Ethicon Inc.: payments to clinicians
Ethicon Inc.'s payments to clinicians rose 33% in 2025, to $2,852,100 across 929 people. Most of it (88%) was consulting fees, then travel and lodging (4%). The largest single recipient (Surgery, Florida) received $114,560.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,852,100 | 2,739 | 929 |
| 2024 | $2,141,473 | 2,768 | 812 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Chae Kim, M.D. | Surgery | Celebration, FL | $114,560 |
| 2 | Gustavo Cumbo-Nacheli | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Grand Rapids, MI | $94,270 |
| 3 | Michael Megaly, MD | Surgery | Minneapolis, MN | $78,000 |
| 4 | Samir Makani, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | San Diego, CA | $67,108 |
| 5 | Raed Mohammad Alnajjar, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Detroit, MI | $66,361 |
| 6 | Eugene O. Dickens, M.D. | Surgery | Tulsa, OK | $56,836 |
| 7 | William Johnston, MD | Urology | Livonia, MI | $44,779 |
| 8 | Ragui Sadek, M. D. | Surgery | Somerset, NJ | $33,374 |
| 9 | Christopher J. Manley, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Philadelphia, PA | $32,888 |
| 10 | Eduardo Parra-Davila, M.D. | Colon & Rectal Surgery | West Palm Beach, FL | $31,448 |
| 11 | Marcelino E. Rivera, M.D. | Urology | Indianapolis, IN | $30,278 |
| 12 | Faisal Ahmad Khan, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Greenwood, IN | $30,154 |
| 13 | Erik B. Wilson, M.D. | Surgery | Bellaire, TX | $29,655 |
| 14 | Yanghee Woo, M.D. | Surgery, Surgical Oncology | Duarte, CA | $29,223 |
| 15 | Simone Crivellaro, MD | Urology | Chicago, IL | $28,376 |
| 16 | Alan R. Posner, MD | Surgery | Buffalo, NY | $25,697 |
| 17 | Collin E M Brathwaite, MD | Specialist | Mineola, NY | $25,036 |
| 18 | Dominic Joseph Papandria, M.D. | Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $24,653 |
| 19 | Filippo Filicori, MD | General Acute Care Hospital | New York, NY | $24,437 |
| 20 | Robert James Aragon, M.D. | Surgery | Lenexa, KS | $23,955 |
| 21 | Pedro T. Ramirez, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology | Houston, TX | $23,859 |
| 22 | John Francis Tann, MD | Surgery | Kansas City, KS | $22,969 |
| 23 | Ranjan Sudan, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry | Durham, NC | $22,703 |
| 24 | Shaina Rose Eckhouse, MD | Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $22,084 |
| 25 | Wilson R. Molina Jr., MD | Urology | Kansas City, KS | $20,708 |
| 26 | Amanda Michelle Burns, M.D. | Surgery | Ocala, FL | $20,000 |
| 27 | Christopher Garnet Ducoin, MD, MPH | Surgery | Tampa, FL | $19,705 |
| 28 | Nicholas J. Panetta, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Tampa, FL | $19,306 |
| 29 | Edwin S. Menor, M.D. | Surgery | The Villages, FL | $18,450 |
| 30 | Sandeep Anantha Sathyanarayana, M.D | Surgery | Greenvale, NY | $18,300 |
| 31 | Tejinder Paul Singh, M.D. | Transplant Surgery | Albany, NY | $18,250 |
| 32 | Ankit Dilip Patel, M.D. | Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $18,100 |
| 33 | Edward Cheng, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Minneapolis, MN | $18,000 |
| 34 | Richard D. Oh, MD | Surgery | Gilbert, AZ | $17,800 |
| 35 | Gordon G. Wisbach III, M.D | Surgery | San Diego, CA | $17,600 |
| 36 | Bob Kiaii, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Sacramento, CA | $17,498 |
| 37 | Peter Joseph Dipasco, MD | Surgery, Surgical Oncology | Saint Louis, MO | $16,984 |
| 38 | Carlos Manuel Ortiz Ortiz, M.D. | Surgery | Celebration, FL | $16,950 |
| 39 | Juan Carlos Gutierrez, M.D. | Surgery | Ocala, FL | $16,900 |
| 40 | Beth A. White, M.D. | Surgery | Maumee, OH | $16,700 |
| 41 | Allen Paul Chudzinski, M.D. | Colon & Rectal Surgery | Tampa, FL | $16,542 |
| 42 | Camille Linick Stewart, MD | Surgery, Surgical Oncology | Highlands Ranch, CO | $16,119 |
| 43 | Eric Hans Jensen, MD | Surgery, Surgical Oncology | Minneapolis, MN | $15,660 |
| 44 | Gina Lynn Adrales, M.D. | Surgery | Lutherville, MD | $15,435 |
| 45 | Lora Marie Melman, MD | Surgery | Somerset, NJ | $15,414 |
| 46 | William H. Scott Jr., DO | Surgery | Henderson, NV | $15,400 |
| 47 | Thomas Kepner Mahan, M.D. | Surgery | Winter Park, FL | $15,300 |
| 48 | Khoi H. Du, M.D. | Surgery | Webster, TX | $15,054 |
| 49 | Benny Yee-Chun Chong, M.D. | Colon & Rectal Surgery | Concord, NC | $15,050 |
| 50 | Daniel Tseng, M.D. | Surgery | Portland, OR | $14,950 |
| 51 | Nabil Tariq, M.D. | Surgery | Houston, TX | $14,807 |
| 52 | Ali Zarrinpar, M.D. | Surgery | Gainesville, FL | $14,750 |
| 53 | Michael Lewis Green Jr., M.D. | Surgery | Fort Worth, TX | $14,517 |
| 54 | Aaron J. Lee, DO | Surgery | Riverside, CA | $14,408 |
| 55 | Mark Richard Dylewski, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Pinecrest, FL | $14,396 |
| 56 | Michael D. Mullins, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Savannah, GA | $14,307 |
| 57 | Haroon M. Raja, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Newark, DE | $14,249 |
| 58 | Cristiano Vidolin Alpendre, M.D. | Surgery | Brandon, FL | $14,040 |
| 59 | Joseph Sujka, M.D. | Surgery | Tampa, FL | $13,841 |
| 60 | Arthur T. Martella, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Rochester, NY | $13,776 |
| 61 | Marco Ferrara, M.D. | Colon & Rectal Surgery | Orlando, FL | $13,500 |
| 62 | Daniel David Klaristenfeld, MD | Surgery | Fontana, CA | $13,500 |
| 63 | Reginald C.W. Bell, MD | Surgery | Lone Tree, CO | $13,415 |
| 64 | Steven Edward Hodgett, M.D. | Surgery | Jacksonville, FL | $13,278 |
| 65 | Carla Marie Pugh, MD | Surgery | Palo Alto, CA | $13,200 |
| 66 | Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD | Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $13,148 |
| 67 | Elias A. Zias, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | New York, NY | $12,810 |
| 68 | Anthony Italo Squillaro, M.D. | Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $12,782 |
| 69 | Said Charbel Azoury, SAID AZOURY | Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $12,749 |
| 70 | Francisco Antonio Perez Loreto, MD (HOUSE PHYSICIAN) | Hospitalist | Miami, FL | $12,599 |
| 71 | Jaime Landman, M.D. | Urology | Orange, CA | $12,595 |
| 72 | Jeffrey E. Friedman, MD | Surgery | Lakeland, FL | $12,550 |
| 73 | Jiwoon Chang, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Stanford, CA | $12,390 |
| 74 | George Kevin Gillian, M.D. | Surgery | Lorton, VA | $12,350 |
| 75 | Gregg Jossart, M.D. | Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $12,332 |
| 76 | Winston Ming Tak Chan, M.D. | Surgery | Arlington, TX | $12,200 |
| 77 | Tanyaradzwa Kajese, MD | Surgery | Houston, TX | $12,161 |
| 78 | Edward D. Auyang, M.D. | Surgery | Albuquerque, NM | $12,000 |
| 79 | Jonathan Christopher Lohrbach, M.D. | Surgery | Zephyrhills, FL | $12,000 |
| 80 | Dung Hoang Nguyen | Surgery | Palo Alto, CA | $11,960 |
| 81 | Pranjal Ramanlal Patel, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Stanford, CA | $11,957 |
| 82 | Thomas Chen-Chia Tsai, MD | Surgery | Boston, MA | $11,930 |
| 83 | Hany Magdy Takla, M.D, MRCS | Surgery | Orlando, FL | $11,880 |
| 84 | Tarik Kaya Yuce, MD | Surgery | Westerville, OH | $11,877 |
| 85 | James Dana Kondrup, M.D | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecology | Venice, FL | $11,800 |
| 86 | Margaret Blair Marshall, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Boston, MA | $11,646 |
| 87 | Jason Reid Wellen, MD | Transplant Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $11,615 |
| 88 | John Smith Berry IV, MD | Colon & Rectal Surgery | Pennington, NJ | $11,600 |
| 89 | John Colton Cowling, MD | Surgery | Houston, TX | $11,557 |
| 90 | Francesca Maria Dimou, MD | Surgery | Tampa, FL | $11,406 |
| 91 | Thomas Chi, MD | Urology | Birmingham, AL | $11,353 |
| 92 | Donald Robert Fridley, DO | Surgery | Hudson, FL | $11,352 |
| 93 | Francisco Hilario Itriago, MD | Surgery | Brandon, FL | $11,280 |
| 94 | Ramon A.G. Brown, MD | Colon & Rectal Surgery | Pascagoula, MS | $11,250 |
| 95 | Craig B. Morgenthal, MD | Surgery | Jacksonville, FL | $11,213 |
| 96 | Robert J. Cerfolio, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | New York, NY | $11,154 |
| 97 | David Leslie Zisow, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecology | Forest Hill, MD | $11,000 |
| 98 | Melissa Marie Felinski, DO | Surgery | Bellaire, TX | $10,780 |
| 99 | Omar Mohammad Ibrahim, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Farmington, CT | $10,663 |
| 100 | Mark D. Dabagia, MD | Urology | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,650 |
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