Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC: payments to clinicians
Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC's payments to clinicians rose 413% in 2025, to $1,005,670 across 52 people. Most of it (78%) was royalties and licenses, then consulting fees (20%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine, Kentucky) received $329,828.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,005,670 | 149 | 52 |
| 2024 | $196,069 | 110 | 51 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Lynn Gum, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Louisville, KY | $329,828 |
| 2 | Lawrence G. Lenke, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $267,033 |
| 3 | Frank Jonghyun Yuk, MD | Specialist | Owensboro, KY | $103,281 |
| 4 | Kevin Bernard James, M. D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Southlake, TX | $99,504 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Paul Mullin, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Williamsville, NY | $54,125 |
| 6 | Han Jo Kim, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | New York, NY | $46,788 |
| 7 | Ioannis Alexander Avramis, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Plano, TX | $43,566 |
| 8 | David Minges, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $32,832 |
| 9 | Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Newport News, VA | $12,173 |
| 10 | Akram H. Mahmoud, DO | Neurological Surgery | Ithaca, NY | $5,611 |
| 11 | Joseph Raymond O'Brien, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Bethesda, MD | $1,064 |
| 12 | Robert Starling | Neurological Surgery | Albuquerque, NM | $833.44 |
| 13 | Alex Cruz, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Austin, TX | $812.38 |
| 14 | Theresa Julia Christina Pazionis, FRCSC MD MA | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Philadelphia, PA | $783.46 |
| 15 | Craig A. Kuhns, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Austin, TX | $579.01 |
| 16 | Colin B. Harris, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Wayne, NJ | $478.86 |
| 17 | Alexander Upfill-Brown, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Reston, VA | $452.31 |
| 18 | Ganesh M. Shankar, MD, PHD | Neurological Surgery | Boston, MA | $386.04 |
| 19 | Kumar Gautam Sinha, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Wayne, NJ | $373.48 |
| 20 | Faheem A . Sandhu, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Clinton, MD | $328.01 |
| 21 | Elizabeth Lord, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Santa Monica, CA | $300.31 |
| 22 | Ki Soo Hwang, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Wayne, NJ | $290.17 |
| 23 | Arash Emami, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Wayne, NJ | $290.17 |
| 24 | Adam I. Lewis, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Corpus Christi, TX | $250.51 |
| 25 | Kyle Hardacker, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Providence, RI | $204.69 |
| 26 | Patrick Albright, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Powell, TN | $204.69 |
| 27 | Jack Riley Martinez, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | New Braunfels, TX | $204.69 |
| 28 | Ryder Ronald Richard Reed, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $204.69 |
| 29 | Christopher Bilbao, D.O. | Neurological Surgery | Clifton, NJ | $194.47 |
| 30 | Joseph M. Sohn, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Middletown, CT | $191.76 |
| 31 | Steven Joseph Girdler, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Newport Beach, CA | $187.50 |
| 32 | Julia K. Deloach, MD | Anesthesiology | Orlando, FL | $178.36 |
| 33 | Jacob Birlingmair, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Wichita, KS | $170.93 |
| 34 | Jose Manuel Sarmiento, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Weston, FL | $167.35 |
| 35 | Gabriel Tender, MD | Neurological Surgery | New Orleans, LA | $161.02 |
| 36 | Richard M. Ozuna, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Peabody, MA | $154.61 |
| 37 | Oluwatomi Lanre-Amos, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Sacramento, CA | $150.49 |
| 38 | Andre Miklos Jakoi, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Kansas City, MO | $147.24 |
| 39 | Kris Parchuri, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Tulsa, OK | $141.65 |
| 40 | Michael S. Chang, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Mesa, AZ | $139.81 |
| 41 | David C. Laverty, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Austin, TX | $128.93 |
| 42 | Colin Haines, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Reston, VA | $127.57 |
| 43 | Navkirat Singh Bajwa, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Surprise, AZ | $124.31 |
| 44 | Jason E. Garber, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Las Vegas, NV | $122.08 |
| 45 | Kevin R. Sharif, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Henderson, NV | $116.46 |
| 46 | Jeffrey Alan Martin, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | McAllen, TX | $93.08 |
| 47 | Joseph Richard Kilianski III, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Lewisville, TX | $88.39 |
| 48 | Russell Payne, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Denison, TX | $41.64 |
| 49 | Harish Kempegowda, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Paris, IL | $17.28 |
| 50 | Saqib Hasan, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Oakland, CA | $17.25 |
| 51 | Justin Lee Massengale, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Fresno, CA | $16.59 |
| 52 | Blake Nolan Staub, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Houston, TX | $10.56 |
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