Surgeons who do this often — Total knee 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
Joseph Maratt, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥131 Medicare cases
Lindsey Rolston, M.D
Orthopedic Surgery · New Castle, IN
≥120 Medicare cases
John Hur, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥119 Medicare cases
Michael Berend, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥99 Medicare cases
Kevin Condict, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥98 Medicare cases
George Vestermark, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥92 Medicare cases
Robert Meneghini, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥89 Medicare cases
Daniel Gerow
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥76 Medicare cases
Brent Damer, D.O.
Orthopedic Surgery · Muncie, IN
≥68 Medicare cases
Patrick Millikan, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥67 Medicare cases
Kyle Siewert, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Castle, IN
≥66 Medicare cases
Christopher Pomeroy, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥65 Medicare cases
Brad Prather, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Danville, IN
≥65 Medicare cases
Joshua Carter, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥58 Medicare cases
Philip Huang, DO
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥58 Medicare cases
Louisville metro
Reid Brown, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥214 Medicare cases
Joseph Greene, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥202 Medicare cases
Richard Sweet, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥163 Medicare cases
Robert Goodin, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥159 Medicare cases
Travis Clegg, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, IN
≥141 Medicare cases
Arthur Malkani, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥98 Medicare cases
Jeffrey Been, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Elizabethtown, KY
≥78 Medicare cases
Madhusudhan Yakkanti, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥75 Medicare cases
Marcis Craig, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Elizabethtown, KY
≥74 Medicare cases
Sanjiv Mehta, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Bardstown, KY
≥47 Medicare cases
James Baker
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥46 Medicare cases
Kevin Himschoot, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥46 Medicare cases
John Blankenship, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Elizabethtown, KY
≥44 Medicare cases
John Lindner, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Jeffersonville, IN
≥43 Medicare cases
Nathan Polley, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Madison, IN
≥38 Medicare cases
Cincinnati metro
Michael Swank, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥187 Medicare cases
Matthew Hummel, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Edgewood, KY
≥141 Medicare cases
Patrick Kirk, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥113 Medicare cases
Jonathon Spanyer, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥103 Medicare cases
Ryan Bauman, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Dayton, OH
≥102 Medicare cases
Suresh Nayak, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥102 Medicare cases
Haleem Chaudhary, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥95 Medicare cases
Matthew Romer, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Dayton, OH
≥92 Medicare cases
Michael Welker, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Miamisburg, OH
≥78 Medicare cases
Matthew Johansen, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥74 Medicare cases
Matthew Langenderfer, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥74 Medicare cases
Marc Schneider, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Blue Ash, OH
≥71 Medicare cases
Jacob Gunzenhaeuser, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥69 Medicare cases
Bradley King, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥67 Medicare cases
Edward Lim, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥67 Medicare cases
Columbus metro
Joel Politi, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Gahanna, OH
≥169 Medicare cases
Adolph Lombardi, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥147 Medicare cases
Vivek Sahai, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Upper Arlington, OH
≥134 Medicare cases
Andrew Campbell, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Upper Arlington, OH
≥124 Medicare cases
Michael Morris, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥107 Medicare cases
Jason Hurst, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥104 Medicare cases
Rahul Biyani, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Upper Arlington, OH
≥98 Medicare cases
Bryan Chambers, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Westerville, OH
≥97 Medicare cases
Paul Melaragno, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Upper Arlington, OH
≥96 Medicare cases
Eric Erb
Orthopedic Surgery · Granville, OH
≥87 Medicare cases
Zackary Byrd, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥86 Medicare cases
Kevin Smidt, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Canal Winchester, OH
≥82 Medicare cases
Michael Cannone, D.O.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥78 Medicare cases
Lance Maynard, D.O.
Orthopedic Surgery · Columbus, OH
≥73 Medicare cases
Graham Pallante, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Westerville, OH
≥71 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.