Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.: payments to clinicians
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.'s payments to clinicians fell 39% in 2025, to $61,501,809 across 272 people. Most of it (88%) was royalties and licenses, then acquisitions (10%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgia) received $2,960,897.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $61,501,809 | 1,891 | 272 |
| 2024 | $101,396,521 | 2,547 | 359 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Adam Decook, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cumming, GA | $2,960,897 |
| 2 | Daniel J. Berry, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $2,955,507 |
| 3 | Thomas Keith Fehring, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $2,946,583 |
| 4 | John J. Callaghan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Iowa City, IA | $2,945,359 |
| 5 | Andrew Jeremy Cooper, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Clearwater, FL | $2,901,342 |
| 6 | Douglas Alan Dennis, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Denver, CO | $2,512,023 |
| 7 | Stuart E. Fromm, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rapid City, SD | $2,017,502 |
| 8 | Robert T. Trousdale, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $1,899,396 |
| 9 | George John Haidukewych, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Orlando, FL | $1,894,168 |
| 10 | Robert S. Gorab, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Orange, CA | $1,879,829 |
| 11 | Thomas S. Thornhill, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | $1,680,642 |
| 12 | Mark W. Pagnano, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $1,555,963 |
| 13 | Hugh Sloan West, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Murray, UT | $1,324,677 |
| 14 | Joel Michael Matta, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Vail, CO | $1,213,713 |
| 15 | William George Hamilton, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Alexandria, VA | $1,209,483 |
| 16 | Thomas P. Vail, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Durham, NC | $1,079,151 |
| 17 | Hyun Woo Bae, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Santa Monica, CA | $1,076,618 |
| 18 | David F. Dalury, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Towson, MD | $923,219 |
| 19 | John Bohannon Mason, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $891,345 |
| 20 | Bruce Ziran, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Tucker, GA | $814,656 |
| 21 | William P. Barrett, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Renton, WA | $813,506 |
| 22 | Frank Anthony Liporace, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Jersey City, NJ | $810,529 |
| 23 | Cory A. Collinge, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Fort Worth, TX | $810,215 |
| 24 | David A. Fisher, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $687,833 |
| 25 | Wayne Goldstein, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Morton Grove, IL | $677,004 |
| 26 | Brian David Haas, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Denver, CO | $672,665 |
| 27 | William A. Jiranek, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Durham, NC | $671,880 |
| 28 | David Carl Pollock, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Bermuda Run, NC | $671,558 |
| 29 | Lawrence S. Crossett, MD | Specialist | Pittsburgh, PA | $671,485 |
| 30 | James Thompson Caillouette, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Newport Beach, CA | $671,431 |
| 31 | Jay R. Lieberman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $671,425 |
| 32 | Richard Edward Jones, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Dallas, TX | $670,835 |
| 33 | NPI 1881699726 | — | $670,460 | |
| 34 | James E. Dowd, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Virginia Beach, VA | $669,444 |
| 35 | J Michael Wiater, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Beverly Hills, MI | $606,355 |
| 36 | Matthew J. Smith, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Columbia, MO | $605,064 |
| 37 | Anand M. Murthi, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $604,086 |
| 38 | Andrew Jawa, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Waltham, MA | $600,226 |
| 39 | Derek Jason Cuff, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Venice, FL | $595,194 |
| 40 | Luke Stanford Austin, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Sewell, NJ | $529,563 |
| 41 | Thomas P. Schmalzried, MD INC. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $431,038 |
| 42 | Craig J. Della Valle, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $431,025 |
| 43 | Edward A. Perez, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $396,534 |
| 44 | Michael James Gardner, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Stanford, CA | $366,697 |
| 45 | Thomas F. Higgins, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Salt Lake City, UT | $365,694 |
| 46 | Sean E. Nork, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Seattle, WA | $365,444 |
| 47 | Matthew L. Graves, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Jackson, MS | $364,626 |
| 48 | Michael A. Wirth, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $334,078 |
| 49 | Ryan Michael Nunley, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $326,738 |
| 50 | Keith A. Mayo, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Seattle, WA | $325,622 |
| 51 | Brett R. Bolhofner, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | St Petersburg, FL | $325,612 |
| 52 | Kirk A. Kindsfater, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Collins, CO | $323,048 |
| 53 | David N. Collins, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Little Rock, AR | $322,419 |
| 54 | Joseph S. Gondusky | Orthopaedic Surgery | Virginia Beach, VA | $288,991 |
| 55 | William Lewis Griffin, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $264,645 |
| 56 | David Martin Weinstein, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Colorado Springs, CO | $262,144 |
| 57 | Christopher Cain, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Aurora, CO | $232,983 |
| 58 | Sanford S. Kunkel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $211,406 |
| 59 | Christopher P. Ames, MD | Neurological Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $209,903 |
| 60 | Thomas P. Knapp, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Santa Monica, CA | $207,974 |
| 61 | J Dean Cole, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Orlando, FL | $196,125 |
| 62 | Russell T. Nevins, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Las Vegas, NV | $184,717 |
| 63 | David W. Wimberley | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Houston, TX | $183,506 |
| 64 | Gavan Patrick Duffy, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Jacksonville, FL | $182,859 |
| 65 | Steven L. Barnett, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Orange, CA | $161,542 |
| 66 | Eric Louis Smith, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | $159,287 |
| 67 | Cyrus Erik Abbaschian, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Plano, TX | $154,346 |
| 68 | Derek Thomas Ward, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $149,086 |
| 69 | Jonathan Matthew Vigdorchik, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $148,827 |
| 70 | Steven M. Madey, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lake Oswego, OR | $146,183 |
| 71 | James Irvin Huddleston III, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Stanford, CA | $140,449 |
| 72 | Brian Matthew Curtin, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $140,199 |
| 73 | Todd James Albert, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | New York, NY | $140,016 |
| 74 | Bradford L. Currier, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $132,295 |
| 75 | Peter Owen Newton, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $131,001 |
| 76 | Randal R. Betz, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lawrenceville, NJ | $125,999 |
| 77 | Suken A. Shah, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Wilmington, DE | $117,482 |
| 78 | Peter James Nowotarski, MD | Specialist | Chattanooga, TN | $117,291 |
| 79 | Samir Mehta, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $117,271 |
| 80 | David Paul Barei | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Seattle, WA | $116,714 |
| 81 | Eric O. Klineberg, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Houston, TX | $97,519 |
| 82 | Munish Chandra Gupta, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Saint Louis, MO | $91,304 |
| 83 | Frederick F. Marciano, MD PHD | Neurological Surgery | Scottsdale, AZ | $91,246 |
| 84 | Amer Samdani, MD | Neurological Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $91,046 |
| 85 | Daniel Michael Sciubba, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $87,460 |
| 86 | Khaled M. Kebaish, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $82,521 |
| 87 | Baron S. Lonner, M.D. | Specialist | New York, NY | $81,591 |
| 88 | Jerold P. Gurley, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Cleveland, OH | $75,618 |
| 89 | Robert Francis Heary, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Newark, NJ | $72,681 |
| 90 | Daniel Fitzpatrick, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Eugene, OR | $58,473 |
| 91 | Joel R. Politi, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Gahanna, OH | $37,030 |
| 92 | Thomas J. Blumenfeld, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Pleasanton, CA | $37,030 |
| 93 | Jefferson Craig Morrison, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Nashville, TN | $36,400 |
| 94 | Michael Brian Cross, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $34,718 |
| 95 | Peyman Pakzaban, MD | Neurological Surgery | Pasadena, TX | $32,623 |
| 96 | Wayne E. Moschetti, M.D., M.S. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Lebanon, NH | $31,810 |
| 97 | Paul Joseph Favorito, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cincinnati, OH | $26,825 |
| 98 | Timothy Bruce Alton, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Renton, WA | $26,179 |
| 99 | David Warner Anderson, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Kansas City, KS | $21,307 |
| 100 | Cody Wyles, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $21,187 |
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