Knee replacement clinicians in Augusta, Georgia

CMS lists 47 clinicians with a primary specialty of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, or Hand Surgery who have billed Medicare for at least one knee replacement and practice in Augusta, Georgia (details below).

Knee replacement volume

Clinician	Knee replacements billed	Percentile rank
Terry Arrington, MD	170	98%
Randall Meredith, MD	147	97%
Shan Sharif, MD	122	94%
Garland Gudger, MD	115	94%
George Guild, MD	102	92%
John Franklin, MD	101	91%
Christopher Gaunder, MD	89	89%
Ryan Geringer, MD	66	82%
Darrell Scales, MD	62	81%
Richard Massie, MD	61	80%
Michael Gottsman, MD	56	78%
Patrick Fernicola, MD	51	75%
Kristopher Wheeler, MD	51	75%
Robert Wood, MD	47	73%
Chase Dean	46	72%
Edward Crosland, MD	42	69%
Gary Davis, MD	38	66%
Zachary Hurst, MD	36	64%
Douglas Phillips, MD	34	63%
David Doman	30	59%
William Wiley, MD	30	59%
David Gallagher, MD	28	57%
Todd Kinnebrew, MD	28	57%
Jeremy Jacobs, MD	25	53%
Scott Quisling, MD	24	52%
Filippo Chillemi, MD	22	50%
Samuel Pitts, DO	22	50%
John Bojescul, MD	19	45%
Frederick Flandry	19	45%
Alexander Collins, DO	18	44%
Justin Head, DO	15	39%
David Minter, MD	14	37%
Matthew Link, MD	13	35%
Derek Whitaker, MD	12	33%
Zaneb Yaseen	12	33%
John Bieltz, MD	1-10	31% or below
Ty Carter, MD	1-10	31% or below
Jewell Duncan, MD	1-10	31% or below
Kelly Homlar	1-10	31% or below
Vamsi Kancherla, MD	1-10	31% or below
Fernando Serna, MD	1-10	31% or below
Timothy Shannon, MD	1-10	31% or below
Chirag Sheth, MD	1-10	31% or below
Joseph Slappey, MD	1-10	31% or below
Maxwell Vogel, MD	1-10	31% or below
David Wiley, MD	1-10	31% or below
Charlie Yoo, DO	1-10	31% or below

Sorted by the number of knee 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 "Knee replacement" category combines specific billing codes for knee replacement surgery to calculate the number of times each clinician billed Medicare for a "Knee replacement." These include first-time knee replacement, partial knee replacement, and revision of a previous knee replacement. 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 knee 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).