Biotronik Nro, Inc.: payments to clinicians
Biotronik Nro, Inc.'s payments to clinicians rose 68% in 2025, to $1,349,080 across 3,265 people. Food and beverage was the largest category at 48%, then compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a me (33%). The largest single recipient (Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, California) received $50,900.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,349,080 | 15,088 | 3,265 |
| 2024 | $804,501 | 9,394 | 1,766 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramana K. Naidu, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Larkspur, CA | $50,900 |
| 2 | David John Rosenfeld, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Carrollton, GA | $35,490 |
| 3 | David Krieger, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Aventura, FL | $34,384 |
| 4 | Caitlin D. Tourje, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Camarillo, CA | $31,868 |
| 5 | Sean Li, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Shrewsbury, NJ | $22,814 |
| 6 | Leonardo Kapural, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Winston Salem, NC | $22,483 |
| 7 | Jesse Michael Hatgis, D.O. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Tamarac, FL | $21,714 |
| 8 | Jason Edward Pope, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Santa Rosa, CA | $21,081 |
| 9 | Sanup Pathak, M.D., M.B.A | Anesthesiology | Chicago, IL | $20,876 |
| 10 | Andrew Khoury, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Spring, TX | $19,856 |
| 11 | Siddardth Umapathy, DO | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Fort Eisenhower, GA | $17,592 |
| 12 | Christopher J. Gilligan, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Boston, MA | $17,493 |
| 13 | David Michael Dickerson, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Evanston, IL | $17,054 |
| 14 | Javier F. Vilasuso, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Miami, FL | $16,906 |
| 15 | Marc E. Lynch, D.O. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Chino, CA | $16,519 |
| 16 | Pranusha Naidu Baxi, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Bolingbrook, IL | $16,054 |
| 17 | Harjot Singh Bhandal, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Santa Rosa, CA | $16,026 |
| 18 | Philip S. Kim, MD | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Bryn Mawr, PA | $14,163 |
| 19 | Jeffrey E. Arle, M.D., PH.D | Neurological Surgery | Lancaster, PA | $13,458 |
| 20 | Mark Abumoussa, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Hollywood, FL | $12,723 |
| 21 | Shahriar Pirouz, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Pismo Beach, CA | $12,389 |
| 22 | Brian Su, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Larkspur, CA | $12,327 |
| 23 | Sushanth Raghu Boda, DO | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Newnan, GA | $12,184 |
| 24 | Peter S. Staats, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Shrewsbury, NJ | $12,108 |
| 25 | Avinash Suresh Chavda, MD | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Carrollton, TX | $11,447 |
| 26 | Ajmal Zemmar, MD | Neurological Surgery | Louisville, KY | $11,310 |
| 27 | George M. Galvan, MD | Neurological Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $10,920 |
| 28 | Adam Craig Lipson, MD | Neurological Surgery | Union, NJ | $10,843 |
| 29 | Jessica Lopez | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Tamarac, FL | $10,505 |
| 30 | Farid Kia, M.D | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Camarillo, CA | $10,089 |
| 31 | Joseph Clayton Rutledge, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Lafayette, IN | $9,872 |
| 32 | Ripul Rajen Panchal, DO | Neurological Surgery | Frisco, TX | $9,754 |
| 33 | Kiran V. Patel, MD, DABA, DAPM | Anesthesiology | New York, NY | $9,572 |
| 34 | Douglas Wesley Pahl, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Columbus, GA | $9,459 |
| 35 | Erika Anne Petersen, MD | Neurological Surgery | Little Rock, AR | $9,282 |
| 36 | Sara Samla, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Tamarac, FL | $9,242 |
| 37 | Patrick John McGinn, PA | Physician Assistant | Shrewsbury, NJ | $9,215 |
| 38 | Vanessa Stark, PA | Physician Assistant | Aventura, FL | $8,996 |
| 39 | Luis Alcides Escobar, MD | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Hollywood, FL | $8,809 |
| 40 | Timothy Lubenow | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Chicago, IL | $8,764 |
| 41 | Ashwin Gurijala Ramayya, MD, PHD | Neurological Surgery | Stanford, CA | $8,720 |
| 42 | Marcelino Oliveri, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Lancaster, PA | $8,677 |
| 43 | Shaleen Vira | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Phoenix, AZ | $8,432 |
| 44 | David M. Davis, P.A. | Physician Assistant | Camarillo, CA | $8,400 |
| 45 | Michael J. Dorsi, MD | Neurological Surgery | Thousand Oaks, CA | $8,353 |
| 46 | Reuel Jake Measom, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Albuquerque, NM | $8,210 |
| 47 | Nathaniel Whitney, MD | Neurological Surgery | Spokane, WA | $7,980 |
| 48 | Ali Valimahomed, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Holmdel, NJ | $7,948 |
| 49 | Kasra Amirdelfan, MD | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Walnut Creek, CA | $7,828 |
| 50 | Natalie Joann Kalvoda, FNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Bolingbrook, IL | $7,725 |
| 51 | Robert Jason Yong, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Boston, MA | $7,701 |
| 52 | Christian David Gonzalez, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Aventura, FL | $7,458 |
| 53 | Adam Nassery, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Aventura, FL | $7,126 |
| 54 | Tolga Suvar | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Chicago, IL | $7,058 |
| 55 | Vishal Khemlani, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Tualatin, OR | $6,851 |
| 56 | Goran Tubic, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Bolingbrook, IL | $6,477 |
| 57 | Ashish K. Sahai, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Boca Raton, FL | $6,423 |
| 58 | Hamed Sadeghipour, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Saint Louis, MO | $5,865 |
| 59 | Mark Herbert Coleman, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Pikesville, MD | $5,830 |
| 60 | Daniel R. Cleary | Neurological Surgery | Portland, OR | $5,412 |
| 61 | Soubrata V. Raikar, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Fremont, NE | $5,303 |
| 62 | Jonathan Allen Hyde, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Miami Beach, FL | $5,069 |
| 63 | David P. Russo, DO | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Hood River, OR | $4,881 |
| 64 | Seth Franklin Oliveria, M.D., PH.D. | Neurological Surgery | Portland, OR | $4,875 |
| 65 | Kristy Anne Fisher, MD, MS, MBA | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Deerfield Beach, FL | $4,858 |
| 66 | Allison Turner, FNP | Nurse Practitioner | Houston, TX | $4,403 |
| 67 | Faraz Khursheed, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Hollywood, FL | $3,988 |
| 68 | Stuart Bruce Krost, M.D. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Lake Worth, FL | $3,408 |
| 69 | Maria Alejandra Calleja | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Miami, FL | $3,308 |
| 70 | Jordan Lee Tate, M.D., MPH | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Jasper, GA | $3,218 |
| 71 | Kelli Nissen | Nurse Practitioner, Gerontology | Las Vegas, NV | $3,192 |
| 72 | David F. Davis, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Sherman, TX | $3,183 |
| 73 | Ryan Joseph Hill-Falkenthal, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Goodyear, AZ | $3,159 |
| 74 | Eric David Schiffman, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Aventura, FL | $3,145 |
| 75 | Vishalee Patel, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Newnan, GA | $3,017 |
| 76 | Dallas Christopher Smith, D.O. | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Goodyear, AZ | $2,960 |
| 77 | Gina Corsaletti, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Aventura, FL | $2,894 |
| 78 | Jamal Hasoon, MD | Anesthesiology | Houston, TX | $2,721 |
| 79 | Andrew Michael Lozen, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Aventura, FL | $2,616 |
| 80 | Andrew Davis Hiller, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Aventura, FL | $2,526 |
| 81 | Daniel Rivera-Buscaglia, M. D. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Miami Beach, FL | $2,521 |
| 82 | Timothy Ray Deer, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Charleston, WV | $2,515 |
| 83 | David Walega, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Columbus, OH | $2,360 |
| 84 | Richard Covey Robertson Jr., M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Covington, LA | $2,335 |
| 85 | Melissa Espinoza-Padilla, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Glendale, AZ | $2,298 |
| 86 | Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Dubuque, IA | $2,245 |
| 87 | Victoria Bain, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Glendale, AZ | $2,120 |
| 88 | Dale Gregory Kiker, MD | Anesthesiology | Camarillo, CA | $2,116 |
| 89 | Evesha Kenya Kenlyn | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Atlanta, GA | $2,073 |
| 90 | Michael Brownstein, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Atlanta, GA | $2,023 |
| 91 | Denise M. Diaz, NP | Nurse Practitioner | Goodyear, AZ | $1,957 |
| 92 | Gregory M. Phillips, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Springfield, OR | $1,905 |
| 93 | Mihir Joshi, MD | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Minneapolis, MN | $1,833 |
| 94 | Henry Shun Guan, DO | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | San Francisco, CA | $1,817 |
| 95 | Gabriel Lopez, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Corpus Christi, TX | $1,814 |
| 96 | Gemma Justice Lopez, PA-C | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | San Tan Valley, AZ | $1,801 |
| 97 | Emily S. Cummins, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Jasper, GA | $1,791 |
| 98 | Kevin M. Henry, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Peoria, IL | $1,774 |
| 99 | Jignesh N. Gandhi, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Atlanta, GA | $1,748 |
| 100 | Scott McDaniel, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Reno, NV | $1,745 |
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