Acera Surgical, Inc.: payments to clinicians

4,783 clinicians received $562,809 from Acera Surgical, Inc. in 2025; Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (65%) was food and beverage, then speaking and faculty fees (23%). The largest single recipient (Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Texas) received $15,706.

Program year	Total	Payments	Clinicians paid
2025	$562,809	6,602	4,783
2024	$606,974	4,192	2,920

Largest recipients in 2025

#	Clinician	Specialty	Location	Amount
1	Luis G. Fernandez, MD	Surgery, Trauma Surgery	Tyler, TX	$15,706
2	Peter Michael Horwich, MD FRCSC	Otolaryngology	North Charleston, SC	$15,177
3	Christopher Cosgrove, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery	Germantown, TN	$15,081
4	Joseph Waterhouse, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Astoria, NY	$11,220
5	David Nathan Shau, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Fort Worth, TX	$8,808
6	Adam Eudy, D.O.	Orthopaedic Surgery	Las Vegas, NV	$7,521
7	Nicholas Joseph Coretti III, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Lauderdale Lakes, FL	$7,090
8	Vilayvanh Saysoukha, DPM, MS	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	McMinnville, TN	$6,514
9	Jennifer H. Gross, MD	Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck	Atlanta, GA	$6,426
10	Stephen David Kornfeld, D.O.	Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine	Brooklyn, NY	$5,906
11	Dian Nesbeth, NP	Nurse Practitioner, Family	Bronx, NY	$5,906
12	Swapna Johnson, M.D.	Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine	Staten Island, NY	$5,906
13	Michael Dudkiewicz, MD	Surgery, Vascular Surgery	New York, NY	$5,871
14	Eric H. Liu, M.D.	Surgery, Surgical Oncology	Denver, CO	$5,803
15	Joshua Hornig, MD	Otolaryngology	Charleston, SC	$5,561
16	Jessica Vernola Randolph, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Glendale, AZ	$5,361
17	Hardeep S. Minhas, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Michigan City, IN	$4,690
18	Newt Parks Harrison Jr., M.D.	Surgery, Vascular Surgery	Tupelo, MS	$4,690
19	Gregory W. Hobson, D.O.	Plastic Surgery	Salt Lake City, UT	$4,680
20	Matthew James Dougherty, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Palmetto, FL	$4,541
21	Waldemar Majdanski, D.P.M.	Podiatrist	Brooklyn, NY	$4,407
22	Neel Patel, MD, DMD, FACS	Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	Miami, FL	$4,278
23	Nicholas A. Limperos, MD	Surgery	Safety Harbor, FL	$3,750
24	Daniel Jay Tucker, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Murrieta, CA	$3,392
25	Nicholas John Alianello, D.P.M	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Oak Brook, IL	$3,186
26	Dane Jack Church, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery	Springfield, IL	$3,148
27	Kenneth Sanders Smith Jr., M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery	Saint Louis, MO	$3,014
28	Eric David Villarreal, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Clearwater, FL	$2,800
29	Sigrid Blome-Eberwine, MD	Plastic Surgery	Allentown, PA	$2,635
30	Donald Wayne Hohman Jr., M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery	Dallas, TX	$2,490
31	Jessica Latona, M.D.	Surgery	Philadelphia, PA	$2,454
32	Brian Benson, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Leesville, LA	$2,198
33	Burt M. Greenberg, MD	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Great Neck, NY	$1,986
34	Angela Sutherland	Nurse Practitioner	Tyler, TX	$1,835
35	Sudeep Dustin Burman, DO	Surgery, Trauma Surgery	Austin, TX	$1,688
36	Hassan Arshad, MD	Otolaryngology	Chicago, IL	$1,593
37	Ratnesh Nandan Mehra, DO	Neurological Surgery	Royal Oak, MI	$1,490
38	Kevin Francis Purcell, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Jackson, MS	$1,487
39	Gina Denise Jefferson, M.D.	Otolaryngology	Jackson, MS	$1,149
40	Victor Yoon, D.O.	Surgery	Las Vegas, NV	$1,121
41	Bradley P. Abicht, DPM	Podiatrist	La Crosse, WI	$962.39
42	Curtis J. Kephart, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Delray Beach, FL	$952.29
43	Katherine Bernadette Santosa, MD	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Atlanta, GA	$883.50
44	Ian Alexander Hodgdon, MD	Surgery	New Orleans, LA	$741.51
45	Brian John Burgess, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Naperville, IL	$708.00
46	Elizabeth Catherine Connolly	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	West Palm Beach, FL	$620.76
47	John Hamati, M.D.	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Houston, TX	$606.37
48	Jeffrey Smith, M.D.	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Columbus, OH	$586.42
49	Dino Ravnic, D.O.	Plastic Surgery	Hershey, PA	$577.58
50	Miguel Enrique Lapetina Gavilan	Surgery	San Juan, PR	$573.12
51	Manrique Guerrero, MD	Surgery, Surgical Critical Care	Aventura, FL	$571.75
52	Da Yu N/A Yu, M.D.	Surgery	Las Vegas, NV	$555.43
53	Maria Osipova, MD	Surgery	Chicago, IL	$549.52
54	Marc Allan Adajar, M.D.	Surgery	Chicago, IL	$540.34
55	Tammara L. Watts, M.D., PH.D.	Otolaryngology	Galveston, TX	$526.61
56	William Young Zhu, MD	Plastic Surgery	Saint Louis, MO	$515.16
57	Richard Kobylar, DPM	Podiatrist	Bay City, TX	$503.54
58	Matthew J. Reiss, M.D.	Plastic Surgery	Manhattan Beach, CA	$494.64
59	Russell Burton Smith, MD	Otolaryngology	Jacksonville, FL	$490.33
60	Brandon Hull	Orthopaedic Surgery	Temple Terrace, FL	$470.22
61	Michael Karim Newman, M.D.	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Torrance, CA	$469.75
62	Jason Roostaeian, M.D.	Plastic Surgery	Los Angeles, CA	$469.74
63	Miguel A. Serpa Irizarry	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Indianapolis, IN	$464.99
64	Thea Priscilla Price, M.D.	Surgery	Jacksonville, FL	$458.77
65	Susan S. Hagen, M.D.	Surgery	Boulder, CO	$457.00
66	Andrew William Arnold	Surgery	Mobile, AL	$450.55
67	Jordan Christopher, DO	Surgery	Grand Blanc, MI	$450.55
68	Alexander Yanovskiy, DPM	Podiatrist	Des Plaines, IL	$450.00
69	Aaron Domack, MD	Otolaryngology	Altamonte Springs, FL	$448.89
70	Suhail Sharif, MD	Surgery, Surgical Oncology	Fort Worth, TX	$441.46
71	Justin M. Sacks, MD	Plastic Surgery	Saint Louis, MO	$440.96
72	Calvin Edward Williams Jr., M.D.	Surgery	New Orleans, LA	$427.50
73	Madyson Shea Riddell, DO	Surgery	Florence, SC	$426.73
74	Johnathan Martin Beldin, MD	Surgery	Chicago, IL	$419.70
75	Hector Alexis Munoz-Miro	General Practice	Carolina, PR	$417.36
76	Meily Machado, DPM	Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery	Fort Collins, CO	$416.06
77	Anne Meredith Kobbermann, MD	Surgery, Surgical Oncology	Sioux City, IA	$414.50
78	Maxwell Peter Cocco, MD	Surgery	Chicago, IL	$413.18
79	Jason Ohlstein, MD	Otolaryngology	East Stroudsburg, PA	$396.93
80	Lee C. Rogers, D.P.M.	Podiatrist	San Antonio, TX	$396.88
81	Roger Lee Kilfoil Jr., D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Baldwin, NY	$393.58
82	Abraham Alejandro Betancourt, M.D.	Surgery	Weston, FL	$389.76
83	Guilherme Cardinali Barreiro, MD, PHD	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Oklahoma City, OK	$377.62
84	Amer Mohamed Zeni, MD	Surgery	Saint Clair Shores, MI	$364.94
85	Khea Marie Tan	Transplant Surgery	Atlanta, GA	$363.38
86	Magda Stawikowska, MD	Surgery	Southfield, MI	$359.38
87	Dane Baker, DO	Surgery	Grand Blanc, MI	$359.38
88	Kristina M. Pickett, DO	Surgery	Grand Blanc, MI	$359.38
89	Robert Duggan, MD	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Galveston, TX	$358.27
90	Karie Glennys Villanueva, MD	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Torrance, CA	$352.33
91	Derek Alan Pawich, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	West Palm Beach, FL	$351.29
92	Nicholas Adam Flugstad, M.D.	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Denton, TX	$348.55
93	Alicia Lenise Johnson, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Richmond, TX	$346.68
94	John J. Doolan, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	New York, NY	$345.40
95	Elvis Wayne Danne Jr., DPM	Podiatrist	New York, NY	$345.40
96	Deena Blair Horn, D.P.M	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	New York, NY	$345.39
97	Jesse Patrick Garcia, M.D.	Surgery	Washington, DC	$344.10
98	Karel-Bart Celie	General Practice	Los Angeles, CA	$340.31
99	John E. Vance, D.O.	Surgery	Grand Blanc, MI	$338.05
100	Elisa Maria Bianchi, MD	Colon & Rectal Surgery	Chicago, IL	$335.03

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