Convatec Inc.: payments to clinicians

5,714 clinicians received $10,075,436 from Convatec Inc. in 2025; Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (87%) was debt forgiveness, then consulting fees (8%). The largest single recipient (Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery, New York) received $2,250,000.

Program year	Total	Payments	Clinicians paid
2025	$10,075,436	9,598	5,714
2024	$8,417,125	12,514	6,401

Largest recipients in 2025

#	Clinician	Specialty	Location	Amount
1	George Robert Vito, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Le Roy, NY	$2,250,000
2	NPI 1639132640	—		$912,215
3	Ijeoma Nwuju, DPM	Podiatrist	Washington, DC	$419,589
4	Jugal Dharia, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Fairfax, VA	$302,400
5	Travis J. Montgomery, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Westfield, IN	$291,576
6	Anthony E. Miller, DPM	Podiatrist	Indianapolis, IN	$291,576
7	Ryan Vazales, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Henrico, VA	$273,500
8	Chantel Collier, NP	Nurse Practitioner, Family	Friend, NE	$256,617
9	Kristofor James Kalvig, DPM	Podiatrist, Primary Podiatric Medicine	Tulsa, OK	$240,468
10	Christopher Michael Michaelis, D.O.	Emergency Medicine	Mount Pleasant, SC	$236,018
11	Brooke Leann Gorham, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot Surgery	Gadsden, AL	$205,900
12	Leland T. Gilmore, DPM	Podiatrist	Alexandria, VA	$154,600
13	Rafael Lappost, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Miami Lakes, FL	$150,910
14	William Harris IV, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Lancaster, SC	$134,657
15	Brandon Scot Percival, D.P.M.	Podiatrist	Lancaster, SC	$134,500
16	Willie Forrest Richardson Jr., MD	Dermatology	Fort Lauderdale, FL	$122,400
17	Lawrence D. Chang, M.D.	Plastic Surgery	Newark, DE	$120,496
18	Andrew James Rader, DPM	Podiatrist	Jasper, IN	$119,831
19	Francis W. Previti, MD	Surgery	North Field, NJ	$116,192
20	Ivory Joe Christen, ARNP	Nurse Practitioner, Family	Hallandale Beach, FL	$111,600
21	Francesse M. Bataille, M.D.	Internal Medicine	Dumfries, VA	$108,000
22	Michael T. Hames, DPM	Podiatrist	Florence, AL	$98,200
23	Heather Guadalupe Aguirre, D.O.	Preventive Medicine, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	San Antonio, TX	$95,068
24	Mark P. Robbins, D.O	Specialist	Schertz, TX	$95,037
25	Earnest Paul Sims Mawusi, DPM, FACFAS	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Hampton, VA	$88,300
26	Atieh Jibbe, M.D.	Dermatology, MOHS-Micrographic Surgery	Wichita, KS	$81,447
27	Mark Conliffe, D.O.	Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine & OMM	Louisville, KY	$73,778
28	Jennifer Lynn McKee, FNP-BC	Nurse Practitioner, Family	Germantown, TN	$72,482
29	Daniel R. Brown	Podiatrist	Herrin, IL	$72,114
30	Stephen F. Badylak, DVM, MD, PHD	Family Medicine	Lafayette, IN	$70,958
31	Ajit Kamalakarrao Naidu, MD	Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease	Florence, AL	$63,722
32	Sean Luh, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Flower Mound, TX	$60,876
33	Joseph E. Hatef, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Corning, NY	$52,949
34	Donald B. Rubin, DPM	Podiatrist	Corning, NY	$52,800
35	William S. Long, DPM	Podiatrist	Simpsonville, SC	$50,576
36	Jerome R. Obed, DO	Dermatology	Fort Lauderdale, FL	$49,288
37	Timothy John Miller, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Orlando, FL	$49,279
38	Jacob Edward Hanlon, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Dover, DE	$48,000
39	Michael S. Frasure, ARNP	Nurse Practitioner	Windermere, FL	$48,000
40	Anthony M. Lombardo, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Bridgeton, MO	$46,800
41	Eugenio Rodriguez, M.D.	Surgery	Delray Beach, FL	$46,800
42	Augustine R. Eze, MD	Surgery	Gastonia, NC	$42,900
43	Paul Potach, DPM	Podiatrist	Wheeling, IL	$40,764
44	Ivan David Rodriguez, D.O.	Family Medicine	Hialeah, FL	$37,800
45	Jeffrey Pantano, DPM	Podiatrist	Milton, MA	$37,708
46	Melissa Lynn Ricci, DPM	Podiatrist	Milton, MA	$37,708
47	Spruha Magodia, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Lawrence Township, NJ	$37,000
48	Vickie Rae Driver, DPM,MS,FACFAS	Podiatrist, Foot Surgery	Fairfax, VA	$34,597
49	Vincent Sollecito III, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Saint Louis, MO	$34,267
50	John W. Richard, MD	Family Medicine	Lexington, KY	$33,600
51	Jason Green, DO	Dermatology	Fort Lauderdale, FL	$33,355
52	Azher Iqbal	Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology	Buffalo, NY	$32,800
53	Marguerite A. Germain, MD	Dermatology	Mt Pleasant, SC	$31,200
54	Matthew D. Neuhaus, DPM	Podiatrist	Smyrna, TN	$30,000
55	Charles L. Newman, M.D.	Surgery	Gadsden, AL	$29,917
56	Lindsey Elise Burney, FNP	Nurse Practitioner, Family	Water Valley, MS	$28,080
57	Catherine T. Milne, APRN	Nurse Practitioner	Plymouth, CT	$28,044
58	Ashma Shalonda Davidson, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Primary Podiatric Medicine	Statesville, NC	$27,400
59	Catherine M. Rezendes, DPM	Podiatrist	Live Oak, TX	$25,200
60	Rory B. Snepar, D.O.	Surgery	Shrewsbury, NJ	$24,466
61	Robert Jamey Herbst, DPM	Podiatrist	Florence, KY	$23,516
62	Jeffrey T. Roith, D.P.M.	Podiatrist	Overland Park, KS	$23,461
63	David George Armstrong, DPM, PHD	Podiatrist	Los Angeles, CA	$23,343
64	Anthony Joseph Lalama, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Macomb, MI	$22,555
65	John J. Holtzman, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Saint Louis, MO	$22,229
66	Joanne N. Balkaran, JOANNE BALKARAN	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Tavares, FL	$22,200
67	Vikram K. Rao, MD	Surgery, Vascular Surgery	Willoughby, OH	$22,093
68	Razieh Mohseni, MD	Internal Medicine	Concord Twp, OH	$20,800
69	Ted Armstrong Kovacev, MD	Surgery	Lake Jackson, TX	$19,220
70	Izuchukwu Daniel Okpara, M.D.	Surgery	Valencia, CA	$19,000
71	Austin Reeves, D P M	Podiatrist	Texarkana, TX	$19,000
72	Mark I. Winters, DPM	Podiatrist	Elyria, OH	$18,200
73	Michael Gregory Foss	Dermatology	Bradenton, FL	$18,200
74	Joshua David Scoll, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot Surgery	Bensalem, PA	$17,529
75	Christopher W. Pollock, M.D.	Surgery, Vascular Surgery	Knoxville, TN	$17,400
76	Samir Samuel Awad, MD	Surgery, Surgical Critical Care	Houston, TX	$17,186
77	Traci A. Kimball, MD CWSP	Surgery	Arvada, CO	$15,804
78	Samuel T. A. Simone, M.D.	Surgery, Vascular Surgery	Pittsburgh, PA	$15,642
79	Giselle Ojeda, DPM	Podiatrist	Miami Lakes, FL	$15,000
80	Marcus Yarbrough, MD	General Practice	Virginia Beach, VA	$14,983
81	Todd V. Clark, M.D.	Dermatology	Nicholasville, KY	$14,124
82	Peninnah Kumar, D.P.M.	Podiatrist	Mt Juliet, TN	$14,091
83	Michael Joseph Tarbox, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Roulette, PA	$14,069
84	Nicole L. Zahn, DPM, MS	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Boca Raton, FL	$13,932
85	Shashank Chandra Srivastava, D.P.M.	Podiatrist	Rockville, MD	$13,400
86	Joseph Anthony Megara III, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	West Deptford, NJ	$13,200
87	Charles Robert Nathan, MD	Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Saint Louis, MO	$12,701
88	Chelsea Nicole Kelley	Nurse Practitioner	Birmingham, AL	$12,480
89	Misty Nicole Lee, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Florence, SC	$12,037
90	Rembert Alphonso Crawford, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Hamlet, NC	$11,221
91	Brent S. Wood, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Georgetown, TX	$11,042
92	Walter Francis D'Costa, D.P.M.	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Santa Rosa, CA	$10,642
93	Kathleen Panepinto, DPM	Podiatrist	Athens, PA	$10,175
94	Antonia F. Chen, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Dallas, TX	$9,563
95	Christopher Warner Palmer, D.O.	Orthopaedic Surgery	Saint Louis, MO	$9,458
96	Kiana Karbasi	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Orlando, FL	$9,196
97	Seana Rutherford, NP-C	Nurse Practitioner, Family	Brooklyn, OH	$9,125
98	Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD	Surgery, Vascular Surgery	Albany, NY	$8,876
99	Michael Sturm, D.P.M.	Podiatrist	Delray Beach, FL	$8,850
100	Eric R. Blanson, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Shenandoah, TX	$8,800

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