Medtronic, Inc.: payments to clinicians

As reported by the company to CMS Open Payments (general payments).

Program year	Total	Payments	Clinicians paid
2025	$107,368,366	345,155	77,693
2024	$112,985,836	341,675	77,229

Largest recipients in 2025

#	Clinician	Specialty	Location	Amount
1	Kevin T. Foley, MD	Neurological Surgery	Memphis, TN	$19,929,014
2	Peter F. Ullrich Jr., MD	Surgery	Appleton, WI	$5,156,899
3	Lawrence G. Lenke, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	New York, NY	$4,149,465
4	Richard Allan Hynes, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Melbourne, FL	$1,612,929
5	Regis William Haid Jr., M.D.	Neurological Surgery	Atlanta, GA	$1,447,777
6	Roger P. Jackson, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	North Kansas City, MO	$1,178,877
7	Charles Leon Branch Jr., MD	Neurological Surgery	Advance, NC	$1,048,293
8	Michael P. Caskey, MD	Spec/Tech, Cardiovascular, Vascular Specialist	Phoenix, AZ	$867,697
9	Albert D. Pacifico, MD	Surgery, Vascular Surgery	Birmingham, AL	$784,831
10	Ronald Arthur Lehman Jr., MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	New York, NY	$699,911
11	Jean-Pierre Mobasser, MD	Neurological Surgery	Carmel, IN	$687,814
12	Daniel Hal Silcox III, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Atlanta, GA	$623,548
13	John Alfred Cowan Jr., M.D.	Neurological Surgery	Rome, GA	$608,234
14	Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD	Neurological Surgery	Durham, NC	$591,880
15	Mladen Djurasovic, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Louisville, KY	$585,693
16	Stephen M. Papadopoulos, MD	Neurological Surgery	Phoenix, AZ	$484,300
17	Neel Anand, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Los Angeles, CA	$461,518
18	Aubrey C. Galloway, M.D.	Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)	New York, NY	$425,093
19	Jeffrey Lynn Gum, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Louisville, KY	$418,074
20	Christopher P. Ames, MD	Neurological Surgery	San Francisco, CA	$404,301
21	Sigurd Harald Berven, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	San Francisco, CA	$357,309
22	Matthew J. Gillespie, M.D.	Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology	Philadelphia, PA	$341,125
23	Amer Samdani, MD	Neurological Surgery	Philadelphia, PA	$326,993
24	Paul K. Kim, MD	Neurological Surgery	Charlotte, NC	$287,558
25	Steven R. Gundry, MD	Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)	Palm Springs, CA	$284,830
26	Markus Meyer, M.D.	Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease	Minneapolis, MN	$274,113
27	Maurice M. Smith, MD	Neurological Surgery	Memphis, TN	$272,490
28	John G. Heller, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Atlanta, GA	$263,201
29	Nicholas Fletcher, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery	Atlanta, GA	$260,448
30	Paul Joseph Slosar, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Daly City, CA	$254,459
31	Alexander A. Khalessi, M.D., MS	Neurological Surgery	San Diego, CA	$246,457
32	Donald E. Doyle, MD	Specialist	Leesburg, FL	$240,719
33	Rod J. Oskouian Jr., MD	Neurological Surgery	Seattle, WA	$226,529
34	Michael Yung-Shun Wang, MD	Neurological Surgery	Miami, FL	$215,574
35	Alan H. Daniels, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	East Providence, RI	$211,007
36	Manuel R. Pinto, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Minneapolis, MN	$210,729
37	Timothy A. Garvey, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Minneapolis, MN	$210,717
38	Ensor E. Transfeldt, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Minneapolis, MN	$210,639
39	Joseph H. Perra, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Minneapolis, MN	$210,618
40	James Schwender, MD	Specialist	Minneapolis, MN	$210,618
41	Christopher Louis Beuer, M.D.	Anesthesiology	Saint Louis, MO	$199,851
42	Sharad Rajpal, M.D.	Neurological Surgery	Boulder, CO	$199,247
43	Basel Ramlawi, M.D.	Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)	Wynnewood, PA	$196,934
44	NPI 1386622348	—		$179,097
45	Hemal Gada, MD	Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease	Wormleysburg, PA	$174,169
46	Timothy J. Byrne, DO	Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology	Phoenix, AZ	$174,085
47	Karl A. Greene, MD	Neurological Surgery	Pleasant Prairie, WI	$168,108
48	David W. Polly Jr., MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Minneapolis, MN	$166,445
49	Adrian Jefferson Thomas, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Bedford, NH	$161,314
50	Neal Murari Duggal, MD	Anesthesiology	Ann Arbor, MI	$156,726
51	John David Green, M.D.	Obstetrics & Gynecology	Elizabethton, TN	$156,470
52	Nishant Sethi, M.D	Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology	Scranton, PA	$154,632
53	Joseph Anthony Osorio, M.D., PH.D.	Neurological Surgery	San Diego, CA	$154,194
54	Clinton Dunkel Kemp, M.D.	Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)	Norfolk, VA	$153,314
55	Martin Martino, MD	Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology	Jacksonville, FL	$152,156
56	Anish Krupesh Amin, M.D.	Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Columbus, OH	$149,273
57	Doff Bryan McElhinney, MD	Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology	Palo Alto, CA	$148,342
58	Stanley J. Chetcuti, MD	Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease	Ann Arbor, MI	$145,497
59	David Charles Dewitt, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Appleton, WI	$144,159
60	Melissa Zhu Murphy, M.D.	Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine	Grapevine, TX	$138,048
61	Charles Hopkins Crawford III, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Louisville, KY	$136,318
62	Jean Michel Panneton, MD	Surgery, Vascular Surgery	Virginia Beach, VA	$134,557
63	Usman Rasheed Siddiqui, MD	Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Winter Park, FL	$129,277
64	Jannah Hilary Thompson, M.D.	Obstetrics & Gynecology, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery	Norton Shores, MI	$128,276
65	Oliver J. Monfredi, MD	Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Charlottesville, VA	$127,786
66	Christopher Michael Holland, MD, PHD	Neurological Surgery	Concord, NC	$127,063
67	Guilherme Attizzani	Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease	Cleveland, OH	$124,175
68	Russell P. Nockels, MD	Neurological Surgery	Arlington Heights, IL	$123,791
69	Richard V. Chua, M.D.	Neurological Surgery	Tucson, AZ	$120,815
70	Shahzad Hassan	Internal Medicine	Boston, MA	$120,000
71	Ivan W. Cheng, MD	Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine	San Francisco, CA	$119,910
72	Carlos Enrique Sanchez Soto, MD	Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology	Columbus, OH	$119,066
73	Joseph Raymond O'Brien, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Bethesda, MD	$117,271
74	Jed S. Vanichkachorn, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Richmond, VA	$114,150
75	Dennis Devito, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Atlanta, GA	$113,269
76	William R. Hotchkiss, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Dallas, TX	$112,410
77	Jeffrey D. Zampi, MD	Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology	Ann Arbor, MI	$112,187
78	Douglas J. Fox Jr., MD	Neurological Surgery	Austin, TX	$106,378
79	Labib F. Haddad, M.D.	Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	$105,952
80	Christopher R. Good, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Reston, VA	$105,319
81	Nicholas Olson, MD	Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	La Jolla, CA	$103,754
82	Firas E. Zahr, MD	Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease	Portland, OR	$102,137
83	Deepak Roshan Talreja, MD	Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology	Virginia Beach, VA	$102,062
84	Patrick Alexander Sugrue, MD	Neurological Surgery	Park Ridge, IL	$100,770
85	Timothy Matthew Markman, M.D.	Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Philadelphia, PA	$98,336
86	David Richard Wilson II, M.D.	Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease	Tampa, FL	$96,617
87	Howard B. Goldman, MD	Urology, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery	Cleveland, OH	$94,849
88	Tiffany Grace Perry, M.D.	Neurological Surgery	West Hollywood, CA	$94,408
89	Lee A. Tan, M.D.	Neurological Surgery	San Francisco, CA	$93,752
90	Saurabh Gupta, MD	Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology	Bend, OR	$91,351
91	Joseph A. Paolillo Jr., MD	Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology	Orlando, FL	$90,008
92	Alan Douglas Silberberg, M.D.	Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine	Kyle, TX	$89,154
93	Howard C. Herrmann, MD	Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology	Philadelphia, PA	$88,031
94	Andy Christopher Kiser, M.D.	Surgery	Pittsburgh, PA	$87,580
95	Yair I. Safriel, MD	Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology	Clearwater, FL	$85,978
96	Theodore Sunao Takata, MD	Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Fort Worth, TX	$85,871
97	Ameer Elsayed Hassan, DO	Radiology, Neuroradiology	Harlingen, TX	$85,003
98	Eric N. Prystowsky, MD	Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Indianapolis, IN	$84,466
99	Martin Huy Pham, M.D.	Neurological Surgery	Los Angeles, CA	$83,951
100	Joon Lee	Specialist	Pittsburgh, PA	$83,627

Payment types in 2025

Royalty or License$45,070,523 · 463
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$20,076,938 · 6,702
Food and Beverage$13,177,524 · 277,827
Travel and Lodging$11,623,878 · 53,518
Consulting Fee$10,611,788 · 3,261
Grant$6,012,369 · 769
Acquisitions$355,942 · 123
Education$221,960 · 2,426
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$133,698 · 59
Debt forgiveness$83,530 · 5
Gift$215.72 · 2

Specialties among top recipients

Open Payments covers payments from drug and device makers to physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and some other clinicians: meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, education and similar. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing, and amounts can include payments disputed by the recipient. Source: CMS Open Payments general payment data. Original records:openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.