Knee replacement clinicians in El Paso, Texas
CMS lists 28 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 El Paso, Texas (details below).
Knee replacement volume
| Clinician | Knee replacements billed | Percentile rank |
|---|---|---|
| Erick Torres, MD | 102 | 92% |
| Alvaro Hernandez, MD | 37 | 65% |
| Carlos Gonzalez, MD | 31 | 60% |
| John Jackson, DO | 31 | 60% |
| Richard Purcell, MD | 27 | 55% |
| David Mansfield, MD | 22 | 50% |
| Thomas Alost, MD | 20 | 47% |
| Eric Sides, MD | 20 | 47% |
| Edgar Fernandez, MD | 19 | 45% |
| David Lin, MD | 12 | 33% |
| Sharif Abdus-Salaam, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| William Arroyo, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Samuel Burns, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Everett Campbell, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Jose Diaz-Pagan, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Karim Elsharkawy, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Kelly Fitzpatrick, DO | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Jacob Heydemann, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Keith Johnson, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Toribio Natividad, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Andrew Palafox, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Rajiv Rajani, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Andrew Tyler, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Luis Urrea, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Robert Urrea, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Daniel Vande Lune, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Jason Vourazeris, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Richard Westbrook, 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).