Expanding Innovations, Inc.: payments to clinicians
Expanding Innovations, Inc.'s payments to clinicians rose 110% in 2025, to $274,104 across 74 people. Most of it (68%) was consulting fees, then royalties and licenses (30%). The largest single recipient (Internal Medicine, Illinois) received $28,648.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $274,104 | 119 | 74 |
| 2024 | $130,765 | 92 | 42 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankit Mehta, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Chicago, IL | $28,648 |
| 2 | K Brandon Strenge, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Paducah, KY | $22,757 |
| 3 | Charles Hopkins Crawford III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Louisville, KY | $18,197 |
| 4 | Frank La Marca, MD | Neurological Surgery | Ann Arbor, MI | $16,877 |
| 5 | Jamal Shillingford | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Larkspur, CA | $15,855 |
| 6 | Joseph L. Laratta, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Louisville, KY | $14,398 |
| 7 | Wilson Zachary Ray, MD | Neurological Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $13,806 |
| 8 | Mladen Djurasovic, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Louisville, KY | $10,200 |
| 9 | Justin Mathew, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Louisville, KY | $9,900 |
| 10 | Andrew A. Sama, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Ny, NY | $9,749 |
| 11 | Ngoc-Lam Minh Nguyen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Sarasota, FL | $9,749 |
| 12 | Marc A. Weinstein, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $9,599 |
| 13 | Eric G. Davis, MD | Transplant Surgery | Louisville, KY | $9,000 |
| 14 | Jeffrey Lynn Gum, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Louisville, KY | $8,574 |
| 15 | Nikhil A. Thakur, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | North Andover, MA | $7,904 |
| 16 | Seth K. Williams, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Madison, WI | $7,813 |
| 17 | Ian Gordon Dorward, MD | Neurological Surgery | Provo, UT | $7,807 |
| 18 | Simon A. Salerno, MD | Neurological Surgery | Wall Township, NJ | $7,677 |
| 19 | Puya Alikhani, MD | Neurological Surgery | Tampa, FL | $7,661 |
| 20 | Kathryn McCarthy Mullooly, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Louisville, KY | $5,249 |
| 21 | Alex Gitelman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Stamford, CT | $4,199 |
| 22 | Patrick R. Tomak, MD | Neurological Surgery | New Haven, CT | $3,545 |
| 23 | Travis Cato Paul Washington, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Detroit, MI | $3,000 |
| 24 | John M. Beiner, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Branford, CT | $2,945 |
| 25 | David Wells-Roth, MD | Neurological Surgery | Edison, NJ | $2,399 |
| 26 | Sharad Rajpal, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Boulder, CO | $2,191 |
| 27 | Hanbing Zhou, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Hartford, CT | $2,098 |
| 28 | Paul R. Krafft, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Daytona Beach, FL | $1,866 |
| 29 | Jared Justin Seale, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Little Rock, AR | $1,601 |
| 30 | Shirvinda A. Wijesekera, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Hamden, CT | $1,499 |
| 31 | Gregory William Basil, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Miami, FL | $1,200 |
| 32 | Armen Robert Deukmedjian, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Wesley Chapel, FL | $899.60 |
| 33 | Ian Tafel, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Miami, FL | $837.32 |
| 34 | Daniel M. Hafez, MD | Neurological Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $599.30 |
| 35 | John Ogunlade, DO | Neurological Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $599.30 |
| 36 | David McKeon Prior, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Phoenix, AZ | $342.48 |
| 37 | Vikram Mayuran, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Gilbert, AZ | $303.24 |
| 38 | William Dallas Zelenty | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | New York, NY | $299.00 |
| 39 | Karam Moon, MD | Neurological Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | $295.75 |
| 40 | Ejovi Ughwanogho, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Peoria, AZ | $291.97 |
| 41 | Marc J. Levine, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Neptune City, NJ | $162.50 |
| 42 | Yigal Samocha, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Yonkers, NY | $159.85 |
| 43 | Alejandro Daniel Castellvi, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Pittsburgh, PA | $143.80 |
| 44 | Richard A. A. Day, MD | Neurological Surgery | Hamilton, MT | $118.18 |
| 45 | Simon Morr, MD, MPH | Neurological Surgery | Yonkers, NY | $108.69 |
| 46 | Marc D. Dyrszka, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Bronxville, NY | $108.69 |
| 47 | Debra A. Petrucci, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Fishkill, NY | $108.69 |
| 48 | Jay Steven Reidler, MD, MPH | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Englewood, NJ | $108.68 |
| 49 | Hayder Jaffer, MD | Neurological Surgery | Merrillville, IN | $51.12 |
| 50 | Benjamin Todd Bjerke, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Dickson, TN | $48.72 |
| 51 | Samuel Abraham Joseph Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Safety Harbor, FL | $42.24 |
| 52 | Neal Balvant Patel, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | South Bend, IN | $35.14 |
| 53 | Richard David Fessler, MD, PHD | Neurological Surgery | South Bend, IN | $35.13 |
| 54 | Wei Xia Huff, M.D., PH.D. | Neurological Surgery | South Bend, IN | $35.13 |
| 55 | Daniel H. Fulkerson, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | South Bend, IN | $35.13 |
| 56 | Steven Blake Housley, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Knoxville, TN | $33.69 |
| 57 | Tyler Alan Carson, DO | Neurological Surgery | Palmdale, CA | $32.86 |
| 58 | Angela E. Downes, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Aurora, CO | $29.50 |
| 59 | Muhammad Burhan Ud Din Janjua, MD | Neurological Surgery | Oklahoma City, OK | $29.49 |
| 60 | Terrence T. Crowder, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Gilbert, AZ | $29.05 |
| 61 | Bob Babak Shafa, MD | Neurological Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $24.64 |
| 62 | Jason E. Garber, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Las Vegas, NV | $20.51 |
| 63 | Stuart S. Kaplan, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Las Vegas, NV | $17.91 |
| 64 | Saeed Dianat, M.D. | Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology | Los Angeles, CA | $17.64 |
| 65 | Jaspreet Singh, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Palmdale, CA | $17.64 |
| 66 | Tahoora Sadoughi, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Los Angeles, CA | $17.64 |
| 67 | Kamran Parsa, DO | Neurological Surgery | Palmdale, CA | $17.64 |
| 68 | Kevin Paul Debiparshad, M.D | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Las Vegas, NV | $15.59 |
| 69 | Hugh Lawrence Bassewitz, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Las Vegas, NV | $12.04 |
| 70 | William Choi, MD | Neurological Surgery | Greenwood Village, CO | $11.97 |
| 71 | Andrew Eunkoo Park, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Addison, TX | $11.83 |
| 72 | Chester John Donnally III, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Addison, TX | $11.83 |
| 73 | Kornelis Poelstra, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Las Vegas, NV | $11.44 |
| 74 | Christopher David Catapano, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Henderson, NV | $11.44 |
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