Linkbio Corp: payments to clinicians
160 clinicians received $692,651 from Linkbio Corp in 2025; Orthopaedic Surgery is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (58%) was consulting fees, then travel and lodging (20%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana) received $119,892.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $692,651 | 428 | 160 |
| 2024 | $691,222 | 445 | 142 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John B. Meding, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Mooresville, IN | $119,892 |
| 2 | Russell T. Nevins, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Las Vegas, NV | $94,491 |
| 3 | Jordan Gross, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Valhalla, NY | $75,000 |
| 4 | Amar S. Ranawat, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $53,348 |
| 5 | Harold Scott Ellsworth Jr., MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Leawood, KS | $41,276 |
| 6 | Brian A. Chalkin, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Tulsa, OK | $31,684 |
| 7 | Christopher N. Johnson | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Wayne, IN | $27,318 |
| 8 | Brian Allen Levings, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Oklahoma City, OK | $25,667 |
| 9 | Christopher William Grayson, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $23,464 |
| 10 | Eugene W. Brabston III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $22,084 |
| 11 | Casey Stuart Whale, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Topeka, KS | $20,527 |
| 12 | Randall S. Peyton, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Sterling, VA | $19,692 |
| 13 | Brian E. Schwartz | Orthopaedic Surgery | Libertyville, IL | $18,251 |
| 14 | Hristo I. Piponov, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Lincolnshire, IL | $14,830 |
| 15 | Matthew J. Seidel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | $13,638 |
| 16 | Dominic Marino, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Daytona Beach, FL | $12,891 |
| 17 | Vinay Kumar Aggarwal | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $8,965 |
| 18 | Madhish Patel, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Myers, FL | $7,778 |
| 19 | Brandon Naylor, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cumming, GA | $6,690 |
| 20 | Nicholas Michael Brown, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Maywood, IL | $4,591 |
| 21 | Mark E. Gittins, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Westerville, OH | $3,727 |
| 22 | Brett R. Levine, MD, MS | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $3,641 |
| 23 | Jon E. Minter, D.O | Orthopaedic Surgery | Alpharetta, GA | $2,902 |
| 24 | Saman Vojdani, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $2,850 |
| 25 | Mark Edward Rogers, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Birmingham, AL | $2,750 |
| 26 | Joseph John King III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Gainesville, FL | $2,453 |
| 27 | Roshan P. Shah, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $2,310 |
| 28 | Billy Wayne McGough Jr., MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $2,250 |
| 29 | Richard G. Buch, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Carrollton, TX | $2,187 |
| 30 | Robert C. Reams, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Columbia, MO | $2,125 |
| 31 | Walter Ryan Smith, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $2,080 |
| 32 | Kent Carson Doan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Leawood, KS | $2,000 |
| 33 | James Douglas Mitchell, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,800 |
| 34 | Colleen Anne Linehan, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Caro, MI | $1,728 |
| 35 | Michael P. Murphy, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Joliet, IL | $1,183 |
| 36 | Keith R. Pitchford, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint John, IN | $1,107 |
| 37 | Jonathan Andrew Isbell, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Hoover, AL | $1,009 |
| 38 | Cara Alessandra Cipriano, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $545.59 |
| 39 | Tomas Nemickas, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Gurnee, IL | $519.97 |
| 40 | Sean M. Mitchell, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | $457.22 |
| 41 | Benjamin Joel Koerner | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Wayne, IN | $405.50 |
| 42 | Cyrus Erik Abbaschian, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Plano, TX | $375.22 |
| 43 | Jorge Casas, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Dallas, TX | $371.72 |
| 44 | Daniel Akwasi Osei, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | New York, NY | $357.96 |
| 45 | David Novikov | Orthopaedic Surgery | Brooklyn, NY | $322.01 |
| 46 | Roy Frederick Small, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Mount Clemens, MI | $317.92 |
| 47 | Brian C. De Beaubien, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Saginaw, MI | $282.15 |
| 48 | Scott Evan Hassell, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Oklahoma City, OK | $276.70 |
| 49 | Anthony Hanzchung Zou, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $272.16 |
| 50 | Zane Hyde, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $257.66 |
| 51 | Grant Thomas Duvall | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $230.94 |
| 52 | John K. Cordero, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $230.93 |
| 53 | Daniel Jerome Sherwood, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $230.93 |
| 54 | Michael Luis Redondo, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Oak Lawn, IL | $217.19 |
| 55 | Arjun Patel, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lakeland, FL | $216.39 |
| 56 | Benjamin D. Knutson, MD | Emergency Medicine | Fargo, ND | $185.67 |
| 57 | Nikhil Gautam Pandhi, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Munster, IN | $181.98 |
| 58 | Jack W. Bowling Jr., MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Wilmington, NC | $174.89 |
| 59 | Christopher Michael Brusalis, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Uniondale, NY | $172.41 |
| 60 | Milan Kumar Sen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | White Plains, NY | $151.53 |
| 61 | Ilya Bendich, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $145.71 |
| 62 | Colleen B. Balkam, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Leonardtown, MD | $145.70 |
| 63 | Kathryn Fideler, MD, MPH | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Park Ridge, IL | $145.70 |
| 64 | Patrick Reid Peavy, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $143.75 |
| 65 | Mitchell Christopher Weaver, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Skokie, IL | $141.92 |
| 66 | Julia Matera, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Skokie, IL | $141.92 |
| 67 | Douglas James Lowery, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Newburgh, IN | $141.81 |
| 68 | Kenneth Accousti, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fredericksburg, VA | $139.97 |
| 69 | Linda Idris Suleiman, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $138.72 |
| 70 | Ahmed Siddiqi, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Plano, TX | $131.03 |
| 71 | Josef Edmund Jolissaint, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $131.00 |
| 72 | Jordan William Paynter | Orthopaedic Surgery | Statesboro, GA | $126.87 |
| 73 | Charles A. Hope, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Savannah, GA | $126.87 |
| 74 | Robert Shelley Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Savannah, GA | $126.86 |
| 75 | Scott Stewart, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Pensacola, FL | $125.61 |
| 76 | Kurt L. Morrison, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Pensacola, FL | $125.61 |
| 77 | Michael Blackmer, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Foley, AL | $125.60 |
| 78 | Russell Douglas Goode, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Mobile, AL | $125.60 |
| 79 | Lori Ann Dangler, MD | Anesthesiology | Houston, TX | $109.25 |
| 80 | Akshay Lakra, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Chesterton, IN | $107.84 |
| 81 | Venkat Raghav Rapuri, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Arlington, TX | $100.55 |
| 82 | Nikos Konstantinos Pavlides, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Pottstown, PA | $100.10 |
| 83 | Mark Schultzel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $96.56 |
| 84 | Dave Shukla, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Brooklyn, NY | $96.36 |
| 85 | Michael Thompson Groover, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Billings, MT | $78.99 |
| 86 | Robert Albert Kayal, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Franklin Lakes, NJ | $74.13 |
| 87 | Jon Packard Hedgecock, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | North Kansas City, MO | $72.48 |
| 88 | Mark A. Klaassen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Warsaw, IN | $70.28 |
| 89 | Herrick Siegel | Orthopaedic Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $69.06 |
| 90 | Rohit Hasija, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Elmhurst, NY | $65.39 |
| 91 | Julie Ann Pate, RPA-C | Physician Assistant, Surgical | New York, NY | $64.83 |
| 92 | James Michael Danias, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Wayne, IN | $63.41 |
| 93 | Thomas Kyle Stoops, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $63.21 |
| 94 | Edwin Gregory Theosmy, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Edison, NJ | $63.09 |
| 95 | Jonathan Robert Lynch | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Wayne, IN | $62.72 |
| 96 | John A. Avallone, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Langhorne, PA | $58.18 |
| 97 | Howard M. Baruch, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cliffside Park, NJ | $45.07 |
| 98 | Kevin Michael Becker, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Greenwood, IN | $41.22 |
| 99 | Christopher Warne, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Boise, ID | $41.22 |
| 100 | David John Houserman | Orthopaedic Surgery | Sheboygan, WI | $41.22 |
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