Cataract surgery clinicians in Vista, California

CMS lists 12 clinicians with a primary specialty of Ophthalmology who have billed Medicare for at least one cataract surgery and practice in Vista, California (details below).

Cataract surgery volume

Clinician Cataract surgeries billed Percentile rank
Benjamin Stephens, MD 241 73%
Maulik Zaveri, MD 192 66%
Heather Chen, MD 180 64%
Steven Fish, MD 52 38%
Bradley Greider, MD 28 30%
Kelsi Greider-Sideris, MD 15 24%
Matthew Carnahan, MD 1-10 21% or below
Colette Ehnow, MD 1-10 21% or below
Thomas Kim, MD 1-10 21% or below
Nancy Lee, MD 1-10 21% or below
Alexa Thibodeau, MD 1-10 21% or below
Sohrab Tofigh, MD 1-10 21% or below

Sorted by the number of cataract surgeries billed to Medicare, highest first, not by quality or skill. CMS suppresses counts between 1 and 10 to protect patient privacy and publishes the range instead.

Understanding CMS Data

CMS's "Cataract surgery" category combines specific billing codes for cataract surgery to calculate the number of times each clinician billed Medicare for a "Cataract surgery." These include lens replacement surgery and YAG laser capsulotomy, a laser treatment that can follow cataract surgery. CMS reports only procedures that clinicians billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Therefore, CMS's procedure volume data does not include procedures that clinicians may have performed on patients who have other health care coverage (e.g., commercial insurance, self-pay, or the VA). Billing variation and coding errors can also affect CMS's data. Therefore, the number of procedures that CMS reports for a clinician may be higher or lower than the actual number of cataract surgeries a clinician performed during the reporting period. Lastly, only clinicians with a primary specialty of Ophthalmology (as reported to Medicare) are presented.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (August 18, 2026 release).