Surgeons who do this often — Total shoulder 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
Brian Badman, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Fishers, IN
≥83 Medicare cases
Michael Bender, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥64 Medicare cases
Mark Dillon, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Indianapolis, IN
≥38 Medicare cases
Stephen Jacobsen, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥32 Medicare cases
Alex Meyers, M.D.
Hand Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥31 Medicare cases
Chad Waits, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Danville, IN
≥29 Medicare cases
Damion Harris, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Castle, IN
≥27 Medicare cases
Dale Snead, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥27 Medicare cases
Kyle Ritter, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Danville, IN
≥22 Medicare cases
Jeffery Soldatis, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥22 Medicare cases
David Foulk, MD
Sports Medicine · Indianapolis, IN
≥20 Medicare cases
Christopher Defalco, M.D.
Sports Medicine · Indianapolis, IN
≥19 Medicare cases
Sebastian Peers, M.D.
Hand Surgery · Carmel, IN
≥19 Medicare cases
Andrew Combs, M.D.
Hand Surgery · Westfield, IN
≥18 Medicare cases
Brandon Horn, DO
Orthopedic Surgery · Lebanon, IN
≥18 Medicare cases
Louisville metro
Ryan Krupp, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥144 Medicare cases
Scott Mcclure, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥93 Medicare cases
Scott Kuiper, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥77 Medicare cases
Kristopher Abeln, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, IN
≥52 Medicare cases
Mark Smith, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥41 Medicare cases
Kevin Harreld, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥34 Medicare cases
Nyagon Duany, M D
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥27 Medicare cases
Ty Richardson, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥26 Medicare cases
Nicholas Kenney, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · La Grange, KY
≥19 Medicare cases
Jeffrey Been, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Elizabethtown, KY
≥18 Medicare cases
John Blankenship, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Elizabethtown, KY
≥17 Medicare cases
Joshua Christensen, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥17 Medicare cases
Ryan Eads, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
≥17 Medicare cases
Christoph Fuchs, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Jeffersonville, IN
≥17 Medicare cases
Marcis Craig, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Elizabethtown, KY
≥16 Medicare cases
Cincinnati metro
Robert Rolf, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥81 Medicare cases
Raymond Greiwe, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Florence, KY
≥77 Medicare cases
Paul Favorito, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥67 Medicare cases
Paul Nitz, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Dayton, OH
≥53 Medicare cases
Brian Grawe, MD
Sports Medicine · Cincinnati, OH
≥47 Medicare cases
Brandon Kohrs, D.O.
Orthopedic Surgery · Crestview Hills, KY
≥47 Medicare cases
Andrew Razzano, D.O.
Orthopedic Surgery · Miamisburg, OH
≥45 Medicare cases
Samer Hasan, M.D., PH.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Crestview Hills, KY
≥44 Medicare cases
Trevor Wilkes, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥35 Medicare cases
Michael Herbenick, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Dayton, OH
≥30 Medicare cases
Matthew Hess, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Dayton, OH
≥20 Medicare cases
Matthew Langenderfer, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Cincinnati, OH
≥17 Medicare cases
Joseph Scheidler, D.O.
Orthopedic Surgery · Hamilton, OH
≥17 Medicare cases
Marc Schneider, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Blue Ash, OH
≥17 Medicare cases
Krista Migliore, D.O.
Orthopedic Surgery · Hamilton, OH
≥14 Medicare cases
Columbus metro
Joseph Mileti, MD
Sports Medicine · Upper Arlington, OH
≥90 Medicare cases
Julie Bishop, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Columbus, OH
≥78 Medicare cases
James Latshaw, MD
Sports Medicine · Upper Arlington, OH
≥66 Medicare cases
Jason Hurst, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · New Albany, OH
≥55 Medicare cases
Scott Stephens, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Westerville, OH
≥46 Medicare cases
Jeffrey Backes, M.D.
Sports Medicine · Grove City, OH
≥45 Medicare cases
Gregory Cvetanovich, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Columbus, OH
≥45 Medicare cases
Jennifer Kurowicki, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Columbus, OH
≥29 Medicare cases
Benjamin Szerlip, D.O
Orthopedic Surgery · Westerville, OH
≥28 Medicare cases
Ryan Rauck, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Westerville, OH
≥23 Medicare cases
Kyle Sochacki, MD
Sports Medicine · Upper Arlington, OH
≥23 Medicare cases
Thomas Kovack, DO
Orthopedic Surgery · Dublin, OH
≥22 Medicare cases
Kenneth Westerheide, M.D.
Sports Medicine · Gahanna, OH
≥22 Medicare cases
John Johansen, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Gahanna, OH
≥19 Medicare cases
Mark D'onofrio, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery · Lancaster, OH
≥17 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.