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Compare the published Medicare service mix of Christopher Lau, MD with clinicians in the same registry specialty: Cardiac Surgery (CMS).

NEW YORK, NY · Exact areaEdit location

2024 published service data · 78 eligible profiles compared. Similarity describes billing patterns, not quality, outcomes, or suitability for your care.

Percy Boateng, MD

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
66%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Leonard Girardi, MD

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
66%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Hiroo Takayama, MD

Cardiac Surgery · General Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
64%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Elizabeth Pocock

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
62%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Saqib Saeed, MD

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts (33518)
60%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Nirav C Patel, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more (99204)
59%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Anelechi Chinedu Anyanwu, MD

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
56%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Craig R Smith, MD

Specialty details in registry · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft (33517)
55%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Abelardo Deanda, MD

General Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts (33518)
53%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Luigi Pirelli, M.D.

Cardiac Surgery · General Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more (99204)
52%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Michael Argenziano, M.D.

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
51%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Ahmed M. El-Eshmawi, MD

Cardiac Surgery (CMS) · New York, NY

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
51%Service-mix similarityView profile →
How this comparison works

We use the same calendar year of CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data for both providers. Published non-drug service counts are combined by HCPCS code across places of service. We apply log(1 + count), normalize the vectors, and compare them using cosine similarity.

Candidates share the reference provider’s current NPPES primary taxonomy and match the location you enter. We examine up to 500 candidates in NPI order, then show up to 12 with the highest positive similarity within that set. The score is not a percentile, medical recommendation, or prediction. Suppressed services are not estimated. Medicare fee-for-service data does not describe a provider’s entire practice.

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service : 2024-12-01 · Published May 21, 2026.