Knee replacement clinicians in Abilene, Texas

CMS lists 45 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 Abilene, Texas (details below).

Knee replacement volume

Clinician	Knee replacements billed	Percentile rank
David Shephard, MD	191	98%
Roger Emerson, MD	165	98%
Jordan Simpson, MD	162	97%
Paul Peters, MD	158	97%
Michael Champine, MD	154	97%
Bryan Kaiser, MD	145	97%
Steven Ogden, MD	140	96%
Kirby Hitt, MD	116	94%
Joel Hurt, MD	113	93%
Elliott Vann, MD	108	92%
Tyler Youngman, MD	105	92%
Theodore Crofford, MD	99	91%
Cyrus Abbaschian, MD	90	89%
Richard Steffen, MD	90	89%
Tyler Goldberg, MD	81	87%
Marcus Ford	71	84%
Clint Beicker, MD	65	82%
Peter Romanick, MD	62	81%
Samuel Maroney, DO	51	75%
Todd Pitts, MD	49	74%
Caleb Vosburg, MD	49	74%
Jeremy Britten, MD	48	74%
Eldon Hopkins, MD	45	72%
Alaina Brelin, MD	43	70%
Robert Mitchell, MD	39	67%
Stacy Beaty, MD	38	66%
Mark Muller, MD	37	65%
Sergio Viroslav, MD	37	65%
Robert Alexander, MD	36	64%
Mahmoud Khair, MD	33	62%
Farbod Malek, MD	30	59%
William Bowlin, MD	25	53%
Derek Padon, MD	23	51%
Muzaffar Ali, DO	22	50%
Shannon Cooke, MD	20	47%
David Stark, MD	19	45%
Clifford Deprang, MD	18	44%
Jaicus Solis, MD	15	39%
Chip Moore, DO	13	35%
Dale Funk, MD	12	33%
Scott Munroe, MD	12	33%
Joel Campbell, MD	1-10	31% or below
Robert Dickey, MD	1-10	31% or below
Amanda Marshall, MD	1-10	31% or below
John Smoot, 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).