Cataract surgery clinicians in Albuquerque, New Mexico

CMS lists 42 clinicians with a primary specialty of Ophthalmology who have billed Medicare for at least one cataract surgery and practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico (details below).

Cataract surgery volume

Clinician	Cataract surgeries billed	Percentile rank
Jason Leng, MD	1,482	99%
Grace Mellgren, MD	1,201	99%
Robert Ford, MD	979	98%
Kristin Reidy, DO	849	97%
Mark Lesher, MD	784	97%
Robert Ford, MD	746	96%
Patrick Commiskey, MD	732	96%
Renny Levy, MD	674	95%
Philip Sanchez, MD	640	94%
Rebekah Allen, MD	597	94%
Molly Ritsema, MD	570	93%
Paul Sanchez, MD	414	87%
Arthur Weinstein, MD	384	85%
Kenneth Downes, MD	331	82%
Sean Rivera, MD	305	80%
Chris Buntrock, MD	257	75%
Robert Melendez, MD	233	72%
Thomas Gillette, MD	218	70%
Nolan Adams, MD	146	59%
Renato Yupari Yui, MD	138	57%
Robert Avery, MD	84	46%
Halward Blegen, DO	83	46%
Rachel Davis, MD	70	43%
Gregory Ogawa, MD	56	39%
Elizabeth Cretara, MD	45	36%
Christopher Roybal, MD	32	32%
Alexander Davis, MD	23	28%
Ian Thompson, MD	16	24%
Preston Kung, MD	11	21%
Arlene Bagga, MD	1-10	21% or below
Katia Chavez, MD	1-10	21% or below
Christine Clavell, MD	1-10	21% or below
James Dossett, MD	1-10	21% or below
Iuri Golubev, MD	1-10	21% or below
John Hickox, MD	1-10	21% or below
Kenneth Himmel, MD	1-10	21% or below
Samuel Hobbs, MD	1-10	21% or below
Barbara Marsh, MD	1-10	21% or below
Jamie Odden, MD	1-10	21% or below
Kamalesh Ramaiya, MD	1-10	21% or below
Ashok Reddy, MD	1-10	21% or below
Onelys Uzcategui, 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).