. Tyler G. Marks109 · Tupelo	Dr. James A. Moss92 · Jackson	Dr. Chris P. Ethridge68 · Jackson
Knee arthroscopy (meniscus)	Dr. James W. O'mara36 · Jackson	Dr. Edwin J. Kennedy23 · Flowood	Dr. Jason A. Craft21 · Jackson
Hip fracture surgery	Matthew Young74 · Jackson	Dr. William B. Johnson69 · Jackson	Dr. Raymond A. Long56 · Gulfport
Kyphoplasty	Dr. Jeffrey C. Howard86 · Tupelo	Dr. Richard M. Arriola72 · Tupelo	Dr. Amanda B. Johnson60 · Calhoun City
Lumbar spinal fusion	Dr. James W. Woodall76 · Jackson	Dr. Matthew A. Vanlandingham57 · Flowood	Dr. Michael C. Patterson50 · Hattiesburg
Lumbar laminectomy (decompression)	Dr. Michael C. Patterson53 · Hattiesburg	Dr. Graham C. Calvert51 · Jackson	Dr. James W. Woodall36 · Jackson
Neck fusion (ACDF)	Dr. James W. Woodall30 · Jackson	Dr. John L. Moriarity24 · Flowood	Dr. Graham C. Calvert23 · Jackson

Spine pain procedures

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Spinal cord stimulator	Dr. Jay P. Mcdonald272 · Southaven	Dr. Jeremy Smitherman160 · Flowood	Dr. Samuel C. Polk156 · Southaven
Lumbar epidural steroid injection	Dr. Jay P. Mcdonald793 · Southaven	Dr. Samuel C. Polk792 · Southaven	Dr. Jeffrey T. Laseter789 · Flowood
Radiofrequency ablation (lower back)	Dr. Douglas Tucker230 · Starkville	Dr. Michael C. Scarbrough222 · Corinth	Dr. Rex B. Williams184 · Starkville

Eye

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cataract surgery	Dr. Sonya M. Miles923 · Tupelo	Dr. Thomas M. Tann920 · Oxford	Dr. Leslie B. Aden881 · Flowood
YAG laser capsulotomy	Dr. Kiper C. Nelson409 · Hattiesburg	Dr. William D. Farmer318 · Oxford	Dr. Sonya M. Miles290 · Tupelo
Eye injections (retina)	Dr. Wright B. Lauten8,840 · Hattiesburg	Dr. James J. Brown3,098 · Jackson	Dr. Joel H. Herring2,932 · Jackson
Vitrectomy	Dr. Jaime Jimenez Agosto130 · Hattiesburg	Dr. Jorge I. Calzada84 · Southaven	Dr. Martin L. Thomley65 · Hattiesburg
Retinal detachment repair	Dr. Jorge I. Calzada18 · Southaven	Dr. Heather A. Hancock15 · Jackson	Dr. Cornelius E. Regan14 · Hattiesburg
SLT laser for glaucoma	Dr. Jonathan Zoghby142 · Oxford	Dr. Ira E. Gaddy140 · Gulfport	Dr. Lee E. Moore124 · Madison
Glaucoma surgery (goniotomy, trabeculectomy)	Dr. Adam E. Quinn97 · Hattiesburg	Dr. Jonathan Zoghby91 · Oxford	Dr. Lee W. Coleman26 · Greenwood
Upper eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)	Dr. Margaret E. Phillips105 · Gulfport	Dr. David F. Jones100 · Jackson	Kyle Lewis74 · Jackson

Skin

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Mohs surgery	Dr. William H. Black1,150 · Jackson	Dr. Terry Westmoreland1,144 · Columbus	Dr. Bradley N. Greenhaw918 · Tupelo

Heart

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve)	Dr. Ronald Kennedy67 · Jackson	Dr. Robert J. Robbins54 · Hattiesburg	Dr. David S. Talton46 · Tupelo
Open aortic valve replacement	Dr. David S. Talton20 · Tupelo
Heart bypass (CABG)	Dr. John T. Calhoun41 · Jackson	Dr. Vishal Sachdev41 · Tupelo	Dr. Evan F. Garner39 · Tupelo
Pacemaker implant	Dr. James E. Stone75 · Tupelo	Dr. Karthik Venkatesh Prasad72 · Tupelo	Dr. Diego F. Alcivar Franco61 · Hattiesburg
Leadless pacemaker	Dr. Joseph S. Owen19 · Jackson	Dr. Antoine Rizk18 · Biloxi	Dr. Matthew C. Hann15 · Keesler Afb
Implantable defibrillator (ICD)	Dr. James E. Stone29 · Tupelo	Elsheikh M. Abdelrahim21 · Tupelo	Dr. James M. Bensler18 · Jackson
Left atrial appendage closure (Watchman)	Dr. Diego F. Alcivar Franco70 · Hattiesburg	Dr. James E. Stone68 · Tupelo	Dr. Karthik Venkatesh Prasad51 · Tupelo
AFib ablation	Dr. Diego F. Alcivar Franco76 · Hattiesburg	Dr. James E. Stone75 · Tupelo	Dr. Karthik Venkatesh Prasad58 · Tupelo
Coronary stent	Dr. Christopher J. Douglas114 · Hattiesburg	Dr. Brett A. Bennett111 · Jackson	Dr. Abdul G. Bahro108 · Flowood
Cardiac catheterization	Dr. Christopher J. Douglas210 · Hattiesburg	Dr. Brett A. Bennett187 · Jackson	Dr. David R. Young181 · Jackson

Arteries and veins

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Varicose vein ablation	Dr. John K. Thompson412 · Hattiesburg	Dr. Clifford C. Adams277 · Madison	Dr. John M. Manning176 · Madison
Leg artery angioplasty and stenting	Dr. John J. King110 · Columbus	Dr. Foluso A. Fakorede62 · Cleveland	Dr. John G. Winscott47 · Jackson
Carotid endarterectomy	Dr. Joseph M. Stinson43 · Tupelo	Dr. Zachary K. Baldwin40 · Jackson	Dr. Jennifer R. Dinning24 · Jackson
Carotid stent	Dr. Vishal Sachdev16 · Tupelo	Dr. Joseph M. Stinson15 · Tupelo	Dr. Sourabh Mukherjee13 · Hattiesburg
Dialysis fistula creation	Dr. John F. Lucas73 · Greenwood	Dr. John W. Brahan34 · Hattiesburg	Dr. James R. Rooks21 · Jackson

Digestive and general surgery

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Colonoscopy (diagnostic)	Dr. Cynthia H. Wright110 · Flowood	Dr. Frederick A. Corder104 · Corinth	Dr. Ronald D. Rinker63 · Pascagoula
Colonoscopy with polyp removal	Dr. Christopher M. Griffith251 · Southaven	Dr. John H. Webb246 · Oxford	Dr. Sufiyan H. Chaudhry235 · Southaven
Upper endoscopy with biopsy	Dr. Frederick A. Corder487 · Corinth	Dr. Alfred E. Mcnair460 · Ocean Springs	Dr. Ronald D. Rinker282 · Pascagoula
Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)	Dr. Newt P. Harrison45 · Tupelo	Dr. John W. Brahan45 · Hattiesburg	Dr. James K. Chandler37 · Jackson
Inguinal hernia repair	Dr. Richard W. Byars32 · Oxford	Dr. John W. Brahan28 · Hattiesburg	Dr. Scott P. Guidry20 · Hattiesburg
Lumpectomy	Dr. Phillip B. Ley109 · Flowood	Dr. Danny L. Sanders82 · Tupelo	Dr. Steven J. Patterson19 · Jackson
Mastectomy	Dr. Phillip B. Ley28 · Flowood	Dr. Thomas P. Mace15 · Gulfport	Dr. Danny L. Sanders15 · Tupelo

Urology

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cystoscopy	Brent M. Hardin361 · Oxford	Dr. Clarance S. Farmer333 · Tupelo	Dr. Jonathan Kalish328 · Tupelo
Prostate biopsy	Dr. John D. Adams100 · Jackson	Mark Runnels83 · Jackson	Doyle L. Renfroe71 · Oxford
Prostatectomy (robotic or laparoscopic)	Dr. Harold J. Blalock28 · Jackson	Mark Runnels23 · Jackson	Dr. Patrick Daily23 · Jackson
TURP	Dr. Jeffrey G. Clark35 · Brookhaven	Dr. Kenneth R. Thomas27 · Starkville	Dr. Harold J. Blalock25 · Jackson
Laser prostate vaporization (GreenLight)	Dr. John D. Adams43 · Jackson	Dr. Patrick Daily27 · Jackson	Dr. Mark T. Phillips17 · Meridian
UroLift	Dr. Patrick Daily31 · Jackson	Dr. Sean P. Douglas27 · Hattiesburg	Dr. Jonathan Kalish26 · Tupelo
Kidney stone lithotripsy (shock wave)	Dr. Jeffrey G. Clark143 · Brookhaven	Dr. Joel D. Duff101 · Brookhaven	Dr. John D. Fagan69 · Vicksburg
Ureteroscopy with laser	Dr. James H. Wallace54 · Meridian	Dr. Woodie J. Wilson49 · Hattiesburg	Dr. Jeremy S. Archer46 · Tupelo

Ear, nose and throat

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Balloon sinuplasty	Dr. Carl W. Stevens46 · Laurel	Dr. Vincent J. Pisciotta29 · Gulfport	Dr. Byron P. Windham22 · Oxford
Septoplasty	Robert H. Yarber50 · Tupelo	Dr. Vincent J. Pisciotta28 · Gulfport	Dr. James M. Berry16 · Tupelo