Medartis Inc.: payments to clinicians
297 clinicians received $814,398 from Medartis Inc. in 2025; Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (52%) was consulting fees, then royalties and licenses (16%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Mississippi) received $111,624.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $814,398 | 622 | 297 |
| 2024 | $1,041,033 | 504 | 264 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Bennett Geissler, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Jackson, MS | $111,624 |
| 2 | Louis W. Catalano III, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Aurora, CO | $37,303 |
| 3 | Eric Ian Ferkel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Van Nuys, CA | $34,259 |
| 4 | Ryan Adam Rose, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $33,632 |
| 5 | Michael William Kessler, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Washington, DC | $31,445 |
| 6 | Andrew Jordan Grier, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $29,617 |
| 7 | Jonathan L. Tueting, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Aurora, IL | $28,681 |
| 8 | Kourosh Jafarnia, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| 9 | Andrew Scott Greenberg, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Great Neck, NY | $20,500 |
| 10 | Prosper Benhaim, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $19,436 |
| 11 | Lauren Elisabeth Wessel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $18,509 |
| 12 | Tyler Pidgeon, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Morrisville, NC | $17,546 |
| 13 | Brian William Sager, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $16,556 |
| 14 | Graham A. Hamilton, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Edinburg, TX | $16,184 |
| 15 | Joshua Saul Gluck, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Ventura, CA | $15,762 |
| 16 | Steven M. Regal, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,552 |
| 17 | Kathleen Elizabeth McKeon, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $15,000 |
| 18 | Jeffrey Raymond Dugas, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Birmingham, AL | $15,000 |
| 19 | Scott J. Ellis, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | New York, NY | $14,345 |
| 20 | David V. Tuckman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Great Neck, NY | $13,143 |
| 21 | Steve Brian Behrens, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $12,191 |
| 22 | Ian Savage Elliott, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Kenner, LA | $12,182 |
| 23 | Marc Joseph Richard, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Morrisville, NC | $12,045 |
| 24 | Zachary Dusckas, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Erie, PA | $11,540 |
| 25 | Anjan R. Shah, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Brandon, FL | $11,315 |
| 26 | Victor Emilio Greco, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Pittsburgh, PA | $11,142 |
| 27 | John M. Stevelinck, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Howell, MI | $9,810 |
| 28 | Jonathon David Backus, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Vail, CO | $9,774 |
| 29 | Michael Christopher Greaser, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Bellaire, TX | $9,744 |
| 30 | Luke Nicholson, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $9,470 |
| 31 | Teresa Aimee Habacker, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Wading River, NY | $9,380 |
| 32 | Jacob W. Brubacher, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Kansas City, KS | $9,057 |
| 33 | Brian Kistler, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Santa Maria, CA | $8,447 |
| 34 | Christopher Miskovsky, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Dallas, TX | $6,243 |
| 35 | Kevin Chi Chung, MD | Plastic Surgery | Ann Arbor, MI | $6,020 |
| 36 | Ryan L. Bliss, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Baton Rouge, LA | $5,279 |
| 37 | James Matthew Saucedo, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | The Woodlands, TX | $5,030 |
| 38 | Joshua Dustin Namm, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Hartford, CT | $4,914 |
| 39 | James Shuhan Lin, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Iowa City, IA | $4,777 |
| 40 | Brandon Shane Smetana, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $4,155 |
| 41 | Christopher O. Bayne, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Sacramento, CA | $3,949 |
| 42 | Kelly Lynn Babineaux, M.D. | Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Metairie, LA | $3,700 |
| 43 | Stephen C. Umansky, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Lexington, KY | $3,432 |
| 44 | Caleb Davis, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bowling Green, KY | $3,427 |
| 45 | Nathan Edwin Lesley, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Worth, TX | $3,202 |
| 46 | Benjamin Forest Plucknette, D.O. | Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Rochester, NY | $3,180 |
| 47 | Abhinav B. Chhabra, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Charlottesville, VA | $3,047 |
| 48 | Patrick W. Owens, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Miami, FL | $3,016 |
| 49 | Fraser J. Leversedge, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Aurora, CO | $2,978 |
| 50 | Lon Steven Weiner, MD | Specialist | New York, NY | $2,917 |
| 51 | Stuart D. Katchis, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $2,917 |
| 52 | Paul Tavakolian, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Bedford, TX | $2,337 |
| 53 | Baher Boutros Maximos, M.D. | Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Houston, TX | $2,243 |
| 54 | Martin J. O'Malley, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $2,198 |
| 55 | Naohiro Shibuya, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Harlingen, TX | $2,191 |
| 56 | Thomas James France, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Appleton, WI | $2,000 |
| 57 | Peter John Mancuso, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Brentwood, NY | $2,000 |
| 58 | Gregory H. Rafijah, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Orange, CA | $2,000 |
| 59 | John Stockton Early, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Dallas, TX | $1,977 |
| 60 | Luke Patrick Robinson, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Louisville, KY | $1,931 |
| 61 | Ryan W. Schmucker, MD | Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Columbus, OH | $1,663 |
| 62 | Mark Greyson, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Aurora, CO | $1,651 |
| 63 | Edward Wu, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Sacramento, CA | $1,612 |
| 64 | James Richard Mullen, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Wexford, PA | $1,423 |
| 65 | Mark Adair Hardy, D.P.M. | Podiatrist | Lakewood, OH | $1,391 |
| 66 | Shannon M. Rush, DPM | Podiatrist | Pleasanton, CA | $1,391 |
| 67 | Michael S. Lee, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Des Moines, IA | $1,391 |
| 68 | Troy J. Boffeli, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Saint Paul, MN | $1,391 |
| 69 | Jordan P. Grossman, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Akron, OH | $1,391 |
| 70 | Maxime Gerald Joseph Savard, D.P.M. | Podiatrist | Kenner, LA | $1,150 |
| 71 | Hannah Abigail Dineen, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Houston, TX | $1,116 |
| 72 | Joanne Yijie Zhou, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | The Woodlands, TX | $1,110 |
| 73 | Susanne M. Roberts, MD | Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Boston, MA | $1,083 |
| 74 | David Mark Huebner, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Kearney, NE | $1,038 |
| 75 | Faranak Vossoughi, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Katy, TX | $972.03 |
| 76 | Jason Michael McKean, M.D. | General Acute Care Hospital | Brooklyn, NY | $972.03 |
| 77 | Carl N. Williams Jr., M.D. | Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Las Vegas, NV | $972.03 |
| 78 | Michael Lai Lee, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Las Vegas, NV | $972.03 |
| 79 | Aaron Morgan, MD | Plastic Surgery | Milwaukee, WI | $972.03 |
| 80 | Jamie Jacob Alexander, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Houston, TX | $972.03 |
| 81 | John Edward Nolan | Orthopaedic Surgery | New Hyde Park, NY | $972.03 |
| 82 | Jeffrey Shi Chen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Middletown, CT | $972.03 |
| 83 | Daniel Torres, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Allentown, PA | $972.03 |
| 84 | Seth Detchon Dodds, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Miami, FL | $954.67 |
| 85 | Megan Conti Mica | Orthopaedic Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | $898.88 |
| 86 | Keith Laurence Jacobson, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Denver, CO | $891.20 |
| 87 | Steven Richard Niedermeier, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Arlington, TX | $862.50 |
| 88 | Alejandro Badia, MD | Specialist | Miami, FL | $789.68 |
| 89 | Wesley M. Stotler, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Tulsa, OK | $670.35 |
| 90 | Brett Sachs, D.P.M. | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Wheat Ridge, CO | $669.20 |
| 91 | Helen Gloria Hui-Chou, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Miami, FL | $627.11 |
| 92 | Mark Philip Smith, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Beaufort, SC | $602.16 |
| 93 | Daniel Akwasi Osei, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | New York, NY | $600.00 |
| 94 | Michael Carl Nicoson, M.D. | Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | Louisville, KY | $575.00 |
| 95 | Alim F. Ramji, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Fairfield, CT | $575.00 |
| 96 | Matthew David Belton, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Aurora, CO | $474.52 |
| 97 | John G. Anderson, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Grand Rapids, MI | $403.27 |
| 98 | Diego A. Miranda, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Bossier City, LA | $402.89 |
| 99 | Christian Scott Rosenow, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $348.19 |
| 100 | Harry A. Hoyen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $332.40 |
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