Surgeons who do this often — Total hip replacement
Ranked by published Medicare surgical volume. Volume is not a quality rating.
These counts come from Medicare fee-for-service claims (2024). They are a floor, not a total: privately insured and Medicare Advantage cases are not counted, and CMS does not publish a clinician's count when fewer than 11 Medicare patients had the procedure. A surgeon who mostly operates on younger patients can be high-volume and barely appear here. Studies have linked higher surgeon volume with fewer complications for some procedures, though not uniformly — this list is not an outcome measure. Ask any surgeon how many they do per year and what their complication rate is.
Indianapolis metro
John Hur, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥122 Medicare cases
Joshua Carter, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥88 Medicare cases
Brad Prather, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Danville, IN
≥79 Medicare cases
George Vestermark, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥70 Medicare cases
Joseph Maratt, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥58 Medicare cases
Wesley Lackey, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥55 Medicare cases
Sakkapol Ongwijitwat, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥53 Medicare cases
Daniel Gerow
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥51 Medicare cases
Kevin Condict, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥49 Medicare cases
Mark Hood, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥46 Medicare cases
Christopher Pomeroy, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥43 Medicare cases
Lucian Warth, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥43 Medicare cases
Patrick Millikan, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥38 Medicare cases
Lindsey Rolston, M.D
Orthopedic Surgery · New Castle, IN
≥38 Medicare cases
Brent Damer, D.O.
Orthopedic Surgery · Muncie, IN
≥37 Medicare cases
Louisville metro
Jonathan Yerasimides, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥323 Medicare cases
Richard Sweet, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥113 Medicare cases
Reid Brown, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥86 Medicare cases
Madhusudhan Yakkanti, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥55 Medicare cases
Travis Clegg, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, IN
≥48 Medicare cases
Matthew Price, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥47 Medicare cases
Kevin Himschoot, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥39 Medicare cases
Samrath Bhimani, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥34 Medicare cases
Robert Goodin, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥31 Medicare cases
Nathan Polley, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Madison, IN
≥31 Medicare cases
David Rhoads, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥29 Medicare cases
Thomas Schlierf, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥29 Medicare cases
Jeffrey Stimac, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥28 Medicare cases
Brent Walz, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Jeffersonville, IN
≥28 Medicare cases
Tyler Keller, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥26 Medicare cases
Cincinnati metro
Matthew Hummel, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Edgewood, KY
≥78 Medicare cases
Michael Swank, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥77 Medicare cases
Jacob Gunzenhaeuser, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥73 Medicare cases
Ryan Bauman, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Dayton, OH
≥72 Medicare cases
Matthew Johansen, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥68 Medicare cases
Jonathon Spanyer, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥58 Medicare cases
Haleem Chaudhary, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥55 Medicare cases
Todd Kelley, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥49 Medicare cases
Edward Lim, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥48 Medicare cases
Suresh Nayak, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥48 Medicare cases
Ronald Auer, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Lawrenceburg, IN
≥47 Medicare cases
Patrick Kirk, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥38 Medicare cases
Mark True, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥36 Medicare cases
Michael Welker, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Miamisburg, OH
≥36 Medicare cases
Gurpal Ahluwalia, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Miamisburg, OH
≥35 Medicare cases
Columbus metro
Adolph Lombardi, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥88 Medicare cases
Andrew Campbell, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Upper Arlington, OH
≥80 Medicare cases
Joel Politi, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Gahanna, OH
≥78 Medicare cases
Rahul Biyani, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Upper Arlington, OH
≥74 Medicare cases
Terry Fowler, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Grove City, OH
≥72 Medicare cases
Michael Morris, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥71 Medicare cases
Vivek Sahai, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Upper Arlington, OH
≥62 Medicare cases
Zackary Byrd, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥61 Medicare cases
David Crawford, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥59 Medicare cases
Graham Pallante, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Westerville, OH
≥59 Medicare cases
Kevin Smidt, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Canal Winchester, OH
≥54 Medicare cases
Alexander Athey, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥46 Medicare cases
Eric Erb
Orthopedic Surgery · Granville, OH
≥45 Medicare cases
Bryan Chambers, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Westerville, OH
≥37 Medicare cases
Mark D'onofrio, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Lancaster, OH
≥37 Medicare cases
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners — by Provider and Service (2024 claims), retrieved 2026-07-15. Individual clinicians only; NPIs verified against the CMS file — nothing here is estimated or inferred.