Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated: payments to clinicians
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated paid 12,510 clinicians in 2025, $4,907,566 in all. Honoraria was the largest category at 34%, then consulting fees (30%). The largest single recipient (Anesthesiology, New York) received $371,632.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,907,566 | 20,388 | 12,510 |
| 2024 | $4,693,146 | 18,260 | 10,670 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark A. Kronenfeld, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Brooklyn, NY | $371,632 |
| 2 | Mark Ian Froimson, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $280,492 |
| 3 | Vinod Dasa, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Kenner, LA | $147,819 |
| 4 | Jacob Lee Hutchins, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Minneapolis, MN | $142,830 |
| 5 | Gary Scott Schwartz, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Brooklyn, NY | $135,071 |
| 6 | Aaron Andrew Berg, D.O. | Anesthesiology | Minneapolis, MN | $130,409 |
| 7 | Karina Gritsenko | Anesthesiology | Bronx, NY | $129,172 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Charles Frederick Gadsden, MD | Anesthesiology | Durham, NC | $116,880 |
| 9 | Christopher Paul Varacallo, D.O. | Family Medicine | Du Bois, PA | $114,952 |
| 10 | Richard Spencer Teames, MD | Anesthesiology | Fort Worth, TX | $113,851 |
| 11 | Ryan James Mountjoy, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Portland, ME | $107,944 |
| 12 | Valentine Gibson | Anesthesiology | Richardson, TX | $107,577 |
| 13 | James B. Mueller, M.D | Anesthesiology | Dallas, TX | $94,715 |
| 14 | Nirav Hasmukh Amin, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Placentia, CA | $90,572 |
| 15 | Michael A. Mont, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $86,729 |
| 16 | Ali Guermazi, MD | Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology | West Roxbury, MA | $81,394 |
| 17 | Clay Guynn, D.O. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Lexington, KY | $74,576 |
| 18 | Tyler Michael Dunn, MD | Anesthesiology | Chicago, IL | $69,335 |
| 19 | Margaret Courtney Holtz, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Marietta, GA | $62,696 |
| 20 | John W. Sperling, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $58,643 |
| 21 | Marc Andrew Prablek, MD | Neurological Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $50,029 |
| 22 | Thomas Andrew Wozny, MD, BS | Neurological Surgery | Sacramento, CA | $50,000 |
| 23 | Sathish Prabu Sathyamangalam Samiappan, MD | Neurological Surgery | Indiana, PA | $50,000 |
| 24 | Ryan W. Simovitch, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | West Palm Beach, FL | $47,937 |
| 25 | Forrest Sawyer, MD | Anesthesiology | Pasadena, CA | $45,894 |
| 26 | Alicia L. Warlick, MD | Anesthesiology | Durham, NC | $45,645 |
| 27 | Jonathan Paul Kline, C.R.N.A. | Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | Wesley Chapel, FL | $44,562 |
| 28 | Joseph H. Smith Jr., MD | Anesthesiology | Leesburg, VA | $41,894 |
| 29 | Nicole A. Sparks, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Johns Creek, GA | $41,277 |
| 30 | William David Rogenmoser, D.O. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Alexandria, LA | $40,100 |
| 31 | Steven Douglas McCarus, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Celebration, FL | $40,048 |
| 32 | Asif M. Ilyas, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Bryn Mawr, PA | $40,000 |
| 33 | Andrew Robert Biegner, CRNA | Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | San Diego, CA | $35,647 |
| 34 | Florin Mihai Orza, MD | Anesthesiology | Charlotte, NC | $35,244 |
| 35 | Reed Young Nelson, MD, MPH | Anesthesiology | St. George, UT | $34,863 |
| 36 | Jay Inder Kumar, MD | Neurological Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $32,523 |
| 37 | Luis Alberto Robles Lopez | Neurological Surgery | Miami, FL | $32,500 |
| 38 | Pieter J. Vreede, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Rushville, IN | $31,542 |
| 39 | Neil A. Segal, MD | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Iowa City, IA | $30,003 |
| 40 | Paul M. Sethi, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Greenwich, CT | $29,118 |
| 41 | Gregory V. Hickman, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Birmingham, AL | $28,437 |
| 42 | Melissa Zhu Murphy, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Grapevine, TX | $28,111 |
| 43 | Andrew Ira Spitzer, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $27,701 |
| 44 | Matthew Stephen Bernard, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Chattanooga, TN | $26,192 |
| 45 | Chad Lee Miller, CRNA | Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | Saint Paul, NE | $25,540 |
| 46 | Shariff K. Bishai, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Troy, MI | $24,397 |
| 47 | Phillip Kwokfay Lau, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Pasadena, CA | $22,322 |
| 48 | Andrew Concoff, MD | Internal Medicine, Sports Medicine | Fullerton, CA | $21,714 |
| 49 | Andrew J. Kompel, M.D. | Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology | Boston, MA | $21,381 |
| 50 | Stavros Chrysostomides, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Medical | Columbia, SC | $20,899 |
| 51 | Virginia Kraus | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Durham, NC | $19,379 |
| 52 | Brian D. Busconi, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Worcester, MA | $18,190 |
| 53 | Timothy N. Hutchison, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Jackson, TN | $18,044 |
| 54 | Eric James Goddeyne, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Green Bay, WI | $17,838 |
| 55 | Jaime Lopez Mayoral, MD | Colon & Rectal Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $17,341 |
| 56 | Risal S. Djohan, MD | Plastic Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $17,020 |
| 57 | Stephen Zachary Garber, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Laguna Hills, CA | $16,536 |
| 58 | Scott C. Robertson, MD | Neurological Surgery | Round Rock, TX | $16,078 |
| 59 | Gregory Blaine Collins, CRNA | Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | Pensacola, FL | $16,048 |
| 60 | Selene G. Parekh, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bensalem, PA | $14,812 |
| 61 | Adam Rivadeneyra, MD | Family Medicine, Sports Medicine | Orange, CA | $13,976 |
| 62 | Kelly Nicole Leblanc, MD | Anesthesiology | Dallas, TX | $13,399 |
| 63 | Joseph Albert Abboud, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $13,099 |
| 64 | Grant Edward Garrigues, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Chicago, IL | $12,688 |
| 65 | Kyle Heffner, CRNA | Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | Minneapolis, MN | $12,567 |
| 66 | Myles Gart, MD | Anesthesiology | Norfolk, NE | $12,174 |
| 67 | William M. Mihalko, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Germantown, TN | $11,356 |
| 68 | Charles Luke | Anesthesiology | Cranberry Twp, PA | $11,263 |
| 69 | Michael Jay Fine, M.D. | Health Maintenance Organization | Laguna Beach, CA | $10,488 |
| 70 | Alexander George Chamessian, MD PHD | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Creve Coeur, MO | $10,483 |
| 71 | Brian J. Cole, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Chicago, IL | $10,207 |
| 72 | Maria Conceicao Martins-Lopes, MD | Specialist | Cresskill, NJ | $10,010 |
| 73 | Daniel M. Fenton, DMD | Dentist | Port St Lucie, FL | $10,000 |
| 74 | William Ulrich, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Boynton Beach, FL | $9,774 |
| 75 | Fredrick Allen May, MD | Pediatrics | Indianapolis, IN | $9,710 |
| 76 | Robin Vereeke West, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Fairfax, VA | $9,644 |
| 77 | Kandice E. Dolesh, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Omaha, NE | $9,582 |
| 78 | Felicia D. Pharagood Wade, MD | Emergency Medicine | Duluth, GA | $9,455 |
| 79 | Kenneth Schaecher, MD | Internal Medicine | West Valley City, UT | $9,402 |
| 80 | Martin Gerard Ferrillo, DO | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Albany, NY | $9,374 |
| 81 | Michael W. Bauer, MD | Family Medicine, Sports Medicine | Ozark, MO | $8,997 |
| 82 | Lee S. Simon, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Boston, MA | $8,606 |
| 83 | Jean-Pierre Phillip Ouanes, D.O. | Anesthesiology | New York, NY | $8,179 |
| 84 | Maged Nabil Aziz Guirguis, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | New Orleans, LA | $7,727 |
| 85 | Mohamad Bydon, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Chicago, IL | $7,645 |
| 86 | Paula Bilica, D.O. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | San Antonio, TX | $7,574 |
| 87 | Katherine Grichnik, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Durham, NC | $7,452 |
| 88 | Mark Schultzel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $7,296 |
| 89 | Christopher Walker, DDS | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | San Antonio, TX | $7,118 |
| 90 | Ebonie Vincent, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Irvine, CA | $6,500 |
| 91 | Loran Alfy Mounir Soliman, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Charlotte, NC | $6,433 |
| 92 | Sean McMillan, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Burlington, NJ | $6,137 |
| 93 | Jason D. Rand, PA | Physician Assistant | Waltham, MA | $6,002 |
| 94 | Vedra Abdomerovic Augenstein, MD | Surgery | Salisbury, NC | $5,800 |
| 95 | Nick Shah, MD | Anesthesiology | Naperville, IL | $5,418 |
| 96 | Daniel Michael Sciubba, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $5,350 |
| 97 | Thomas Ward Throckmorton, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Germantown, TN | $5,313 |
| 98 | Nicolas Santiago Piuzzi, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $5,036 |
| 99 | Andrew B. Wickline, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New Hartford, NY | $5,000 |
| 100 | Sameh Akhnoukh Labib, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Brookhaven, GA | $4,970 |
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