Axogen: payments to clinicians
Axogen's payments to clinicians rose 35% in 2025, to $2,401,431 across 4,344 people. Speaking and faculty fees was the largest category at 34%, then food and beverage (31%). The largest single recipient (Pathology, Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Florida) received $84,300.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,401,431 | 13,767 | 4,344 |
| 2024 | $1,776,628 | 7,767 | 2,526 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marek Fried, M.D., PH.D. | Pathology, Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine | Gainesville, FL | $84,300 |
| 2 | Lennox Archibald, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Gainesville, FL | $74,800 |
| 3 | Deana Mercer, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Albuquerque, NM | $64,824 |
| 4 | Ali N. Mesbahi, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | McLean, VA | $51,869 |
| 5 | David C. Weintritt, M.D. | Surgery | Alexandria, VA | $51,374 |
| 6 | Matthew Louis Iorio, MD | Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Durango, CO | $39,791 |
| 7 | Ian Lee Valerio, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Columbus, OH | $38,388 |
| 8 | Sharon Yvonne Hook, D.O. | Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | Gainesville, FL | $36,785 |
| 9 | Ziv Mani Peled, MD | Plastic Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $34,241 |
| 10 | Jonathan Bank, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Great Neck, NY | $32,515 |
| 11 | Steven Benjamin Albright, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Baytown, TX | $32,172 |
| 12 | Andrew Huang, MD | Otolaryngology | Houston, TX | $30,229 |
| 13 | Michael Miloro, DMD, MD | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Chicago, IL | $30,198 |
| 14 | Risal S. Djohan, MD | Plastic Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $29,075 |
| 15 | Justin William Zumsteg, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Orlando, FL | $28,361 |
| 16 | Stephanie R. Akbari, MD | Surgery | Fairfax, VA | $27,827 |
| 17 | Craig Brady Larsen, MD | Surgery | Bronx, NY | $27,405 |
| 18 | Anne Grayson Warren Peled, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $26,646 |
| 19 | Andrea Arnaud Moreira, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,810 |
| 20 | Brendan James Mackay, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Lubbock, TX | $25,640 |
| 21 | Jose L. Borrero, M.D. | Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Altamonte Springs, FL | $25,090 |
| 22 | Patrick Bryan Garvey, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Houston, TX | $24,062 |
| 23 | Gregory Paul Kolovich, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Savannah, GA | $23,801 |
| 24 | Lisa M. Hunsicker, MD, FACS | Plastic Surgery | Littleton, CO | $23,486 |
| 25 | Waleed Zaid, DDS,FRCD(C), FACS | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Baton Rouge, LA | $22,963 |
| 26 | Peter John Evans, MD, PHD, FAAOS | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Stuart, FL | $22,816 |
| 27 | Mara Anne Piltin, D.O. | Surgery | Jacksonville, FL | $21,998 |
| 28 | Fraser J. Leversedge, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Aurora, CO | $21,893 |
| 29 | Joseph Frank Styron, M.D., PH.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $21,814 |
| 30 | Miguel Angel Medina, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Miami, FL | $20,855 |
| 31 | Timothy Daugherty, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Springfield, IL | $19,394 |
| 32 | Aaron Morgan, MD | Plastic Surgery | Milwaukee, WI | $19,210 |
| 33 | James C. Melville, D.D.S | Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Houston, TX | $17,994 |
| 34 | Jennifer J. Tittensor, MD | Surgery | American Fork, UT | $17,514 |
| 35 | Adam Brett Strohl, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $16,873 |
| 36 | Shirin Razdan, MD | Urology | Doral, FL | $14,972 |
| 37 | Sunishka M. Wimalawansa, M.D., M.B.A. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Beavercreek, OH | $13,762 |
| 38 | Angela J. Keleher, M.D. | Surgery | Tampa, FL | $13,697 |
| 39 | Matthew Edward Spector, MD | Otolaryngology | Pittsburgh, PA | $11,832 |
| 40 | Daniel Aloysius Hammer, DDS | Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | San Diego, CA | $11,781 |
| 41 | Joshua Michael Adkinson I, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $11,344 |
| 42 | Andrew James Watt, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Stanford, CA | $11,293 |
| 43 | Amber Rachel Leis, MD | Plastic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $11,026 |
| 44 | Kyle R. Eberlin, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Boston, MA | $9,879 |
| 45 | Sanjay Razdan, MD | Urology | Doral, FL | $9,242 |
| 46 | Heidi Christine Memmel Mitidiero, MD | Surgery | Lake Forest, IL | $8,496 |
| 47 | Joshua David Rosenberg, MD | Otolaryngology, Facial Plastic Surgery | New York, NY | $8,434 |
| 48 | Richard Jason Tosti, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Bryn Mawr, PA | $8,162 |
| 49 | Craig Howard Thomajan, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Austin, TX | $7,983 |
| 50 | Jaimie Troyal Shores, M.D. | Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Chesterfield, MO | $7,353 |
| 51 | Pedro P. Maria, D.O. | Urology | Bronx, NY | $6,906 |
| 52 | Tamer Ghanem, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Flint, MI | $6,009 |
| 53 | Reena Bhatt | Plastic Surgery | Providence, RI | $5,993 |
| 54 | Michael T. Yen, M.D. | Ophthalmology | Houston, TX | $5,862 |
| 55 | Amy Marcelle Moore, MD | Plastic Surgery | Columbus, OH | $5,400 |
| 56 | Bauback Safa | Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | San Francisco, CA | $5,201 |
| 57 | Kelly Bettina Currie, MD | Plastic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $4,890 |
| 58 | Srinivas Vourganti, M.D. | Urology | Cleveland, OH | $4,889 |
| 59 | Youssra Marjoua, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $4,853 |
| 60 | Jeffrey Anthony Cadeddu, MD | Urology | Dallas, TX | $4,741 |
| 61 | Zeyad Schwen | Urology | Cleveland, OH | $4,646 |
| 62 | Suhail K. Mithani, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Durham, NC | $4,504 |
| 63 | Bruno Nahar Aragao De Oliveira, MD | Urology | Miami, FL | $4,358 |
| 64 | Michael Doarn, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $4,336 |
| 65 | Jessyka G. Lighthall, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Hershey, PA | $4,280 |
| 66 | Brandon Shane Smetana, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $4,225 |
| 67 | Pedram Hamrah, M.D. | Ophthalmology | Tampa, FL | $3,936 |
| 68 | Arash Momeni, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Palo Alto, CA | $3,800 |
| 69 | Joel M. Prince, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Oklahoma City, OK | $3,721 |
| 70 | Lacie Danielle Whinery, MD | Plastic Surgery | Oklahoma City, OK | $3,409 |
| 71 | Christopher Jeffery, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Oklahoma City, OK | $3,374 |
| 72 | Dung Hoang Nguyen | Surgery | Palo Alto, CA | $3,091 |
| 73 | Gregory H. Borschel, MD | Plastic Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $2,959 |
| 74 | Moneim Elfatih Elomeiri, MD | Plastic Surgery | Memphis, TN | $2,899 |
| 75 | Christopher Cheng | Orthopaedic Surgery | Ocean Springs, MS | $2,896 |
| 76 | Luccie Maning Wo, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | New Haven, CT | $2,719 |
| 77 | Samuel Garritt Neibaur, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,694 |
| 78 | Philip Vasin Bystrom, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Tucson, AZ | $2,680 |
| 79 | Ryan Majid Bukhari, DDS | Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Shreveport, LA | $2,583 |
| 80 | Arianna Morgan Elmquist, DMD | Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $2,554 |
| 81 | Bhavik Harishchandra Patel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Fountain Valley, CA | $2,523 |
| 82 | Jessica Sui Wang, MD | Plastic Surgery | Washington, DC | $2,493 |
| 83 | Marek Hansdorfer, MD, MS | Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Traverse City, MI | $2,483 |
| 84 | Mimi Yue Wu Young, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Palo Alto, CA | $2,479 |
| 85 | Christopher Mark Gibbs, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Canton, OH | $2,441 |
| 86 | Itay Wiser, MD, PHD | Plastic Surgery | New York, NY | $2,439 |
| 87 | Donna Lynn-Fewell Mullner, MD | Plastic Surgery | Charleston, SC | $2,414 |
| 88 | Vadim Pisarenko, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Harrison, NY | $2,402 |
| 89 | Krishna Subhash Vyas, M.D., PH.D., M.H.S. | Plastic Surgery | New York, NY | $2,361 |
| 90 | Christopher Julian Gause, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Boardman, OH | $2,356 |
| 91 | Stephanie Kwan, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $2,352 |
| 92 | Francisco Rodriguez Fontan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Centralia, WA | $2,350 |
| 93 | Jack Hua, M.D. | Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck | Richmond, TX | $2,347 |
| 94 | Georgina Glogovac, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Chesterfield, MO | $2,343 |
| 95 | Brianne Jane Sullivan | Plastic Surgery | Norfolk, VA | $2,330 |
| 96 | Kandace P. McGuire, MD | Surgery | Richmond, VA | $2,309 |
| 97 | Rachael Marie Payne, MD | Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $2,302 |
| 98 | Gregory Millette Buncke, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $2,298 |
| 99 | Ahmed Mahmoud Mansour, MD | Plastic Surgery | Allentown, PA | $2,293 |
| 100 | Austin Robert Hale, DDS, MD | Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Woodland Hills, CA | $2,276 |
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