Acumed LLC: payments to clinicians
1,667 clinicians received $3,253,929 from Acumed LLC in 2025; Orthopaedic Surgery is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (54%) was royalties and licenses, then consulting fees (14%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Minnesota) received $1,406,851.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,253,929 | 3,988 | 1,667 |
| 2024 | $3,068,478 | 4,006 | 1,427 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn W. O'Driscoll, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $1,406,851 |
| 2 | Roy W. Sanders, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $137,393 |
| 3 | Selene G. Parekh, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bensalem, PA | $79,326 |
| 4 | Marc Joseph Richard, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Morrisville, NC | $69,424 |
| 5 | Robin Neil Kamal, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Stanford, CA | $64,760 |
| 6 | Steven J. Morgan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Englewood, CO | $60,673 |
| 7 | Stuart Michnick, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Denton, TX | $59,350 |
| 8 | Leslie Elaine Sisco, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | New Orleans, LA | $41,842 |
| 9 | Stephen Alfred Schendel, M.D., D.D.S. | Plastic Surgery | Palo Alto, CA | $41,661 |
| 10 | Raymond Benjamin Raven III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $37,491 |
| 11 | Mihir Desai, M.D | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Nashville, TN | $37,468 |
| 12 | Christopher Edward Gross, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Charleston, SC | $33,259 |
| 13 | Samuel Edmond Ford, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $31,865 |
| 14 | Roland Ramdass, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Winchester, VA | $31,509 |
| 15 | Lauren Michelle Shapiro | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $28,854 |
| 16 | Joseph Frank Styron, M.D., PH.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $25,552 |
| 17 | Lisa L. Lattanza, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | New Haven, CT | $24,371 |
| 18 | Christopher Michael Diefenbach, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Flagstaff, AZ | $23,873 |
| 19 | Jeffrey Yao, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Redwood City, CA | $22,820 |
| 20 | Ryan Michael Garcia, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $22,759 |
| 21 | Charles A. Goldfarb, MD | Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Saint Louis, MO | $22,135 |
| 22 | Hassan Riaz Mir, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Temple Terrace, FL | $21,624 |
| 23 | Alan Herford, MD, DDS | Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Colton, CA | $20,906 |
| 24 | Jonathan L. Tueting, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Aurora, IL | $20,238 |
| 25 | Sarah Townsley, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $20,000 |
| 26 | Morgan Rae Kohls, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Longmont, CO | $20,000 |
| 27 | David S. Ruch, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Morrisville, NC | $18,413 |
| 28 | Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $18,294 |
| 29 | Jerry I-Ming Huang, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Seattle, WA | $16,885 |
| 30 | Nicholas Vincent Dimassa, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Belpre, OH | $16,339 |
| 31 | David Joseph Wilson, MD, FAAOS, FAOA | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Fort Sam Houston, TX | $15,710 |
| 32 | Ariel Palanca, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Stanford, CA | $15,588 |
| 33 | Dallas Samuel Hagman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Aurora, CO | $15,000 |
| 34 | Scott Cole, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Aurora, CO | $15,000 |
| 35 | Adam J. Mirarchi, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Portland, OR | $14,706 |
| 36 | Jason Roy Miller, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Malvern, PA | $14,650 |
| 37 | Lawrence Didomenico, DPM | Podiatrist | Boardman, OH | $14,047 |
| 38 | Michael David Kavanagh, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $13,824 |
| 39 | Eliza Pelrine, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Golden, CO | $13,411 |
| 40 | William Bennett Geissler, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Jackson, MS | $12,980 |
| 41 | Jonathan Lans, MD PHD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | $12,500 |
| 42 | David Jose Cholok, MD | Plastic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $12,500 |
| 43 | Justin D. Sawyer, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $12,500 |
| 44 | Christopher Cheng | Orthopaedic Surgery | Ocean Springs, MS | $12,500 |
| 45 | Kathleen Elizabeth McKeon, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $12,421 |
| 46 | Nathan T. Morrell, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Albuquerque, NM | $12,047 |
| 47 | Dan Ariel Zlotolow, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | New York, NY | $11,797 |
| 48 | Brett Sachs, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Wheat Ridge, CO | $11,685 |
| 49 | Stephen Wigley IV, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | North Miami Beach, FL | $11,535 |
| 50 | Nirmal Tejwani, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $10,269 |
| 51 | Benjamin Goldberg, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| 52 | Peter Hetzler, MD | Plastic Surgery | Little Silver, NJ | $10,000 |
| 53 | Martina Randall | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Burbank, CA | $9,451 |
| 54 | Kanu S. Goyal, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Columbus, OH | $8,879 |
| 55 | Omri Ayalon, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | New York, NY | $8,490 |
| 56 | David Shenassa, M.D. | Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Plantation, FL | $8,488 |
| 57 | Ryan Craig Leduc, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $7,500 |
| 58 | Benjamin James Farley, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Palm Coast, FL | $7,500 |
| 59 | William Bryce Haynes III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $7,500 |
| 60 | Liane Mary Chun, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | La Jolla, CA | $7,500 |
| 61 | John Weitlich, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Columbia, MO | $6,088 |
| 62 | Randall W. Viola, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Vail, CO | $6,055 |
| 63 | James J. Sferra, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Cranberry Township, PA | $6,050 |
| 64 | Chao Long Azad, MD MPH | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Baltimore, MD | $6,000 |
| 65 | Joshua R. Daryoush, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Salt Lake City, UT | $6,000 |
| 66 | Francis Reginald Ali-Osman, MD | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Phoenix, AZ | $5,995 |
| 67 | Diego Gonzalez Morgado, MD, PHD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $5,858 |
| 68 | Tibor Thomas Warganich, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Dakota Dunes, SD | $5,792 |
| 69 | Julian Jerome Wilson, DDS, FACS | Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Lancaster, CA | $5,052 |
| 70 | Barret Halgas | Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $5,038 |
| 71 | Brian Richard, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Grants Pass, OR | $5,000 |
| 72 | Nailah Mubin | Orthopaedic Surgery | Orlando, FL | $5,000 |
| 73 | Roderick Youngdo Kim, DDS, MD | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Fort Worth, TX | $4,887 |
| 74 | Randipsingh Bindra, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Maywood, IL | $4,587 |
| 75 | Philipp Nicolas Streubel, M,D, | Orthopaedic Surgery | Miami, FL | $4,164 |
| 76 | Keith D. Cook, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Newark, NJ | $3,386 |
| 77 | Kerry Zang, DPM | Podiatrist | Mesa, AZ | $3,386 |
| 78 | Ritchard Rosen, DPM | Podiatrist | Englewood, NJ | $3,386 |
| 79 | Karan Dua, MD | Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | New York, NY | $3,243 |
| 80 | Nathan Edwin Lesley, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Worth, TX | $2,766 |
| 81 | Thomas Frank Milisits, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Malvern, PA | $2,746 |
| 82 | Jason R. Miller, DMD, MD | Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Huntsville, AL | $2,706 |
| 83 | Sammar Abueldoleh, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Alexandria, VA | $2,580 |
| 84 | Ramin Matthew Lalezari, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Bridgeton, MO | $2,570 |
| 85 | Peter Nakaji, MD | Neurological Surgery | Scottsdale, AZ | $2,476 |
| 86 | James A. Sabetta, PAC | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Akron, OH | $2,439 |
| 87 | Wassim Mourad, MD, MHCM | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $2,429 |
| 88 | Jonathan R. Faux, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Provo, UT | $2,400 |
| 89 | Justin Alexander Rennard, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Belmont, NC | $2,397 |
| 90 | Kevin M. Oksanen, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner | St. Louis, MO | $2,357 |
| 91 | Brian A. Mailey, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Springfield, IL | $2,357 |
| 92 | Allyson Leigh Roser, PA | Physician Assistant | Belleville, IL | $2,357 |
| 93 | Zeina Ziade, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Saint Louis, MO | $2,357 |
| 94 | Vikas Dhawan, MD | Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Chesterfield, MO | $2,357 |
| 95 | Samuel E. Franks, MD | Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | Saint Louis, MO | $2,357 |
| 96 | Paul A. Stone, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Castle Rock, CO | $2,316 |
| 97 | Charles Jobin, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $2,277 |
| 98 | Blake Ryan Turvey, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Austin, TX | $2,276 |
| 99 | Oscar Vazquez, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Hackensack, NJ | $2,258 |
| 100 | H. Brent Bamberger, D. O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Dayton, OH | $2,258 |
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