Varicose vein ablation clinicians in Raleigh, North Carolina

CMS lists 32 clinicians who have billed Medicare for at least one varicose vein removal procedure and practice in Raleigh, North Carolina (details below).

Varicose vein ablation volume

Clinician	Varicose vein removal procedures billed	Percentile rank
Ellis Tinsley, MD	588	98%
Luan Tran, MD	198	91%
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj, MD	117	86%
Stephen Smith, MD	72	80%
Sathish Mohan, MD	70	80%
Daniel Geersen, PA	68	79%
Robert Mendes, MD	46	73%
Micah Pherson, MD	46	73%
Michael Hall, MD	44	72%
Jason Kim, MD	38	70%
Martyn Knowles, MD	33	67%
Janice Messier, MD	32	67%
Cynthia Shortell, MD	32	67%
Rodney Lutz, MD	30	65%
Liliana Nanez, MD	30	65%
Leila Mureebe, MD	12	47%
Samantha Abbott	1-10	45% or below
George Adams, MD	1-10	45% or below
Rahul Arya, MD	1-10	45% or below
Victoria Aucoin, MD	1-10	45% or below
Brandy Baugh, NP	1-10	45% or below
Kirk Charles, MD	1-10	45% or below
Ravi Dalal, MD	1-10	45% or below
Dorian Defreitas, MD	1-10	45% or below
Melanie Hudson	1-10	45% or below
Christopher Long, MD	1-10	45% or below
Andrew McBride, MD	1-10	45% or below
Christopher McQuinn, MD	1-10	45% or below
Jacek Paszkowiak, MD	1-10	45% or below
Joseph Salfity, MD	1-10	45% or below
David Sopko, MD	1-10	45% or below
Nicholas Zerona, MD	1-10	45% or below

Sorted by the number of varicose vein removal procedures 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 "Varicose vein removal" category combines specific billing codes for varicose vein treatment to calculate the number of times each clinician billed Medicare for a "Varicose vein removal." These include heat (radiofrequency or laser) ablation, medical adhesive closure, mechanochemical ablation, and sclerotherapy injections. All of these close a varicose vein in place rather than removing it, and the category does not include surgical removal of a vein (vein stripping or phlebectomy). A treatment counts whether it was an injection during an office visit or a catheter procedure, and a patient who has treatment in more than one session contributes to the total each time. CMS states that it excludes claim lines with modifiers indicating that a clinician performed a very limited role in a procedure. 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 varicose vein removal procedures a clinician performed during the reporting period. Lastly, we apply no specialty filter in this category, so this page includes clinicians of every primary specialty.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (August 18, 2026 release).