Top performers in 2025 by volume: surgery

Surgeons performed 7,232 surgeries and invasive procedures at Lutheran in 2025. As is tradition, we celebrate last year’s top performer by volume, Dan Carlson, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery, who performed 407 cases.

Congrats to him and the rest of the top-10 surgeons by volume last year, who’ve built thriving practices by providing exceptional care.

Top surgeons by volume, 2025

1. Dan Carlson, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery: 407 cases

2. Ruben Lufrano, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery: 364 cases

3. Darryl Auston, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery: 335 cases

4. Ed Pulido, MD, General Surgery: 269 cases

5. Rebecca Knight, MD, General Surgery: 266 cases

6. Vance Mitchell, MD, General Surgery: 253 cases

7. Juhi Asad, DO, General Surgery: 242 cases

8. Emily Speer Heffner, MD, General Surgery: 236 cases

9. Gregory Pinson, MD, General Surgery: 198 cases

10. Rebecca Wiebe, MD, General Surgery: 172 cases