Knee replacement clinicians in Madison, Wisconsin
CMS lists 21 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 Madison, Wisconsin (details below).
Knee replacement volume
| Clinician | Knee replacements billed | Percentile rank |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Nickel, MD | 147 | 97% |
| Richard Illgen, MD | 131 | 95% |
| Andrew Livermore, MD | 100 | 91% |
| David Hennessy, MD | 95 | 90% |
| Rajit Chakravarty, MD | 88 | 89% |
| Erik Kroger, MD | 78 | 86% |
| Micah Macaskill, MD | 70 | 84% |
| Jeffrey Odonnell, MD | 55 | 77% |
| Brian Steffin, MD | 50 | 75% |
| David Wolff, MD | 38 | 66% |
| William Mott, MD | 16 | 41% |
| Jacquelyn Dunahoe, MD | 12 | 33% |
| Aaron Carpiaux, MD | 11 | 31% |
| Kashif Ali, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Richard Glad, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Brian Keyes, DO | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| James Prosser, DO | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Frank Rodgers, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Joseph Sizensky, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Timothy Vanderbilt, MD | 1-10 | 31% or below |
| Nathaniel Wilson, 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).