Knee replacement volume in Augusta, Georgia

51 clinicians CMS lists under Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, or Hand Surgery billed at least one knee replacement in Augusta in the June 2026 release.

Clinicians

Clinician	Knee replacements billed	Percentile rank
Charles Decook, MD	386	99%
Terry Arrington, MD	169	98%
Randall Meredith, MD	147	97%
Shan Sharif, MD	122	94%
Garland Gudger, MD	115	94%
Oren Goltzer	104	92%
George Guild, MD	102	92%
John Franklin, MD	100	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	76%
Kristopher Wheeler, MD	51	76%
Jonathan Gillig, MD	50	75%
Robert Wood, MD	47	73%
Chase Dean	46	73%
Edward Crosland, MD	42	70%
Gary Davis, MD	38	66%
Zachary Hurst, MD	35	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%
Christopher Linberg, MD	23	51%
Filippo Chillemi, MD	22	50%
Samuel Pitts, DO	22	50%
John Bojescul, MD	19	46%
Frederick Flandry	19	46%
Alexander Collins, DO	18	44%
Justin Head, DO	15	39%
David Minter, MD	14	38%
Matthew Link, MD	13	36%
Derek Whitaker, MD	12	34%
Zaneb Yaseen	12	34%
John Bieltz, MD	1-10	32% or below
Ty Carter, MD	1-10	32% or below
Jewell Duncan, MD	1-10	32% or below
Kelly Homlar	1-10	32% or below
Vamsi Kancherla, MD	1-10	32% or below
Fernando Serna, MD	1-10	32% or below
Timothy Shannon, MD	1-10	32% or below
Chirag Sheth, MD	1-10	32% or below
Joseph Slappey, MD	1-10	32% or below
Maxwell Vogel, MD	1-10	32% or below
David Wiley, MD	1-10	32% or below
Charlie Yoo, DO	1-10	32% or below

Sorted by the number of knee replacements billed to Medicare, highest first. This is an ordering of one published figure, not a ranking of quality, skill, or outcomes. CMS suppresses counts of 10 and below to protect patient privacy and publishes the range instead, which is not a count of zero; 12 of these clinicians carry that range.

Understanding CMS Data

These figures are based on knee replacements billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage as reported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in their June 2026 data release. The CMS data doesn't include procedures performed for patients who have other health care coverage (e.g., commercially insured, self pay, or VA). Furthermore, CMS sums up specific billing codes that cover first-time knee replacement, partial knee replacement, and revision of a previous knee replacement to calculate the total number of knee replacements. Billing variation and coding errors could potentially affect CMS's data. Therefore, the knee replacement volume data reported by CMS may be higher or lower than the actual total knee replacements performed by a clinician. We share the total knee replacement figures for the clinicians CMS lists under Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, or Hand Surgery as CMS publishes them, without alteration.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (June 2026 release).