Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated: payments to clinicians
2,232 clinicians received $703,387 from Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated in 2025; Surgery, Surgical Critical Care is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (51%) was speaking and faculty fees, then food and beverage (34%). The largest single recipient (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Michigan) received $53,707.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $703,387 | 4,692 | 2,232 |
| 2024 | $591,027 | 3,872 | 2,105 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Antonio Ramirez-Neyra, MD, DDS | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Warren, MI | $53,707 |
| 2 | Michael Thomas Cormican, MD | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Gainesville, GA | $33,854 |
| 3 | William Matthew Vassy, M.D. | Surgery, Trauma Surgery | Gainesville, GA | $29,687 |
| 4 | Anthony Nicholas Dardano, D.O. | Plastic Surgery | Boca Raton, FL | $28,090 |
| 5 | Abigail Chaffin, MD | Plastic Surgery | New Orleans, LA | $25,811 |
| 6 | Anthony J. Canfield, M.D. | Surgery | Denver, CO | $23,621 |
| 7 | Anthony Joseph Lalama, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Macomb, MI | $23,348 |
| 8 | Basil Z. Khalaf, M.D. | Emergency Medicine | Houston, TX | $21,057 |
| 9 | Robert Monroe Kimmel Jr., M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Savannah, GA | $20,916 |
| 10 | Claire Sanger Dillingham, D.O. | Plastic Surgery | Kernersville, NC | $20,789 |
| 11 | John C. Lawlor, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Ft Myers, FL | $18,481 |
| 12 | Nir Joseph Hus, M.D., PH.D. | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Delray Beach, FL | $17,528 |
| 13 | Alison A. Smith, MD, PHD | Surgery, Trauma Surgery | New Orleans, LA | $16,790 |
| 14 | Tracee Chavawn Short, MD | Surgery | Baton Rouge, LA | $15,387 |
| 15 | Puya Davoodi, MD | Plastic Surgery | Gainesville, GA | $14,565 |
| 16 | Romeo Pius Massoud, MD | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Lawrenceville, GA | $14,438 |
| 17 | Matthew Scott Russell Chatoor, MD | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Hollywood, FL | $14,285 |
| 18 | Lindsey Lynn Perea, D.O. | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Lancaster, PA | $10,397 |
| 19 | Anumeha Kumar Whisenhunt, DO | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $8,983 |
| 20 | Byron Byrnes Holloway, D.O. | Surgery | Tampa, FL | $8,917 |
| 21 | Tuan-Hung B. Chu, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Dallas, TX | $6,353 |
| 22 | James David Stern, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $6,176 |
| 23 | Steve Elliot Meadows Vi, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Delray Beach, FL | $5,612 |
| 24 | Leandro Javier Feo Aguirre, MD, FACS | Colon & Rectal Surgery | Delray Beach, FL | $5,077 |
| 25 | Patrick Dennis Martyka | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Fort Myers, FL | $4,860 |
| 26 | Pranat Kumar, M.D. | Surgery | Poughkeepsie, NY | $4,628 |
| 27 | Yosef Yonatan Nasseri, MD | Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $4,604 |
| 28 | Igor Zilberman, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Sunny Isles Beach, FL | $4,184 |
| 29 | Roberto Taarea, D.O. | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Huntsville, AL | $3,900 |
| 30 | Mark D. Suski, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Thousand Oaks, CA | $3,660 |
| 31 | Aaron J. Chokan, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Stow, OH | $3,416 |
| 32 | Alexander Reyzelman, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $2,100 |
| 33 | Travis J. Montgomery, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Westfield, IN | $1,980 |
| 34 | Shabnam Hafiz, MD | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | York, PA | $1,686 |
| 35 | James E. Geiger Jr., DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Palos Heights, IL | $1,606 |
| 36 | William Kokal, M.D. | Surgery | Fort Myers, FL | $1,400 |
| 37 | Andrew M. Klapper, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Delray Beach, FL | $1,389 |
| 38 | Abhishek Chatterjee, M.D., M.B.A. | Surgery | Lebanon, NH | $1,307 |
| 39 | Phu Hoang Nguyen, D.P.M. | Podiatrist | Miami, FL | $1,125 |
| 40 | Anna Medora Pullano, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Plano, TX | $1,117 |
| 41 | Beth A. Myers, NURSE PRACTITIONER | Surgery, Trauma Surgery | York, PA | $1,103 |
| 42 | Joshua Paul Hazelton, D.O. | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | York, PA | $1,049 |
| 43 | Kwesi Dawson-Amoah, MD | Surgery | York, PA | $1,047 |
| 44 | Robert Steven Corn, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Dallas, TX | $935.43 |
| 45 | Richard Kaufman, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Roswell, GA | $900.00 |
| 46 | Eliana Ferreira Ribeiro Duraes, MD | Plastic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $896.89 |
| 47 | Courtney Kristen Docherty, DO | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Lancaster, PA | $870.58 |
| 48 | Nooshin Zolfaghari, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $862.53 |
| 49 | David Cutich, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | York, PA | $842.11 |
| 50 | Anthony N. Dardano, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine | Boca Raton, FL | $840.81 |
| 51 | Michael R. Young, APRN-CNP | Nurse Practitioner | Columbus, OH | $834.15 |
| 52 | Michael Dillenkofer, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | York, PA | $832.51 |
| 53 | Jeremy Heinle | Orthopaedic Surgery | York, PA | $827.16 |
| 54 | Olatunde Osofisan, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Brooklyn, NY | $728.60 |
| 55 | Sumeet Shetty, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Fort Myers, FL | $709.66 |
| 56 | Vikrant Wadehra, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Santa Monica, CA | $707.39 |
| 57 | Lilian Chen, M.D. | Colon & Rectal Surgery | Boston, MA | $630.18 |
| 58 | Gavin Wayne Sigle, M.D. | Colon & Rectal Surgery | Tampa, FL | $621.76 |
| 59 | Dhaval V. Adhvaryu, MD | Surgery | Austell, GA | $618.17 |
| 60 | Joseph Michael Pusateri, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Fort Myers, FL | $585.96 |
| 61 | Laura K. Keeney, D.O. | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | York, PA | $565.30 |
| 62 | Matthew A. Tilley, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | York, PA | $555.80 |
| 63 | John W. Mina, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Ft Myers, FL | $546.20 |
| 64 | Elliot Giulio Moore, MD | Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $536.46 |
| 65 | Stanley John Kurek Jr., D.O. | Surgery | Charleston, SC | $531.73 |
| 66 | Jonathan Huy Nguyen, D.O. | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Atlanta, GA | $530.94 |
| 67 | Carl Matthew Pesta, D.O. | Surgery | Mount Clemens, MI | $527.06 |
| 68 | Jarod R. Shelton | Surgery | Gettysburg, PA | $509.29 |
| 69 | William Fleischer, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Dallas, TX | $506.58 |
| 70 | Richard S. Zeri, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Greenville, NC | $503.53 |
| 71 | Robert John Feczko, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Palo Alto, CA | $503.53 |
| 72 | Kristopher Mulraj Katira, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | New Orleans, LA | $501.35 |
| 73 | Arash Mohajer Shirvani, M.D., RPVI | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Plano, TX | $496.39 |
| 74 | Katherine Anne Wright | Surgery | Dallas, TX | $484.18 |
| 75 | Adam Clementi Delgado, DO | Surgery | Jackson, CA | $474.73 |
| 76 | Joshua Macdavid, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Las Vegas, NV | $472.79 |
| 77 | Ryker Heller | Orthopaedic Surgery | York, PA | $470.98 |
| 78 | Zachary Rhoades, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | York, PA | $468.67 |
| 79 | Mason Yount | Orthopaedic Surgery | York, PA | $468.67 |
| 80 | Maximiliano Welbers, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | York, PA | $465.49 |
| 81 | Joshua Steven Lencke, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | York, PA | $465.47 |
| 82 | David Ezra Handman, M.D. | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Fontana, CA | $459.77 |
| 83 | Zi Huang, MD | Surgery | York, PA | $459.29 |
| 84 | Nadj Levi Pierre, MD | Surgery | York, PA | $450.60 |
| 85 | Cathryn Coleman, M.D. | Surgery | Plano, TX | $450.09 |
| 86 | Kyle Matthew Thomas, DO | Surgery, Trauma Surgery | Marietta, GA | $442.61 |
| 87 | William Walker Train, M.D. | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Lancaster, PA | $432.76 |
| 88 | Eric H. Bradburn, D.O. | Surgery | Hershey, PA | $426.33 |
| 89 | Salvatore M. Nardello, D.O. | Surgery, Surgical Oncology | Stoneham, MA | $424.62 |
| 90 | Allen Paul Chudzinski, M.D. | Colon & Rectal Surgery | Tampa, FL | $411.48 |
| 91 | John Hughes Loftus, M.D. | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Columbus, OH | $409.20 |
| 92 | Jonattan Eduardo Angulo-Ochoa, DDS | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Detroit, MI | $406.94 |
| 93 | Derek E. Bell, MD | Plastic Surgery | Rochester, NY | $406.61 |
| 94 | Elizabeth Mather Price, APRN-CNP | Nurse Practitioner | Columbus, OH | $401.66 |
| 95 | Eric Chung | Surgery | Dublin, GA | $394.38 |
| 96 | Mark Cooper Sturdivant, MD | Surgery | Raleigh, NC | $391.56 |
| 97 | Rodney Sean Lutz, M.D. | Surgery | Raleigh, NC | $391.55 |
| 98 | Ivan Noffsker, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Fort Worth, TX | $388.34 |
| 99 | Danielle Nicole Butto, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Westlake, OH | $386.56 |
| 100 | John Chung Lee, MD | Surgery | Lancaster, PA | $385.09 |
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