Blue Surgical LLC: payments to clinicians
Blue Surgical LLC's payments to clinicians rose 214% in 2025, to $34,540 across 191 people. Most of it (60%) was food and beverage, then travel and lodging (37%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Kentucky) received $1,720.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $34,540 | 488 | 191 |
| 2024 | $10,987 | 155 | 98 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Patrick Donegan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lexington, KY | $1,720 |
| 2 | Logan E. Mast, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $1,573 |
| 3 | Jay Lechner, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $1,387 |
| 4 | Lauren Mary Boden, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $1,381 |
| 5 | Stephanie Ann Boden, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $1,226 |
| 6 | Mathew T. Phillips, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $1,138 |
| 7 | Jeffrey N. Been, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Elizabethtown, KY | $1,050 |
| 8 | Owen Patrick McGonigle, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lexington, KY | $1,050 |
| 9 | Jarod Allen Richards, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Shepherdsville, KY | $872.67 |
| 10 | Scott Hudzinski, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $844.90 |
| 11 | Gavin Santini Hautala, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bloomington, MN | $777.86 |
| 12 | Nicholas John Laco, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $701.71 |
| 13 | Kaitlyn Joan Loesel, DPM | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Louisville, KY | $679.03 |
| 14 | Katherine H. George, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $678.04 |
| 15 | Nestor Ruben Gonzalez, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Campbellsville, KY | $664.59 |
| 16 | Kaveh Robert Sajadi, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Lexington, KY | $650.79 |
| 17 | Abinav Satishkumar Leva, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Little Rock, AR | $637.06 |
| 18 | Cassandra N. Amshoff, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Louisville, KY | $617.29 |
| 19 | Lauren Ashley Protzer, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $603.91 |
| 20 | Chad Smith, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $592.64 |
| 21 | Ryan Deangelis, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Lexington, KY | $479.22 |
| 22 | Robert Christopher Spears, MD | Neurological Surgery | Lexington, KY | $408.96 |
| 23 | John Eric Whitaker, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cumming, GA | $401.56 |
| 24 | Ryan C. Weegens, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cumming, GA | $364.89 |
| 25 | Joseph Kitchen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Crestview Hills, KY | $359.23 |
| 26 | Michael Joseph Stoltz | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Louisville, KY | $350.20 |
| 27 | Matthew Glen Sauder, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Louisville, KY | $333.06 |
| 28 | Scott Davis, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $319.88 |
| 29 | Braxton Harris Rider, D.P.M | Podiatrist | Louisville, KY | $319.88 |
| 30 | Benjamin S. Schneider, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Lexington, KY | $316.58 |
| 31 | Anthony Lee Silverio, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery | Wexford, PA | $292.78 |
| 32 | Kristopher Todd Abeln, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New Albany, IN | $284.65 |
| 33 | Karim Asham | Podiatrist | Louisville, KY | $272.67 |
| 34 | Samantha Cooney | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $272.67 |
| 35 | Allison Lee Boden | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $270.97 |
| 36 | Jennifer M. Brey, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $264.35 |
| 37 | Caleb Elliot Gruden, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $251.94 |
| 38 | Austin Ellis, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $251.94 |
| 39 | William Jeffrey Grantham, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lexington, KY | $236.57 |
| 40 | Matthew Hurn | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Louisville, KY | $234.70 |
| 41 | Mark G. Smith, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $232.63 |
| 42 | Samuel Clellen | Podiatrist | Louisville, KY | $228.17 |
| 43 | Jacob Taylor Williamson, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Louisville, KY | $223.45 |
| 44 | David Seligson, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $220.71 |
| 45 | Anthony Joseph Brando, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Manasquan, NJ | $220.32 |
| 46 | Luke Thomas Byerly, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Louisville, KY | $218.85 |
| 47 | Akbar Nawab, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $204.16 |
| 48 | Rodrigo Moreno Garcia, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Louisville, KY | $200.80 |
| 49 | Tarun K. Jella, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Louisville, KY | $197.23 |
| 50 | Colin Keith Cantrell | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $196.87 |
| 51 | Aaron Dowell | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $188.78 |
| 52 | Alex Christopher Jouflas, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Highlands Ranch, CO | $187.58 |
| 53 | Kent Lyle Walker, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $175.93 |
| 54 | Donald R. Ansert Jr., D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | New Albany, IN | $170.01 |
| 55 | Chad E. Mathis, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $156.92 |
| 56 | Zachary Paul Ogden | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $156.77 |
| 57 | Dallas Samuel Hagman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Aurora, CO | $147.87 |
| 58 | Arun Nadar | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Louisville, KY | $140.34 |
| 59 | Storm Reed Berman, DPM | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Louisville, KY | $125.89 |
| 60 | Mohammad Hammad, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Huntington, WV | $123.19 |
| 61 | Natalia Rodriguez Luquerna, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Marshfield, WI | $123.19 |
| 62 | Lamis El Kabab, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Maywood, IL | $123.19 |
| 63 | Daniel Joseph Hackett Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lexington, KY | $122.29 |
| 64 | Miguel S. Daccarett, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $121.35 |
| 65 | Kevin Denehy, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lexington, KY | $116.82 |
| 66 | Jesse Lee Pace, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Auburn, AL | $111.82 |
| 67 | David Neil Caborn, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $110.76 |
| 68 | Brandon Kent Miller, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $107.43 |
| 69 | Travis Parkulo, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $105.35 |
| 70 | Joshua J. Christensen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $98.58 |
| 71 | Andrew R. Bouwkamp, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Mt Sterling, KY | $96.07 |
| 72 | Austin Vincent Stone, M.D., PH.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Lexington, KY | $95.72 |
| 73 | Joseph Wisniewski, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $95.04 |
| 74 | Kevin L. Harreld, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $92.08 |
| 75 | Galen Robert Cummings, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $88.94 |
| 76 | Nathaniel J. Gastaldo, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Leitchfield, KY | $88.61 |
| 77 | Michael John Fish, DO | Surgery | Mount Clemens, MI | $84.99 |
| 78 | Can Bas | Orthopaedic Surgery | Port Matilda, PA | $84.99 |
| 79 | Alan S. Oster, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | London, KY | $80.10 |
| 80 | Patrick Albright, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Powell, TN | $78.47 |
| 81 | Syed Furqan Gilani, M.B.B.S | Orthopaedic Surgery | Campbellsville, KY | $73.40 |
| 82 | Thomas S. Poynter, DPM | Podiatrist | Danville, KY | $70.49 |
| 83 | Timothy C. Ford, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $67.66 |
| 84 | Samual Paul Gracey, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Shepherdsville, KY | $67.30 |
| 85 | Michael David Williams, MD | Surgery | Louisville, KY | $63.97 |
| 86 | Cheslee A. Bloyd, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Lexington, KY | $62.19 |
| 87 | Michael Anthony Basso-Williams, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Jeffersonvlle, IN | $60.88 |
| 88 | Kyle Hardacker, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Providence, RI | $60.42 |
| 89 | Jack Riley Martinez, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | New Braunfels, TX | $60.42 |
| 90 | Ryder Ronald Richard Reed, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $60.42 |
| 91 | Jordan Michael Glaser, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lumberton, NC | $57.44 |
| 92 | Pamela M. Jensen-Stanley, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Somerset, KY | $53.91 |
| 93 | Daniel Robert Yanicko Jr., MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Somerset, KY | $53.91 |
| 94 | Leslie Ellen Schwindel, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cynthiana, KY | $53.91 |
| 95 | Ryan Sherry, DPM | Podiatrist | Louisville, KY | $51.64 |
| 96 | Samuel Thomas Strothman, DPM | Podiatrist | Mesa, AZ | $51.64 |
| 97 | Abraham Zia Adam, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Louisville, KY | $49.71 |
| 98 | Anooshay Naveed, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Elizabethtown, KY | $49.71 |
| 99 | Stacie Grossfeld, M.D. | Specialist | Louisville, KY | $48.85 |
| 100 | Jonathan Quinn Gardner, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $48.44 |
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