Life Spine, Inc.: payments to clinicians
Life Spine, Inc.'s payments to clinicians fell 30% in 2025, to $230,035 across 84 people. Most of it (65%) was consulting fees, then royalties and licenses (20%). The largest single recipient (Neurological Surgery, California) received $35,146.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $230,035 | 383 | 84 |
| 2024 | $327,356 | 429 | 77 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Hakim Mesiwala, MD | Neurological Surgery | Newport Beach, CA | $35,146 |
| 2 | Mohammad Kamran Khan, D.O. | Neurological Surgery | New Lenox, IL | $20,847 |
| 3 | Steven Koufman Leckie, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Plymouth, MA | $20,433 |
| 4 | David D. Yeh, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | San Jose, CA | $16,676 |
| 5 | Bryan Alan Fox, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Suffolk, VA | $11,888 |
| 6 | Michael Louis Gordon, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Laguna Hills, CA | $11,463 |
| 7 | Francis H. Shen, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Charlottesville, VA | $10,117 |
| 8 | NPI 1376531814 | — | $9,262 | |
| 9 | Derrick Andrew Dupre, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Pensacola, FL | $9,128 |
| 10 | Nitin N Bhatia, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Orange, CA | $8,963 |
| 11 | Alexander Clayton Lemons, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Pinehurst, NC | $8,848 |
| 12 | Kris Parchuri, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Tulsa, OK | $7,263 |
| 13 | Anuj Singla, M.D | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Charlottesville, VA | $5,684 |
| 14 | Kirkham Berwick Wood, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Stanford, CA | $5,289 |
| 15 | Wade K. Jensen, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Afton, WY | $4,902 |
| 16 | Sohrab Virk, M.D. | Surgery | New York, NY | $4,743 |
| 17 | Ashish K. Sahai, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Boca Raton, FL | $4,157 |
| 18 | Robert T. Getter, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Port Charlotte, FL | $3,834 |
| 19 | Brett C. Gunter, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | West Columbia, SC | $3,200 |
| 20 | Thomas R. Whisenhunt, M.D. PHD | Neurological Surgery | Auburn, AL | $2,962 |
| 21 | David J. Salvetti, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Winchester, VA | $2,548 |
| 22 | Charles Marvin Gordon Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Daphne, AL | $2,274 |
| 23 | Shawn B. Clark, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Mobile, AL | $2,025 |
| 24 | Sohaib Hashmi, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Orange, CA | $1,869 |
| 25 | Juan Pablo Sardi Restrepo, MD | Neurological Surgery | Charlottesville, VA | $1,568 |
| 26 | Christopher Andrew Heck, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Hoover, AL | $1,561 |
| 27 | Larry Gene Armstrong, DO | Neurological Surgery | Fayetteville, AR | $1,544 |
| 28 | Daniel L. Shepherd, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Fayetteville, AR | $1,476 |
| 29 | Kristy Walton Barrentine, ACNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Medicine | Daphne, AL | $1,453 |
| 30 | John M. Caridi, MD | Neurological Surgery | Houston, TX | $1,025 |
| 31 | Abraham Schlauderaff, MD | Neurological Surgery | Idaho Falls, ID | $983.12 |
| 32 | Basheer Ahmed Shakir, MD | Neurological Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $977.88 |
| 33 | Ronit Gilad, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Union, NJ | $656.24 |
| 34 | Michael John Kelly, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $635.78 |
| 35 | Brandon G. Chew, MD | Neurological Surgery | Monroeville, PA | $470.07 |
| 36 | Dejan Slavnic, D.O. | Neurological Surgery | Tampa, FL | $392.00 |
| 37 | Jonathan W. Fontenot, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Longview, TX | $241.32 |
| 38 | Courtney Rory Goodwin | Neurological Surgery | Durham, NC | $232.21 |
| 39 | Major Benjamin Burch, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $230.24 |
| 40 | Jacob Archer, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Oklahoma City, OK | $201.80 |
| 41 | Scott Kutz, MD | Neurological Surgery | Lewisville, TX | $172.29 |
| 42 | Vikram Mayuran, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Gilbert, AZ | $171.37 |
| 43 | Simon Chao, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | North Easton, MA | $163.58 |
| 44 | Richard M. Ozuna, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Peabody, MA | $155.04 |
| 45 | John Burke, MD | Neurological Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $153.34 |
| 46 | Adam I. Lewis, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Corpus Christi, TX | $151.70 |
| 47 | Anthony Bozzio, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Muskegon, MI | $122.35 |
| 48 | Scott M. De La Garza, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Oklahoma City, OK | $121.69 |
| 49 | Christopher Casey McGee, PA-C, MMS | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Chicago, IL | $90.69 |
| 50 | Timothy Y. Wang, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Chicago, IL | $90.69 |
| 51 | Harel Deutsch, MD | Neurological Surgery | South Miami, FL | $90.46 |
| 52 | Patrick Langham Gleason, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Corpus Christi, TX | $90.02 |
| 53 | Sapan Gandhi | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Boston, MA | $87.41 |
| 54 | Jorge Eduardo Alvernia-Silva, MD | Neurological Surgery | Monroe, LA | $87.17 |
| 55 | Hazem A. Eltahawy, MD | Neurological Surgery | Detroit, MI | $83.96 |
| 56 | Harold J. Pikus, MD | Neurological Surgery | Lebanon, NH | $83.53 |
| 57 | Maziyar Arya Kalani, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Scottsdale, AZ | $70.48 |
| 58 | Jesse Edmund Hollen | Physician Assistant | Mobile, AL | $64.78 |
| 59 | Henry Norman Small, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Houston, TX | $62.32 |
| 60 | Brett Alan Schlifka, D.O. | Neurological Surgery | Lake Worth, FL | $53.45 |
| 61 | Elizabeth Hill Luscher, CRNP | Nurse Practitioner | Daphne, AL | $48.28 |
| 62 | Kenneth E. Reesor, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Longview, TX | $47.81 |
| 63 | Jordan Matthew Walters | Orthopaedic Surgery | Conway, AR | $46.43 |
| 64 | Regan S. Gallaher, MD | Neurological Surgery | Conway, AR | $46.43 |
| 65 | Anthony A. Salerni, MD | Neurological Surgery | Gilford, NH | $46.29 |
| 66 | Dean Cosmo Perfetti, M.D., M.P.H. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Mount Kisco, NY | $38.63 |
| 67 | Bryce I. Benbow, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Dallas, TX | $35.95 |
| 68 | Joel C. Morrison, PA | Physician Assistant | Chattanooga, TN | $33.71 |
| 69 | Gabriel Antonio Gonzales-Portillo, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Tampa, FL | $33.52 |
| 70 | Michael Edward Russell II, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Tyler, TX | $26.92 |
| 71 | Maria Giddarie, FNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Tampa, FL | $26.63 |
| 72 | John Selim Soliman, D.O. | Neurological Surgery | Palm Harbor, FL | $26.62 |
| 73 | Suzanne Marie Newby, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Palm Harbor, FL | $26.62 |
| 74 | Bala Krishna Giri, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Dallas, TX | $25.13 |
| 75 | Amir S. Malik, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Frisco, TX | $24.42 |
| 76 | David Kevin Donahoe, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Mobile, AL | $23.21 |
| 77 | John G. Atwater, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Vero Beach, FL | $23.13 |
| 78 | Rafath U. Baig, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Mesa, AZ | $21.64 |
| 79 | Justin Dominic Arthur Mauro, PA-C | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Mesa, AZ | $21.64 |
| 80 | Chester John Donnally III, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Addison, TX | $19.00 |
| 81 | Andrew Eunkoo Park, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Addison, TX | $18.99 |
| 82 | John Czerwein Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Johnston, RI | $15.29 |
| 83 | David Joseph Love, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Newnan, GA | $12.33 |
| 84 | Chad M. Kessler, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Newnan, GA | $12.33 |
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