UCSF Medical Group is a top-ranked Physician Group for Spine Surgery with the most experience in California for 2022


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By: Sharath Joji  Sep. 01, 2022

UCSF Medical Group is a top-ranked Physician group practice for Spine Surgery in the state of California, according to Dexur's analysis of Patient volumes. Dexur's location-based rankings are based on the unique patients treated (i.e. experience) by the Physicians in a group practice for a particular condition based on Medicare claims volume and patients' county and state of residence. Research suggests that patient case volume and experience positively correlate with better quality outcomes. Dexur is an approved purchaser of CMS claims data and a leading provider of data-driven rankings and research for healthcare. Dexur's data is trusted by healthcare leaders, media and top academic institutions such as Harvard.

UCSF Medical Group is a Physician group located in San Francisco, California. Our study shows that physicians affiliated with UCSF Medical Group have treated a total of 594 Spine Surgery patients in California, which is the highest aggregate for any physician group in the state. Dexur’s Physician group rankings are formulated based on analysis of the patient volumes of physicians affiliated with a group who treated more than 11 patients between Jan 2021 to Dec 2021.

UCSF Medical Group also ranks top in Dexur Physician Group ranking categories, including:

Top physicians affiliated with UCSF Medical Group with the most experience (i.e., treated the highest number of unique Spine Surgery patients) during the period are:

Top Ranked Physicians from UCSF Medical Group with most experience
Rank Physician Name Counties Served Unique Spine Surgery Patients
1 Dr. Vedat Deviren Contra Costa, CA; San Francisco, CA 88
2 Dr. Sigurd Harald Berven Alameda, CA; Contra Costa, CA; Marin, CA; San Francisco, CA; Sonoma, CA 71
3 Dr. Alexander Antonios Theologis Alameda, CA; Contra Costa, CA; San Francisco, CA 57
4 Dr. Bobby Tay Contra Costa, CA; San Francisco, CA; San Mateo, CA; Santa Clara, CA; Tuolumne, CA 35
5 Dr. Lionel Nicholas Metz Alameda, CA; San Francisco, CA 29
6 Dr. Joseph Mendelis Contra Costa, CA; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Ventura, CA 26
7 Dr. Michael W Cluck Merced, CA; Santa Clara, CA 25

Please click here for a complete list of affiliated doctors at UCSF Medical Group.

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