Linvatec Corporation: payments to clinicians
1,330 clinicians received $4,242,715 from Linvatec Corporation in 2025; Orthopaedic Surgery is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Royalties and licenses was the largest category at 40%, then acquisitions (24%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, California) received $605,838.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,242,715 | 3,035 | 1,330 |
| 2024 | $4,620,890 | 2,633 | 1,281 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nirav Hasmukh Amin, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Placentia, CA | $605,838 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Stuart Abrams, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Princeton, NJ | $259,462 |
| 3 | Felix Henry Savoie III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | New Orleans, LA | $256,517 |
| 4 | Sean McMillan, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Burlington, NJ | $149,756 |
| 5 | Robert Meislin, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | New York, NY | $112,249 |
| 6 | Benjamin D. Overley Jr., D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Hilton Head Island, SC | $100,056 |
| 7 | Randall W. Viola, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Vail, CO | $99,634 |
| 8 | Dominic S. Carreira, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Marietta, GA | $98,870 |
| 9 | Nathan William Skelley, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Sioux Falls, SD | $90,862 |
| 10 | Travis W. Hanson, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Houston, TX | $80,956 |
| 11 | Richard A. Bernstein, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Branford, CT | $80,131 |
| 12 | Brian R. Wolf, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Iowa City, IA | $74,573 |
| 13 | Seth Lawrence Sherman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Stanford, CA | $74,529 |
| 14 | Brett D. Owens, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | East Providence, RI | $74,281 |
| 15 | Chunbong Benjamin Ma, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Francisco, CA | $73,624 |
| 16 | Kevin Varner, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Houston, TX | $70,953 |
| 17 | Keith A. Heier, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Carrollton, TX | $65,608 |
| 18 | Deryk G. Jones, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Carlos, CA | $53,568 |
| 19 | Brett Sachs, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Wheat Ridge, CO | $46,638 |
| 20 | Kenneth Sanders Smith Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $44,020 |
| 21 | Joseph P. Burns, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Alpharetta, GA | $43,059 |
| 22 | Peter James Howard, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Clearwater, FL | $41,809 |
| 23 | Robert A. Stanton, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fairfield, CT | $40,262 |
| 24 | Robert A. Arciero, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Farmington, CT | $40,118 |
| 25 | Matthew Frank Villani, D.P.M | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Tavares, FL | $32,985 |
| 26 | Vytautas Ringus, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Norman, OK | $32,945 |
| 27 | Daniel J. Cuttica, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Falls Church, VA | $28,271 |
| 28 | Elizabeth Ann Martin, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | $27,718 |
| 29 | Justin L. Daigre, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Decatur, AL | $27,287 |
| 30 | Michael Boin, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Kansas City, MO | $26,314 |
| 31 | David C. Flanigan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Columbus, OH | $24,485 |
| 32 | Selene G. Parekh, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bensalem, PA | $23,958 |
| 33 | Scott Collins Carrington, D.P.M | Podiatrist | La Crosse, WI | $23,749 |
| 34 | Matthew J. Dzurik, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Wilmington, NC | $23,732 |
| 35 | William Louis Wardell, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Tarboro, NC | $23,496 |
| 36 | Carly Ann Cignetti, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Charlotte, NC | $23,333 |
| 37 | Steven K. Neufeld, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Falls Church, VA | $22,897 |
| 38 | William Joseph Robertson III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Arlington, TX | $22,700 |
| 39 | Lauren Hannon Redler, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $21,669 |
| 40 | Michael R. Redler, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Trumbull, CT | $21,131 |
| 41 | James P. Halloran, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Leawood, KS | $20,736 |
| 42 | Taggart T. Gauvain, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Pearland, TX | $20,580 |
| 43 | Stephan Geoffrey Pill, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Greenville, SC | $20,540 |
| 44 | Brian William Hill, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $19,810 |
| 45 | Terrence M. Philbin, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Worthington, OH | $19,063 |
| 46 | Dustin Constant, DPM | Podiatrist | Vero Beach, FL | $18,730 |
| 47 | William C. James III, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Columbia, SC | $18,062 |
| 48 | Alex Junius Davis II, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | The Woodlands, TX | $17,472 |
| 49 | Jeffrey Eugene McAlister, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Scottsdale, AZ | $17,098 |
| 50 | Randall Clyde Thomas Jr., D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Columbus, OH | $16,965 |
| 51 | Justin Madison Weatherall, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Deerfield Beach, FL | $16,894 |
| 52 | Trapper Lalli, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Dallas, TX | $16,690 |
| 53 | Oliver Nikolaas Schipper, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Arlington, VA | $16,101 |
| 54 | Brian Brandon Gilmer, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Reno, NV | $15,811 |
| 55 | Lawrence Didomenico, DPM | Podiatrist | Boardman, OH | $15,805 |
| 56 | Michael Juichi Huang, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,764 |
| 57 | Thomas Hartmann Wuerz, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Waltham, MA | $15,405 |
| 58 | Derek H. Ochiai, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Arlington, VA | $15,177 |
| 59 | Beth Stein, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $15,004 |
| 60 | Jay Badell, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Greenfield, IN | $14,847 |
| 61 | Michael James Bauer | Pathology, Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine | Castle Rock, CO | $14,520 |
| 62 | Craig Stanton Radnay | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $14,463 |
| 63 | Byron N. Collier, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Pismo Beach, CA | $14,448 |
| 64 | Christian K. Kikuchi, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $14,205 |
| 65 | Jovan Riste Laskovski, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Akron, OH | $14,189 |
| 66 | Brian Benson, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Leesville, LA | $14,036 |
| 67 | John R. Shank, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Colorado Springs, CO | $13,959 |
| 68 | Cato T. Laurencin, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Farmington, CT | $13,501 |
| 69 | Scott A. Sigman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | North Chelmsford, MA | $13,403 |
| 70 | Adam D. Perler, DPM | Podiatrist | Largo, FL | $13,301 |
| 71 | Stephen Anthony Brigido, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Bethlehem, PA | $13,249 |
| 72 | Alan Lingqi Zhang, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | San Francisco, CA | $12,949 |
| 73 | Elizabeth Rose Dennis, MD, MS | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Brooklyn, NY | $12,852 |
| 74 | Michael S. Shuler, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Athens, GA | $12,554 |
| 75 | Bradley P. Abicht, DPM | Podiatrist | La Crosse, WI | $12,453 |
| 76 | Amit Momaya | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Birmingham, AL | $12,332 |
| 77 | Leroy Butler, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Frisco, TX | $12,256 |
| 78 | Jefferson Bradley Sabatini, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Huntsville, AL | $11,903 |
| 79 | Vinod Kumar Panchbhavi, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Galveston, TX | $11,787 |
| 80 | Matthew Alan Hopson, D.P.M. | Podiatrist | Williamsburg, VA | $11,744 |
| 81 | Michelle E. Kew, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | New York, NY | $11,619 |
| 82 | Christopher F. Hyer, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Worthington, OH | $11,426 |
| 83 | Norman E. Waldrop III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $11,278 |
| 84 | Cody John Togher, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Naples, FL | $11,069 |
| 85 | Gregory C. Berlet, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Worthington, OH | $10,768 |
| 86 | Timothy Joseph Miller, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Houston, TX | $10,635 |
| 87 | Daniel Joseph Hackett Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lexington, KY | $10,449 |
| 88 | Raymond John Walls, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | New York, NY | $10,065 |
| 89 | David M. Welker, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Miamisburg, OH | $9,963 |
| 90 | Julio Cesar Ortiz, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $9,842 |
| 91 | Harvey Montijo, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Royal Palm Beach, FL | $9,608 |
| 92 | Joshua Scott Dines, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Uniondale, NY | $9,543 |
| 93 | Orr Limpisvasti, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Los Angeles, CA | $9,543 |
| 94 | William R. Beach, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Richmond, VA | $9,470 |
| 95 | Mark H. Hofbauer, DPM | Podiatrist | Belle Vernon, PA | $9,105 |
| 96 | Michael Thomas Freehill, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Stanford, CA | $9,043 |
| 97 | Calvin Rushing, DPM | Podiatrist | Sunnyvale, TX | $8,893 |
| 98 | Kevin L. Harreld, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Louisville, KY | $8,316 |
| 99 | Srinath Kamineni, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Mt Carmel, IL | $8,043 |
| 100 | Gary M. Lepow, DPM | Podiatrist | Houston, TX | $7,978 |
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