Surgical Volume

Virginia: who does the most of each procedure

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

Joints, bones and spine

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Knee replacement	Dr. Manish A. Patel441 · Franklin	Dr. Louis C. Jordan219 · Virginia Beach	Dr. Bradley Boyd194 · Fairfax
Hip replacement	Dr. Michael A. Wind163 · Richmond	Dr. Abbey K. Gore146 · Winchester	Dr. William G. Hamilton146 · Alexandria
Shoulder replacement	Dr. Justin W. Griffin110 · Virginia Beach	Dr. Paul G. Kiritsis92 · Midlothian	Dr. Bradley C. Carofino85 · Chesapeake
Rotator cuff repair (arthroscopic)	Dr. Kevin F. Bonner79 · Virginia Beach	Dr. Justin W. Griffin55 · Virginia Beach	Dr. Mark H. Hadfield54 · Midlothian
Carpal tunnel release	Dr. Morgan M. Swanstrom141 · Mechanicsville	Dr. Sanjay S. Desai131 · Richmond	Dr. Sophia Leung119 · Fishersville
Trigger finger release	Dr. Robert M. Campolattaro158 · Hampton	Dr. John E. Blank117 · Richmond	Dr. Kostas Constantine97 · Fredericksburg
Knee arthroscopy (meniscus)	Dr. Boyd W. Haynes24 · Newport News	Dr. Mark H. Hadfield18 · Midlothian	Dr. Dustin C. Dyer16 · Richmond
Hip fracture surgery	Dr. Andrew K. Brown81 · Winchester	Dr. Jeffrey Donahue72 · North Chesterfield	Dr. Romney C. Andersen72 · Newport News
Kyphoplasty	Dr. Daniel R. Kendall101 · Mc Lean	Dr. Kurt Voos55 · Danville	Dr. Peyman Nazmi48 · Midlothian
Lumbar spinal fusion	Dr. Dhruv B. Pateder95 · Reston	Dr. Mudit Sharma71 · Manassas	Dr. Jed S. Vanichkachorn58 · Richmond
Lumbar laminectomy (decompression)	Dr. Dhruv B. Pateder93 · Reston	Dr. Jonathan J. Carmouche60 · Roanoke	Dr. James B. Chadduck60 · Fishersville
Neck fusion (ACDF)	Dr. Dean B. Kostov41 · Newport News	Dr. Xudong J. Li30 · Charlottesville	Dr. Dhruv B. Pateder29 · Reston

Spine pain procedures

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Spinal cord stimulator	Dr. Chheany W. Ung126 · Roanoke	Dr. Andrew W. Chapman77 · Henrico	Dr. James H. Henick66 · Suffolk
Lumbar epidural steroid injection	Dr. Chheany W. Ung1,062 · Roanoke	Dr. Daniel R. Kendall1,037 · Mc Lean	Dr. Brian S. Weaver894 · Norfolk
Radiofrequency ablation (lower back)	Dr. Daniel R. Kendall436 · Mc Lean	Dr. Ritu Varma228 · Springfield	Dr. Chheany W. Ung221 · Roanoke

Eye

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cataract surgery	Dr. Andrew J. Michael1,176 · Henrico	Dr. Tedd R. Puckett1,140 · Christiansburg	Dr. Chad Albright1,112 · Roanoke
YAG laser capsulotomy	Dr. Paul M. Griffey473 · Chesapeake	Kevin Lowder428 · Forest	Dr. Catherine E. Baston408 · Forest
Eye injections (retina)	Dr. Kapil G. Kapoor3,268 · Norfolk	Dr. John S. O'keefe3,193 · Richmond	Dr. Rohit Adyanthaya3,060 · Norfolk
Vitrectomy	Dr. Rohit Adyanthaya51 · Norfolk	Dr. Kenneth W. Price46 · Richmond	Dr. Hayley R. James46 · Charlottesville
Retinal detachment repair	Dr. Hayley R. James21 · Charlottesville	Evan M. Berger19 · Norfolk	Dr. Adam T. Lipman18 · Virginia Beach
SLT laser for glaucoma	Dr. Kian M. Kaz288 · Newport News	Dr. Jeffrey H. Sedgewick251 · Ashburn	Dr. Parisa Farhi164 · Blacksburg
Glaucoma surgery (goniotomy, trabeculectomy)	Dr. Robert M. Knape99 · Richmond	Dr. Andrew Pittner89 · Charlottesville	Dr. Tad D. Schoedel59 · Roanoke
Laser iridotomy	Dr. Sabita M. Ittoop45 · Herndon	Dr. Joseph Iuorno37 · Henrico	Dr. Scott G. Womack29 · Charlottesville
Upper eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)	Dr. Maria Kirzhner105 · Charlottesville	Dr. Andrew D. Munro95 · Henrico	Dr. Nicole Langelier95 · Richmond

Skin

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Mohs surgery	Dr. James P. Bota1,539 · Norfolk	Dr. Lawrence K. Chang1,339 · Virginia Beach	Dr. Brian L. Johnson1,306 · Norfolk

Heart

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve)	Dr. Deepak R. Talreja169 · Virginia Beach	Dr. Matthew R. Summers163 · Norfolk	Dr. Jason Foerst129 · Roanoke
Open aortic valve replacement	Dr. Liam P. Ryan21 · Falls Church	James H. Mehaffey16 · Charlottesville	Dr. Ernesto Jimenez14 · Winchester
Heart bypass (CABG)	Dr. Christopher J. Barreiro61 · Norfolk	Dr. Eric B. Unger58 · Norfolk	Dr. Leo M. Gazoni55 · Charlottesville
Pacemaker implant	Dr. Glenn M. Brammer149 · Fishersville	Dr. Terrence P. May92 · Roanoke	Dr. Harpreet S. Grewal75 · Mechanicsville
Leadless pacemaker	Dr. Glenn M. Brammer27 · Fishersville	Dr. Hakeem Ayinde22 · Fredericksburg	Dr. Richard C. Massaro15 · Roanoke
Implantable defibrillator (ICD)	Dr. Terrence P. May39 · Roanoke	Dr. Allen A. Ciuffo33 · Norfolk	Dr. Maen Abou Ziki30 · Newport News
Left atrial appendage closure (Watchman)	Dr. Jason Foerst152 · Roanoke	Dr. Venkat R. Iyer73 · Chesapeake	Dr. Arijit Chanda69 · Fredericksburg
AFib ablation	Dr. Jon A. Grammes112 · Norfolk	Dr. Philip J. Gentlesk111 · Norfolk	Dr. Divyang R. Patel99 · Newport News
Coronary stent	Dr. Michael Ragosta163 · Charlottesville	Dr. Dhananjai J. Menzies140 · Chesapeake	Dr. Arijit Chanda114 · Fredericksburg
Cardiac catheterization	Dr. Dhananjai J. Menzies226 · Chesapeake	Dr. Arijit Chanda215 · Fredericksburg	Dr. Zeshan A. Rana209 · Fredericksburg

Arteries and veins

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Varicose vein ablation	Dr. Anita Banerjee164 · Springfield	Dr. Surya Challa150 · Chesapeake	Dr. Saquib Samee91 · Colonial Heights
Leg artery angioplasty and stenting	Dr. Salman S. Mufti77 · Warrenton	Dr. Deepak Deshmukh55 · Norfolk	Dr. Paul R. Butros46 · Warrenton
Carotid endarterectomy	Dr. Dipankar Mukherjee33 · Falls Church	Dr. Homayoun A. Hashemi25 · Fairfax	Dr. Mark H. Kumar21 · Winchester
Carotid stent	Dr. Lamiere J. Downing36 · Christiansburg	Dr. Ashish Raju23 · Christiansburg	Dr. Zeshan A. Rana17 · Fredericksburg
Dialysis fistula creation	Dr. Homayoun A. Hashemi92 · Fairfax	Dr. Charles E. Hyre40 · Winchester	Dr. Joshua D. Washer31 · Culpeper

Digestive and general surgery

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Colonoscopy (diagnostic)	Dr. Walter W. Immel227 · Springfield	Dr. Richard A. Blosser111 · Fairfax	Bikram S. Bal102 · Farmville
Colonoscopy with polyp removal	Dr. Emily Christman556 · Charlottesville	Dr. Robert D. Richards403 · Lynchburg	Dr. Cynthia M. Yoshida331 · Charlottesville
Upper endoscopy with biopsy	Dr. Jonh J. Pineda-Bonilla308 · Salem	Dr. Charles E. Mcbride284 · Burke	Dr. Chetan B. Pai253 · Fredericksburg
Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)	Dr. Chelsea M. Hutchinson30 · Fishersville	Dr. Bryan A. Johnson27 · North Chesterfield	Dr. Michael C. Lilly27 · Lynchburg
Inguinal hernia repair	Dr. Richard V. Brenner66 · Fairfax	Dr. Robert F. Ahmed57 · Fairfax	Stefano F. Agolini44 · Alexandria
Lumpectomy	Dr. Ruth B. Felsen80 · Richmond	Dr. James V. Pellicane76 · Midlothian	Kelsey E. Williams75 · Chesapeake
Mastectomy	Dr. Jennifer M. Reed20 · Norfolk	Dr. Jolene B. Henshaw20 · Blacksburg	Dr. Debra A. Hutchins17 · Richmond

Urology

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Cystoscopy	Dr. Michael B. Williams433 · Virginia Beach	Dr. Scott V. Burgess417 · Williamsburg	Dr. Charles R. Beamon311 · Fredericksburg
Prostate biopsy	Dr. James Ratliff97 · Richmond	Dr. Joseph H. Ellen84 · Richmond	Dr. Nilay Gandhi77 · Woodbridge
Prostatectomy (robotic or laparoscopic)	Dr. Kirsten Greene24 · Charlottesville	Dr. Douglas C. Kelly24 · Virginia Beach	Dr. Raman Unnikrishnan23 · Suffolk
TURP	Dr. Scott V. Burgess38 · Williamsburg	Dr. Stephen Legg24 · Rockingham	Dr. Steven Koziol21 · Lynchburg
Laser prostate vaporization (GreenLight)	Dr. Gregg R. Eure29 · Virginia Beach	Dr. Ines Stromberg27 · Gloucester	Dr. Joseph R. Habibi26 · Williamsburg
UroLift	Dr. Stephen Legg66 · Rockingham	Dr. Mark R. Anderson27 · Charlottesville	Dr. Kinloch Nelson25 · Richmond
Rezūm water vapor therapy	Dr. James D. Young19 · Virginia Beach	Dr. Jeffrey C. Lou12 · Richmond	Dr. Eric Darby11 · Newport News
Kidney stone lithotripsy (shock wave)	Dr. William R. Jones52 · Fishersville	Dr. Kevin W. Sanders40 · Hampton	Dr. Alexander M. Kandabarow36 · Alexandria
Ureteroscopy with laser	Dr. Michael D. Byrne68 · Richmond	Dr. Ilya J. Sobol66 · Virginia Beach	Dr. James D. Young63 · Virginia Beach

Ear, nose and throat

Procedure	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
Balloon sinuplasty	Paul W. Lenkowski87 · Roanoke	Dr. John L. Ditto52 · Colonial Heights	Dr. Scott H. Saffold23 · Belle Haven
Septoplasty	Dr. Michael Jacobson21 · Williamsburg	Dr. Edwin J. Lee18 · Reston	Dr. Ravi S. Swamy17 · Alexandria