Knee replacement clinicians in Gastonia, North Carolina

CMS lists 46 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 Gastonia, North Carolina (details below).

Knee replacement volume

Clinician	Knee replacements billed	Percentile rank
Howard Homesley, MD	213	99%
Ronald Singer, MD	170	98%
Benjamin Wooster	143	96%
Keith Fehring, MD	134	96%
John Mason, MD	130	95%
Jesse Otero, MD	115	94%
Henry Thomason, MD	104	92%
Brian Curtin, MD	101	91%
Matthew Duffin, MD	98	91%
Nathan Moore, DO	90	89%
James Fraser, MD	84	88%
Michael Prater, DO	84	88%
Gregory Kurkis, MD	82	87%
Kevin Weiss, DO	78	86%
Bradley Ellison, MD	61	80%
Scott Burbank, MD	58	79%
Jason Zlotnicki, MD	57	79%
Alexander Boiwka, MD	54	77%
Matthew Gullickson, MD	54	77%
Marc Ward, MD	52	76%
Steve Martin, MD	39	67%
Ranjan Maitra, MD	37	65%
Briggs Ahearn, MD	33	62%
Marcus Cook, MD	32	61%
Scott Smith, MD	31	60%
Ryan Bunch, DO	30	59%
Jess Kirby, MD	28	57%
Bruce Cox, MD	26	54%
Brian Delay, MD	26	54%
Andrew Ferris, DO	26	54%
Christopher Prato, MD	21	48%
Joseph Gentile, MD	20	47%
James Romanowski, MD	19	45%
Eric Dilbone, MD	18	44%
Michael Seel, MD	18	44%
Edward Walker Gallego, MD	17	42%
Larry Martin, MD	15	39%
Shane Tipton	15	39%
Harrison Latimer, MD	12	33%
Robert Humble, MD	11	31%
Nikkole Haines, MD	1-10	31% or below
Patrick Hayes, MD	1-10	31% or below
John Hill, MD	1-10	31% or below
Robert Keller, MD	1-10	31% or below
Scott Oneal, MD	1-10	31% or below
Jason Silva, MD	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).