Hip replacement clinicians in Augusta, Georgia

CMS lists 42 clinicians with a primary specialty of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, or Hand Surgery who have billed Medicare for at least one hip replacement and practice in Augusta, Georgia (details below).

Hip replacement volume

Clinician	Hip replacements billed	Percentile rank
Shan Sharif, MD	80	94%
Terry Arrington, MD	79	93%
Randall Meredith, MD	72	92%
George Guild, MD	71	91%
Christopher Gaunder, MD	70	91%
Chase Dean	49	84%
Garland Gudger, MD	43	81%
Darrell Scales, MD	42	80%
Michael Gottsman, MD	40	79%
Robert Wood, MD	40	79%
John Franklin, MD	34	75%
Douglas Phillips, MD	30	71%
William Wiley, MD	30	71%
Zaneb Yaseen	29	71%
David Doman	26	68%
Edward Crosland, MD	22	63%
Zachary Hurst, MD	19	60%
Jeremy Jacobs, MD	16	55%
David Wiley, MD	16	55%
David Gallagher, MD	14	52%
Derek Whitaker, MD	14	52%
Kelly Homlar	13	50%
Samuel Pitts, DO	13	50%
Kristopher Wheeler, MD	12	48%
Frederick Flandry	11	46%
Charlie Yoo, DO	11	46%
John Bieltz, MD	1-10	46% or below
John Bojescul, MD	1-10	46% or below
Ty Carter, MD	1-10	46% or below
Donald Colantonio	1-10	46% or below
Gary Davis, MD	1-10	46% or below
Patrick Fernicola, MD	1-10	46% or below
Justin Head, DO	1-10	46% or below
Todd Kinnebrew, MD	1-10	46% or below
Carissa Kirk, DO	1-10	46% or below
Spencer Schulte, MD	1-10	46% or below
Fernando Serna, MD	1-10	46% or below
Timothy Shannon, MD	1-10	46% or below
Chirag Sheth, MD	1-10	46% or below
Joseph Slappey, MD	1-10	46% or below
Maxwell Vogel, MD	1-10	46% or below
Russel Weisz, MD	1-10	46% or below

Sorted by the number of hip replacements 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 "Hip replacement" category combines specific billing codes for hip replacement surgery to calculate the number of times each clinician billed Medicare for a "Hip replacement." These include first-time hip replacement, partial hip replacement, and revision of a previous hip replacement. The category does not include every operation that implants a hip prosthesis: CMS leaves out the billing code that covers hip replacement to treat a broken hip, so those operations do not count toward this total. 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 hip replacements a clinician performed during the reporting period. Lastly, only clinicians with a primary specialty of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, or Hand Surgery (as reported to Medicare) are presented.

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