Cochlear Americas: payments to clinicians
Cochlear Americas's payments to clinicians rose 71% in 2025, to $690,130 across 977 people. Most of it (58%) was travel and lodging, then consulting fees (25%). The largest single recipient (Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology, Colorado) received $35,368.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $690,130 | 2,082 | 977 |
| 2024 | $402,702 | 1,732 | 703 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David C. Kelsall, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Englewood, CO | $35,368 |
| 2 | Jacques A. Herzog, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Saint Louis, MO | $32,210 |
| 3 | Richard K. Gurgel, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Salt Lake City, UT | $30,217 |
| 4 | Bruce J. Gantz, MD | Otolaryngology | Iowa City, IA | $27,284 |
| 5 | Craig Alan Buchman, MD | Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck | Saint Louis, MO | $26,195 |
| 6 | Nedim Durakovic, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Creve Coeur, MO | $22,173 |
| 7 | Neil S. Patel, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Rochester, MN | $18,062 |
| 8 | Richard S. Baker, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Oklahoma City, OK | $16,927 |
| 9 | Amit Walia, MD | Otolaryngology | Saint Louis, MO | $16,611 |
| 10 | Simon I. Angeli, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Miami, FL | $16,355 |
| 11 | Joseph Andrew Ursick, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Overland Park, KS | $16,020 |
| 12 | Robert Daniel Cullen, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Overland Park, KS | $15,993 |
| 13 | James Eric Lupo, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Englewood, CO | $15,793 |
| 14 | Mark W. Wood, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Edmond, OK | $15,633 |
| 15 | Brian A. Neff, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Rochester, MN | $15,625 |
| 16 | Matthew Luke Carlson, MD | Otolaryngology | Rochester, MN | $15,625 |
| 17 | Ryan M. Casserly, MD | Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery | Monterey, CA | $15,466 |
| 18 | Seilesh C. Babu, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Farmington Hills, MI | $13,603 |
| 19 | Marlan R. Hansen, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Iowa City, IA | $13,152 |
| 20 | Shawn Michael Stevens, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Phoenix, AZ | $12,875 |
| 21 | Robert S. Hong, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Farmington Hills, MI | $12,816 |
| 22 | Varun Varadarajan, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Sacramento, CA | $11,792 |
| 23 | Sarah Elizabeth Mowry, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Cleveland, OH | $11,635 |
| 24 | Courtney C. J. Voelker, M.D., P.H.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Los Angeles, CA | $10,037 |
| 25 | John T. Roland Jr., M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | New York, NY | $9,604 |
| 26 | Sean Oleary McMenomey, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | New York, NY | $9,367 |
| 27 | Sharon Lynn Cushing, M.D. MSC. | Otolaryngology | Seattle, WA | $9,345 |
| 28 | Maura K. Cosetti, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Shreveport, LA | $9,285 |
| 29 | Alejandro Rivas Campo, M.D, | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Cleveland, OH | $8,793 |
| 30 | Fred F. Telischi, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Miami, FL | $8,771 |
| 31 | Si Chen, MD | Otolaryngology | Gainesville, FL | $8,516 |
| 32 | Cameron Connelly Wick, MD | Otolaryngology | Cleveland, OH | $8,473 |
| 33 | Alex D. Sweeney, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Houston, TX | $8,053 |
| 34 | Clifford Scott Brown, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Atlanta, GA | $6,264 |
| 35 | Candice Colleen Colby-Scott, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Midland, MI | $5,614 |
| 36 | Nicholas A. Quinn, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Fort Collins, CO | $5,439 |
| 37 | Abraham Jacob, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Tucson, AZ | $5,413 |
| 38 | Brian William Hixon, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Lexington, KY | $5,262 |
| 39 | James C. Prueter, DO | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Grove City, OH | $5,111 |
| 40 | Jay Gantz, M.D./PH.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Portland, OR | $4,389 |
| 41 | Kevin Zhan, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Chicago, IL | $3,852 |
| 42 | Armine Kocharyan, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Saint Paul, MN | $2,826 |
| 43 | Margaret Irene Engelhardt, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Minneapolis, MN | $2,679 |
| 44 | Benjamin Ray Campbell, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Grand Forks, ND | $2,599 |
| 45 | Cameron Todd, MD | Otolaryngology | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,441 |
| 46 | Steven David Curry, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Los Angeles, CA | $2,415 |
| 47 | Eric Edward Babajanian, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Spokane, WA | $2,340 |
| 48 | Hae-Ok Kim, M.D | Otolaryngology | New York, NY | $2,213 |
| 49 | Matthew Lee Bush, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Lexington, KY | $2,102 |
| 50 | Alexander Chern, MD | Otolaryngology | Philadelphia, PA | $1,957 |
| 51 | Catherine Leary Kennedy | Otolaryngology | Camden, NJ | $1,886 |
| 52 | Jason Keith Adams | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Jbsa Ft Sam Houston, TX | $1,695 |
| 53 | John Edward Tieben, M.D. | Family Medicine | New Prague, MN | $1,618 |
| 54 | Mark Bassim, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Cleveland, OH | $1,600 |
| 55 | Ksenia Aviella Aaron, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Cleveland, OH | $1,577 |
| 56 | Philip Zazove, MD | Family Medicine | Dexter, MI | $1,571 |
| 57 | Katrina Ruth Stidham, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Hawthorne, NY | $1,367 |
| 58 | Cedric V. Pritchett, MD | Otolaryngology, Pediatric Otolaryngology | Orlando, FL | $1,261 |
| 59 | Nicole Jiam, MD | Otolaryngology | San Francisco, CA | $1,060 |
| 60 | Douglas Martin Bennion, MD, PHD | Otolaryngology | Iowa City, IA | $800.00 |
| 61 | Daniel Jethanamest, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | New York, NY | $735.16 |
| 62 | Scott Bennett Shapiro, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Cincinnati, OH | $726.75 |
| 63 | Nofrat Schwartz, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | New Haven, CT | $575.97 |
| 64 | Michael Hoa, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Washington, DC | $555.75 |
| 65 | Vincent Benedict Ostrowski, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Indianapolis, IN | $503.81 |
| 66 | Benjamin John Wycherly, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Farmington, CT | $490.22 |
| 67 | Theodore P. Mason, MD | Otolaryngology | Springfield, MA | $476.00 |
| 68 | Dennis I. Bojrab, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Farmington Hills, MI | $473.66 |
| 69 | Charles W. Yates, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Indianapolis, IN | $458.49 |
| 70 | Enrique Ramon Perez, MBA | Otolaryngology | New York, NY | $458.26 |
| 71 | Jacob Charles Lucas, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Farmington Hills, MI | $456.33 |
| 72 | David Lafferty | Otolaryngology | Newark, DE | $440.34 |
| 73 | Patrick Cody Buchanan, D.O. | Otolaryngology, Facial Plastic Surgery | Tulsa, OK | $436.10 |
| 74 | Chester F. Griffiths, MD, FACS | Otolaryngology | Los Angeles, CA | $416.87 |
| 75 | Sarah Syed Connell, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Walnut Creek, CA | $411.97 |
| 76 | Charles Limb, M.D. | Otolaryngology | San Francisco, CA | $405.25 |
| 77 | Justin Cottrell, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | New Haven, CT | $395.27 |
| 78 | Kevin X. McKennan, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Sacramento, CA | $390.07 |
| 79 | Matthew Allen Shew, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Saint Louis, MO | $386.21 |
| 80 | Judith S. Kempfle, MD | Otolaryngology | Worcester, MA | $383.74 |
| 81 | Caleb Eugene Burrows, D.O. | Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery | Tulsa, OK | $381.92 |
| 82 | Samuel Ralph Barber, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Phoenix, AZ | $381.11 |
| 83 | Terence Imbery | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Chicago, IL | $380.39 |
| 84 | Rick F. Nelson, MD.,PHD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Indianapolis, IN | $377.08 |
| 85 | Neal Morris Jackson, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | New Orleans, LA | $375.35 |
| 86 | Jeffrey D. Sharon, MD | Otolaryngology | St. Louis, MO | $367.44 |
| 87 | Adam Nolan Master, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | New Orleans, LA | $360.87 |
| 88 | Divya Chari, MD | Otolaryngology | Worcester, MA | $357.25 |
| 89 | James Douglas Green Jr., M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Jacksonville, FL | $348.42 |
| 90 | Elina Kari, M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | La Jolla, CA | $336.58 |
| 91 | Evan Charles Cumpston, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Indianapolis, IN | $335.85 |
| 92 | Brent Jason Benscoter, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Sacramento, CA | $332.93 |
| 93 | Liam M. Duffy, MD | Otolaryngology | Rapid City, SD | $326.08 |
| 94 | Brian Jacob Johnson, MD | Otolaryngology | Rochester, MN | $318.76 |
| 95 | Rodney C. Diaz, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Sacramento, CA | $317.23 |
| 96 | Eric Smouha, MD | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | New York, NY | $316.86 |
| 97 | John T. McElveen Jr., M.D. | Otolaryngology, Otology & Neurotology | Raleigh, NC | $316.48 |
| 98 | Soha Nadim Ghossaini, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Arlington Heights, IL | $311.18 |
| 99 | Ronald George Dong, M.D. | Otolaryngology | Stockton, CA | $310.00 |
| 100 | Mudita Gogna, M.D. | Allergy & Immunology | Roseville, CA | $310.00 |
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