Surgical Volume

Nevada: who does the most of each procedure

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

Joints, bones and spine

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Knee replacement	Dr. Chad D. Watts189 · Reno	Dr. Sanjai Shukla172 · Reno	Dr. Jackson B. Jones102 · Reno
Hip replacement	Dr. Chad D. Watts129 · Reno	Dr. Jackson B. Jones103 · Reno	Dr. Roger A. Fontes69 · Las Vegas
Shoulder replacement	Dr. Hilary Malcarney106 · Reno	Dr. Lawrence R. Huff68 · Las Vegas	Dr. Galen S. Kam57 · Las Vegas
Rotator cuff repair (arthroscopic)	Dr. Steven C. Thomas73 · Las Vegas	Dr. Hilary Malcarney58 · Reno	Dr. Ronald C. Koe38 · Henderson
Carpal tunnel release	Dr. Michael B. Lilyquist133 · Reno	Dr. Andrew J. Bronstein76 · Las Vegas	Dr. Jonathan R. Sorelle75 · Las Vegas
Trigger finger release	Dr. Kirk A. Kaiser114 · Reno	Dr. Michael B. Lilyquist84 · Reno	Dr. Nikola Babovic60 · Reno
Knee arthroscopy (meniscus)	Dr. Donald W. Pennington24 · Las Vegas	Dr. Kyle E. Swanson18 · Carson City	Dr. Todd R. Parry17 · Mesquite
Hip fracture surgery	Dr. Holman Chan72 · Henderson	Dr. Peter L. Althausen72 · Reno	Dr. Shain Howard70 · Las Vegas
Lumbar spinal fusion	Dr. Derek A. Duke90 · Henderson	Dr. Lali H. Sekhon41 · Reno	Dr. Kornelis Poelstra38 · Las Vegas
Lumbar laminectomy (decompression)	Dr. Derek A. Duke91 · Henderson	Dr. Michael H. Song70 · Reno	Dr. Jay K. Morgan44 · Reno
Neck fusion (ACDF)	Dr. Kornelis Poelstra19 · Las Vegas	Dr. Christopher Demers13 · Reno	Dr. Jay K. Morgan12 · Reno

Spine pain procedures

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Spinal cord stimulator	Dr. Denis G. Patterson86 · Reno	Dr. Ali Nairizi84 · Reno	Dr. Sungkook A. Park54 · Las Vegas
Lumbar epidural steroid injection	Dr. Sungkook A. Park426 · Las Vegas	Dr. Randall Goode408 · Carson City	Dr. Andrew Kim378 · Las Vegas
Radiofrequency ablation (lower back)	Dr. Jeffrey S. Zollinger168 · Sparks	Dr. Jeffery J. Muir149 · Reno	Dr. Randall Goode140 · Carson City

Eye

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cataract surgery	Dr. Robert S. Wolff1,037 · Carson City	Dr. Helga F. Pizio866 · Las Vegas	Dr. Steve H. Chang778 · Reno
YAG laser capsulotomy	Dr. Michael Stanko307 · Reno	Dr. Matthew B. Mills253 · Reno	Dr. Steve H. Chang230 · Reno
Eye injections (retina)	Dr. Arshad M. Khanani3,516 · Reno	Dr. Elena Geraymovych2,300 · Reno	Dr. William T. Stevenson2,077 · Reno
Vitrectomy	Dr. William T. Stevenson55 · Reno	Dr. Elena Geraymovych53 · Reno	Dr. Steven M. Friedlander45 · Reno
Retinal detachment repair	Dr. William T. Stevenson29 · Reno	Dr. Elena Geraymovych18 · Reno	Dr. Spencer Fuller14 · Reno
SLT laser for glaucoma	Dr. Kevin M. Gamett280 · Reno	Dr. Mehdi Vazeen145 · Carson City	Dr. Richard J. Maw105 · North Las Vegas
Glaucoma surgery (goniotomy, trabeculectomy)	Dr. Kevin M. Gamett53 · Reno	Dr. Robert S. Wolff31 · Carson City	Dr. Janet Lee29 · Las Vegas
Laser iridotomy	Dr. Tigran Kostanyan24 · Las Vegas	Dr. Mazeyar Saboori24 · Las Vegas	Dr. Peter W. Debry16 · Henderson
Upper eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)	Dr. Peter L. Hildebrand122 · Las Vegas	Dr. Helga F. Pizio90 · Las Vegas	Dr. Marcus J. Ko28 · Reno

Skin

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Mohs surgery	Dr. Matthew Hand998 · Las Vegas	Dr. Lionel J. Handler686 · Las Vegas	Dr. Steven D. Peine645 · Las Vegas

Heart

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve)	Dr. Jeffrey M. Levisman58 · Henderson	Dr. Deepak Malhotra54 · Las Vegas	Dr. Abhilash Akinapelli54 · Reno
Open aortic valve replacement	Dr. Michael G. Wood13 · Las Vegas	Dr. Giovanni B. Ciuffo12 · Las Vegas
Heart bypass (CABG)	Dr. Neel V. Dhudshia32 · Henderson	Dr. Michael G. Wood31 · Las Vegas	Dr. Hazem Y. Afifi30 · Las Vegas
Pacemaker implant	Dr. Nikolaos J. Tsiouris79 · Las Vegas	Dr. Ali Namazi55 · Las Vegas	Dr. Shining Sun45 · Reno
Leadless pacemaker	Dr. Juan F. Rodriguez Reyes22 · Sparks	Dr. Shining Sun17 · Reno	Jeffrey L. Turner11 · Carson City
Implantable defibrillator (ICD)	Dr. Nikolaos J. Tsiouris19 · Las Vegas	Dr. Shining Sun15 · Reno	Dr. Niuton S. Koide11 · Las Vegas
Left atrial appendage closure (Watchman)	Jeffrey L. Turner61 · Carson City	Dr. Shining Sun43 · Reno	Dr. Devang M. Desai27 · Reno
AFib ablation	Jeffrey L. Turner74 · Carson City	Dr. Shining Sun65 · Reno	Dr. Ram M. Challapalli63 · Reno
Coronary stent	Dr. Abhilash Akinapelli81 · Reno	Dr. Lina M. Ya'qoub70 · Reno	Dr. Benjamin T. Ebner67 · Reno
Cardiac catheterization	Dr. Nathan H. Ho189 · Carson City	Dr. Jeffrey M. Levisman162 · Henderson	Dr. Benjamin T. Ebner157 · Reno

Arteries and veins

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Varicose vein ablation	Dr. Waqaar Ahmad397 · Reno	Dr. Ejaz U. Kamboj85 · Las Vegas	Dr. Zia U. Khan79 · Las Vegas
Leg artery angioplasty and stenting	Dr. Farhan S. Ayubi78 · Las Vegas	Dr. Nadeer Pirani48 · Las Vegas	Samir S. Hadi27 · Las Vegas
Carotid endarterectomy	Dr. Neel V. Dhudshia27 · Henderson	Dr. Michael G. Wood16 · Las Vegas	Dr. Kevin D. Halow15 · Carson City
Carotid stent	Dr. Rajesh Rangaswamy19 · Reno	Sai M. Kottapalli16 · Las Vegas	Dr. Karthikram Raghuram14 · Reno
Dialysis fistula creation	Dr. Peilin Wei55 · Las Vegas	Sai M. Kottapalli34 · Las Vegas	Dr. Hazem Y. Afifi26 · Las Vegas

Digestive and general surgery

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Colonoscopy (diagnostic)	Dr. Michael S. Zimmerman190 · Las Vegas	Dr. Rajat Sood63 · Henderson	Dr. Ranadev Mukherjee47 · N Las Vegas
Colonoscopy with polyp removal	Dr. Jason M. Collins362 · Carson City	Dr. Leslie H. Massey295 · Carson City	Dr. Timothy E. Halterman288 · Reno
Upper endoscopy with biopsy	Dr. Mohammed Shafi393 · Las Vegas	Dr. Michael S. Zimmerman260 · Las Vegas	Dr. David Q. Shih250 · Las Vegas
Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)	Dr. Yogesh K. Patel28 · Henderson	Dr. Victor Yoon26 · Las Vegas	Dr. Arturo Guzman21 · Carson City
Inguinal hernia repair	Dr. Timothy J. King44 · Carson City	Dr. Ronald S. Hofflander36 · Las Vegas	Dr. Dennis Chong33 · Henderson
Lumpectomy	Dr. Souzan E. El-Eid54 · Las Vegas	Dr. Margaret A. Terhar50 · Henderson	Dr. Michelle K. Chu44 · Reno
Mastectomy	Dr. Souzan E. El-Eid17 · Las Vegas	Dr. Margaret A. Terhar16 · Henderson

Urology

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cystoscopy	Dr. Vijay B. Goli361 · Las Vegas	Dr. Victor E. Grigoriev292 · Las Vegas	Dr. Joseph V. Candela250 · Las Vegas
Prostate biopsy	Dr. Angelo W. Kanellos58 · Reno	Dr. Dimitar Zlatev55 · Reno	Dr. Jeffrey M. Zapinsky41 · Henderson
Prostatectomy (robotic or laparoscopic)	Dr. Angelo W. Kanellos32 · Reno	Dr. Dimitar Zlatev28 · Reno	Dr. Omid Lesani18 · Las Vegas
TURP	Dr. Timothy K. Suttle28 · Reno	Dr. Randall G. Nixon25 · Carson City	Dr. David E. Hald25 · Reno
Laser prostate vaporization (GreenLight)	Dr. Jeffrey M. Zapinsky31 · Henderson	Dr. Omid Lesani14 · Las Vegas
Rezūm water vapor therapy	Dr. Victor E. Grigoriev25 · Las Vegas	Dr. Jason N. Zommick16 · Las Vegas	Dr. William R. Wise13 · Las Vegas
Kidney stone lithotripsy (shock wave)	Dr. Vijay B. Goli75 · Las Vegas	Dr. Victor E. Grigoriev22 · Las Vegas	Dr. David V. Ludlow19 · Las Vegas
Ureteroscopy with laser	Dr. Victor E. Grigoriev38 · Las Vegas	Dr. Joseph V. Candela33 · Las Vegas	Dr. Roland R. Goode32 · Reno

Ear, nose and throat

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Balloon sinuplasty	Dr. Stacey A. Hudson267 · Reno	Dr. Vincent P. Nalbone227 · Las Vegas	Dr. Ashley Sikand77 · Henderson
Septoplasty	Dr. Vincent P. Nalbone53 · Las Vegas	Dr. Joshua C. Meier19 · Reno	Dr. Ashley Sikand16 · Henderson