Elevate Surgical Co: payments to clinicians
Elevate Surgical Co's payments to clinicians fell 25% in 2025, to $10,571 across 187 people. Most of it (92%) was food and beverage, then travel and lodging (8%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, California) received $1,023.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10,571 | 279 | 187 |
| 2024 | $14,161 | 330 | 218 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Stephen Bogard, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Diego, CA | $1,023 |
| 2 | Tal David, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Diego, CA | $560.36 |
| 3 | Vivian K. Chang, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Tuba City, AZ | $398.58 |
| 4 | Derek George Dombroski, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Olympia, WA | $307.21 |
| 5 | Brianna Caraet, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Rochester, NY | $301.64 |
| 6 | Victoria Anne Scala, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Kailua Kona, HI | $260.17 |
| 7 | Craig R. Bottoni, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Tripler Army Medical Center, HI | $217.46 |
| 8 | Yuhang Sun | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Diego, CA | $179.75 |
| 9 | Trent Tamate | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $176.89 |
| 10 | David L. Schub, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Marcos, CA | $166.62 |
| 11 | Tianyi Wang, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Oceanside, CA | $162.64 |
| 12 | Ara S. Klijian, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | San Diego, CA | $155.88 |
| 13 | Sanjum Paul Singh Samagh, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Encinitas, CA | $137.10 |
| 14 | Steven M. Cocking, PAC | Physician Assistant | Phoenix, AZ | $122.83 |
| 15 | Spencer K.Y. Chang, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $122.83 |
| 16 | Amarpal Singh Arora, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $113.45 |
| 17 | Evan Nigh, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $107.34 |
| 18 | Aditya Manoharan, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Tucson, AZ | $105.46 |
| 19 | Jennifer Lauren Smith, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $105.01 |
| 20 | Matthew Siow, MD, MBA | Orthopaedic Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $96.27 |
| 21 | Jay Boughanem, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $94.69 |
| 22 | Dylan T. Tromblay, PA | Physician Assistant, Surgical | San Diego, CA | $93.21 |
| 23 | Lucas Stevenson McDonald, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Diego, CA | $85.43 |
| 24 | David Sosnoski Jr., DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Battle Creek, MI | $79.41 |
| 25 | Laura R.A. Alberton, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | La Jolla, CA | $78.66 |
| 26 | Jerrick Gene Robker, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $78.45 |
| 27 | Douglas E. Ching, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Waimea, HI | $66.41 |
| 28 | Andrew Tennant Pennock, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $65.90 |
| 29 | Matthew Robert Schmitz, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $65.41 |
| 30 | Nicklaus Nishijima | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Vista, CA | $64.44 |
| 31 | Cameron Barr, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | La Jolla, CA | $63.60 |
| 32 | Ariel Palanca, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Stanford, CA | $61.02 |
| 33 | Lester Randall Mohler, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $60.16 |
| 34 | Louis D. Gilles, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Encinitas, CA | $59.89 |
| 35 | Zachary James Kramer, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot Surgery | Encinitas, CA | $58.16 |
| 36 | Dyson L. Hamner, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $57.39 |
| 37 | Jashpreet Sanghera, DPM | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Encinitas, CA | $57.27 |
| 38 | John Grotting, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $56.94 |
| 39 | Ashley-Rae Nobuko Valledor Fujie-Fukuki, APRN | Nurse Practitioner | Honolulu, HI | $56.89 |
| 40 | Kellie Kurasaki, MD | Family Medicine, Geriatric Medicine | Honolulu, HI | $56.89 |
| 41 | Hidemi Dela Cruz, FNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Honolulu, HI | $56.89 |
| 42 | Lance Michael Kurata, M D | Internal Medicine | Honolulu, HI | $56.89 |
| 43 | Emily Diep, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Honolulu, HI | $56.89 |
| 44 | Brent K. Uyeno, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Honolulu, HI | $56.89 |
| 45 | Nobuyuki Miki, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Honolulu, HI | $56.89 |
| 46 | Nicole Mahealani Lum, DO | Family Medicine, Geriatric Medicine | Honolulu, HI | $56.89 |
| 47 | Kyong Su Min, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $56.89 |
| 48 | Paul Stickels, MD | Military Health Care Provider | Camp Pendleton, CA | $56.69 |
| 49 | Tyler Wilps, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | San Diego, CA | $56.36 |
| 50 | Chris S. Pallia, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Coronado, CA | $56.06 |
| 51 | Andromahi Trivellas | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $55.12 |
| 52 | Robert Putko, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Diego, CA | $52.83 |
| 53 | Jeffrey Robert Brooks, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Oceanside, CA | $52.23 |
| 54 | Austin McCadden, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Landstuhl, RHINELAND-PALATINATE | $51.84 |
| 55 | Mark Schultzel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $45.47 |
| 56 | Benjamin Dennis Cullen, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | San Diego, CA | $44.97 |
| 57 | Adnan Cutuk, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Diego, CA | $40.77 |
| 58 | Garrett Kenneth Berger, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $40.77 |
| 59 | Eric Paul Hofmeister, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Chula Vista, CA | $39.05 |
| 60 | Daniel T. Keefe, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | La Jolla, CA | $37.89 |
| 61 | Joseph Robert Carney, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $37.89 |
| 62 | Paul C. Murphy, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Diego, CA | $37.89 |
| 63 | Erik Scott Stark, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Oceanside, CA | $37.89 |
| 64 | Gregory M. Alberton, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | San Diego, CA | $37.89 |
| 65 | John G. Lane, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $37.89 |
| 66 | James Phillip Andry, MD, MS, BS | Orthopaedic Surgery | La Jolla, CA | $37.89 |
| 67 | Karch Smith, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | San Diego, CA | $37.89 |
| 68 | Garrett J. Tallman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Carlsbad, CA | $37.89 |
| 69 | Tyler Paras, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Pittsburgh, PA | $37.89 |
| 70 | Ralph Erik Rynning, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $37.89 |
| 71 | Kevin Owsley, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Poway, CA | $37.89 |
| 72 | Sara M. Guerra, MD, FRCSC | Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Los Angeles, CA | $37.28 |
| 73 | James Rafael McClurg, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $37.28 |
| 74 | Alon A. Garay, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | San Diego, CA | $37.28 |
| 75 | Kristopher Lee Downing, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | La Jolla, CA | $37.28 |
| 76 | Sanjeev Kakar, MD | Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Rochester, MN | $37.28 |
| 77 | Joanne Yula Zhang, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Newport Beach, CA | $37.28 |
| 78 | Philip Wrotslavsky, DPM, CEO | Podiatrist | Poway, CA | $36.94 |
| 79 | Devanshu V. Kansara, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $36.58 |
| 80 | Alexander Charles Garber, M.D. PHD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Honolulu, HI | $36.39 |
| 81 | David Wing Lee, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Lahaina, HI | $35.40 |
| 82 | Blane Kalani Chong, M. D. | Family Medicine, Sports Medicine | Honolulu, HI | $34.56 |
| 83 | Amy E. Steele, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | $34.32 |
| 84 | Steven Luke Berthelsen, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Vista, CA | $33.97 |
| 85 | William E. Daner III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Tripler Army Medical Center, HI | $33.40 |
| 86 | Alvin K. Shieh, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Escondido, CA | $33.27 |
| 87 | Arush Arvin Patel, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Escondido, CA | $33.27 |
| 88 | Collin Silas Smith, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Poway, CA | $33.10 |
| 89 | Trenton Read | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Encinitas, CA | $33.10 |
| 90 | Joseph W. Davis, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Seattle, WA | $31.77 |
| 91 | Lansing Leiohu Sugita | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $31.77 |
| 92 | Wade Aron Banta, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $31.77 |
| 93 | Julian Benjamin Rimm, MD, MSC | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $31.77 |
| 94 | Michael J. Bellino, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Stanford, CA | $31.77 |
| 95 | Morgan Elliott Hasegawa, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Edina, MN | $31.77 |
| 96 | Nathan Kim | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $31.77 |
| 97 | Sean Chan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $31.77 |
| 98 | Sable Neuendorf, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $31.77 |
| 99 | Jonathan Chang Horng | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $31.77 |
| 100 | Gregory Kilohana Latta | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $31.77 |
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