Cerapedics Inc.: payments to clinicians
954 clinicians received $750,921 from Cerapedics Inc. in 2025; Neurological Surgery is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (68%) was consulting fees, then food and beverage (18%). The largest single recipient (Neurological Surgery, Colorado) received $126,587.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $750,921 | 1,890 | 954 |
| 2024 | $765,987 | 2,103 | 864 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharad Rajpal, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Boulder, CO | $126,587 |
| 2 | Peter G. Passias, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Durham, NC | $47,161 |
| 3 | Safdar N. Khan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Columbus, OH | $41,618 |
| 4 | Alp Ozpinar | Neurological Surgery | Springfield, OR | $35,616 |
| 5 | Joseph Kim Lee, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Tarrytown, NY | $28,609 |
| 6 | Choll Wan Kim, M.D., PH.D | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | San Diego, CA | $26,170 |
| 7 | James Paul Burke, M.D., PH.D. | Neurological Surgery | Altoona, PA | $25,952 |
| 8 | Arjun S. Sebastian, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $21,554 |
| 9 | David Casper, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Philadelphia, PA | $20,365 |
| 10 | Ernest Earl Braxton Jr., M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Edwards, CO | $19,260 |
| 11 | Merritt Drew Kinon, MD | Neurological Surgery | Bronx, NY | $17,644 |
| 12 | Isaac Moss, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Farmington, CT | $13,674 |
| 13 | John Mangan III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Blue Bell, PA | $12,383 |
| 14 | John M. Caridi, MD | Neurological Surgery | Houston, TX | $12,374 |
| 15 | James Eugene Dowdell, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | New York, NY | $10,590 |
| 16 | Joseph P. Gjolaj, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Miami, FL | $10,553 |
| 17 | Andrew Rudolph Tsen | Neurological Surgery | Bethlehem, PA | $9,875 |
| 18 | Jacob Charles Hoffmann, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Jackson, MS | $8,399 |
| 19 | Anthony Bozzio, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Muskegon, MI | $8,392 |
| 20 | Christopher Paul O'Boynick, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $8,243 |
| 21 | Brendan Foster Judy, MD | Neurological Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $8,197 |
| 22 | Brian Kwon, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Waltham, MA | $8,006 |
| 23 | Betsy H. Grunch, MD | Neurological Surgery | Gainesville, GA | $7,656 |
| 24 | Samuel Kang-Wook Cho, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $7,638 |
| 25 | Walter Hynan Burnham Jr., MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Pasadena, CA | $6,776 |
| 26 | Roland Stanley Kent, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Post Falls, ID | $6,705 |
| 27 | Nima Alan, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $6,326 |
| 28 | Kenneth M. Crandall, MD | Neurological Surgery | Towson, MD | $6,000 |
| 29 | Kevin R. Sharif, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Henderson, NV | $5,929 |
| 30 | Christopher Chaput, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $5,471 |
| 31 | Daniel Martin Harwell, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Tulsa, OK | $4,938 |
| 32 | Norman Barrington Chutkan, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Phoenix, AZ | $4,200 |
| 33 | Oliver Ayling, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Miami, FL | $4,096 |
| 34 | Paul Santiago, MD | Neurological Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $2,930 |
| 35 | Derrick H. Cho, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | The Woodlands, TX | $2,647 |
| 36 | Carl Youssef, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Panama City, FL | $2,600 |
| 37 | Kurt D. Bangerter, MD | Neurological Surgery | Ogden, UT | $2,594 |
| 38 | Jared D. Ament, M.D., M.P.H | Neurological Surgery | West Hills, CA | $2,500 |
| 39 | Jonathan Workman, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Poplar Bluff, MO | $2,318 |
| 40 | Stanley Douglas Crawford, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Monroe, LA | $2,239 |
| 41 | Kenneth Mackinlay, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Madison, IN | $2,176 |
| 42 | David Mann, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Saint Paul, MN | $1,941 |
| 43 | Joshua Gerard Karlin, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Leawood, KS | $1,916 |
| 44 | Alok D. Sharan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Edison, NJ | $1,800 |
| 45 | Michael Anthony Gallizzi, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Lone Tree, CO | $1,800 |
| 46 | Andre Michael Samuel, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Webster, TX | $1,646 |
| 47 | Siddharth Uday Shetgeri, D.O. | Neurological Surgery | Westerville, OH | $1,618 |
| 48 | Mokbel K. Chedid, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Pensacola, FL | $1,573 |
| 49 | Zoya A. Voronovich, MD | Neurological Surgery | Des Moines, IA | $1,535 |
| 50 | Donald David Davis III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Herrin, IL | $1,477 |
| 51 | Christina Ottomeyer, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Thornton, CO | $1,433 |
| 52 | Robert A. Vande Guchte, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Lincoln, NE | $1,429 |
| 53 | Andrew Mark Erwood | Neurological Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $1,201 |
| 54 | Mathias Wayne Daniels, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Watsonville, CA | $1,191 |
| 55 | Narendra Nathoo, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Bowling Green, KY | $1,175 |
| 56 | Daniel Mani Cherian, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Temple, TX | $1,125 |
| 57 | John E. O'Toole, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Chicago, IL | $962.50 |
| 58 | Peter Gregory Whang, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New Haven, CT | $875.00 |
| 59 | Robert T. Vraney, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Newburgh, IN | $823.81 |
| 60 | Serena Shaw Hu, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Stanford, CA | $722.74 |
| 61 | Grace Xi Xiong, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Stanford, CA | $722.74 |
| 62 | Vamsi Krishna Kancherla, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Gainesville, GA | $717.38 |
| 63 | Robert Lee Brady, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Wilton, CT | $653.10 |
| 64 | Michael Thambuswamy, MD | Neurological Surgery | Tulsa, OK | $593.53 |
| 65 | Timothy R. Monroe, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Destin, FL | $576.89 |
| 66 | Bernhard Christoph Meyer, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Houston, TX | $553.01 |
| 67 | Max C. Lee, MD | Neurological Surgery | Milwaukee, WI | $506.41 |
| 68 | Patrick Langham Gleason, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Corpus Christi, TX | $504.20 |
| 69 | Jeffrey C. Cameron Jr., PA-C | Physician Assistant | Washington, PA | $485.16 |
| 70 | Caitlin Dobson Weigand, APRN | Nurse Practitioner | Tampa, FL | $478.98 |
| 71 | Tyler Gavin Allen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $476.01 |
| 72 | Melvin D. Helgeson, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $476.01 |
| 73 | Karthik Hs Madhavan, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Cherry Hill, NJ | $471.93 |
| 74 | Islam Fayed, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Glassboro, NJ | $471.14 |
| 75 | Kenneth Andrew Hood, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Amherst, NY | $460.82 |
| 76 | Neel Anand, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Los Angeles, CA | $441.84 |
| 77 | Philip Kent Johnson, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Andover, MA | $441.18 |
| 78 | Anthony Abimbade Oyekan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $429.71 |
| 79 | Andrew Zhang, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $415.72 |
| 80 | Karim Alexander Shafi, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Houston, TX | $410.51 |
| 81 | Huy Q. Truong, MD | Neurological Surgery | Milwaukee, WI | $400.29 |
| 82 | Connor Lawrence Zale, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Bragg, NC | $397.73 |
| 83 | Scott Allen Vincent, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Omaha, NE | $397.52 |
| 84 | Jason Qualley, MD, CCP,LP | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Destin, FL | $383.31 |
| 85 | Ramin Rak, M.D. | Specialist | Annandale, VA | $382.57 |
| 86 | Marc A. Weinstein, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $375.49 |
| 87 | Richard William Broderick, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Elgin, IL | $370.69 |
| 88 | Zachariah M. George, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | New York, NY | $360.85 |
| 89 | Lionel Nicholas Metz I, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $360.03 |
| 90 | Jay Inder Kumar, MD | Neurological Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $360.03 |
| 91 | Arati Bharat Patel, MD | Specialist | San Francisco, CA | $360.03 |
| 92 | Eric Woods, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Bronx, NY | $356.34 |
| 93 | Todd Frederick Alamin, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Stanford, CA | $356.34 |
| 94 | Ravi R. Agrawal, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Saint Louis, MO | $354.69 |
| 95 | Kristen Ashley Sykora, CRNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Allentown, PA | $351.84 |
| 96 | Alexander Charles Hayden, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $351.36 |
| 97 | Pegah Ghamasaee, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $344.39 |
| 98 | Abdul Mounnem Yassin Kassab, MD | Neurological Surgery | Lakeland, FL | $344.39 |
| 99 | Sophia Mavrommatis, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $342.72 |
| 100 | Ahmad Nassr, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $342.72 |
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