Colonoscopy clinicians in Danbury, Connecticut

CMS lists 20 clinicians with a primary specialty of Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, or General Practice who have billed Medicare for at least one colonoscopy and practice in Danbury, Connecticut (details below).

Colonoscopy volume

Clinician Colonoscopies billed Percentile rank
Richard Blansky, MD 139 77%
Scott Estabrook, MD 131 75%
Thomas Whelan, MD 117 70%
Tyson Collazo, MD 100 64%
Joseph Fiorito, MD 98 63%
David Barenberg, MD 96 63%
Steven Gorelick, MD 95 62%
Mae Tighe, MD 94 62%
Steven Brandwein 93 61%
Suma Magge, MD 89 59%
Adam Gorelick, MD 87 59%
Gregory Wagner, DO 82 56%
Rakhee Mangla, MD 81 55%
Neal Patel, MD 73 51%
Daniel Kaufman, MD 70 50%
Jennifer Liu-Burdowski, MD 62 45%
Daniel Obrien, MD 60 44%
Miechelle Obrien, MD 55 41%
Nancy Kang, MD 25 22%
Joseph Lim, MD 1-10 13% or below

Sorted by the number of colonoscopies 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 "Colonoscopy" category combines specific billing codes for colonoscopy to calculate the number of times each clinician billed Medicare for a "Colonoscopy." These include screening colonoscopy, diagnostic colonoscopy, and colonoscopy with biopsy or polyp removal. CMS's list also includes flexible sigmoidoscopy and laparoscopic appendectomy, so a clinician's count may include those procedures. CMS counts one procedure per patient per day, so a colonoscopy that included both a biopsy and a polyp removal counts once. 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 colonoscopies a clinician performed during the reporting period. Lastly, only clinicians with a primary specialty of Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, or General Practice (as reported to Medicare) are presented.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (October 2, 2026 release).