Piedmont Plus Innovation: payments to clinicians

82 clinicians received $26,847 from Piedmont Plus Innovation in 2025; Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (77%) was travel and lodging, then food and beverage (23%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, North Carolina) received $2,179.

Program year	Total	Payments	Clinicians paid
2025	$26,847	188	82
2024	$24,600	245	106

Largest recipients in 2025

#	Clinician	Specialty	Location	Amount
1	John B. Hubbard, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Winston Salem, NC	$2,179
2	Brian Robert Waterman, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Winston Salem, NC	$2,019
3	Patrick Francis Szukics, DO	Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Deerfield Beach, FL	$1,232
4	Jeffrey Tweed Spang, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Chapel Hill, NC	$1,099
5	Julie Ellen Glener, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Jacksonville, NC	$982.48
6	Anastasios Papadonikolakis, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	High Point, NC	$954.41
7	Rajbir Hundal, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Appleton, WI	$935.96
8	Tia Rose Wisdo	Physician Assistant	Philadelphia, PA	$884.92
9	Stuart McIver Saunders, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery	Clemmons, NC	$833.44
10	Amber Madrin, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Winston Salem, NC	$831.40
11	Nicholas Anthony Trasolini, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Winston Salem, NC	$826.05
12	Benjamin Raymond Parker, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Boone, NC	$826.03
13	Jennifer Kaitlyn Halama	Physician Assistant, Medical	Boiling Springs, NC	$787.56
14	Sneha Raghavendra Rao, MD	Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	Bermuda Run, NC	$784.99
15	Justin Waller, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Asheville, NC	$732.39
16	Philip Adam Jones, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Statesville, NC	$691.43
17	Ethan Charles Wells, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Clemmons, NC	$687.12
18	Kristen McKinney Clark	Physician Assistant	Winston Salem, NC	$681.29
19	Snow Brenner Daws, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery	Kernersville, NC	$663.20
20	Andrew Selek Do, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery	Port St Lucie, FL	$644.01
21	Jonathan Todd Mundy, P.A.C.	Physician Assistant, Surgical	Burlington, NC	$625.40
22	Christopher Francis Dibble, M.D.	Neurological Surgery	Winston Salem, NC	$604.96
23	Christopher John Tuohy, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery	Winston Salem, NC	$602.95
24	Earl William Walker Jr., MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Morganton, NC	$596.91
25	John Peter Birkedal, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Winston Salem, NC	$593.83
26	Victoria Yvonne Voorhees	Physician Assistant	Greensboro, NC	$522.74
27	Nichole Marie Perry, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	High Point, NC	$508.76
28	Christopher Mark Gibbs, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery	Canton, OH	$400.53
29	Sunny Harish Patel, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery	Burlington, NC	$318.73
30	Randall Robert McCafferty, M.D.	Neurological Surgery	High Point, NC	$306.59
31	Adam McDonald, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Greensboro, NC	$296.93
32	Steven McNeal Potter, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery	Thomasville, NC	$189.22
33	Jonathan Lee Wilson, M.D.	Neurological Surgery	Rapid City, SD	$173.97
34	Alan William Warner Reynolds, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Greensboro, NC	$145.57
35	Kaitlin C. Neary, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery	Boise, ID	$109.60
36	Allston Julius Stubbs, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Winston Salem, NC	$98.85
37	Christopher Douglas Bernard	Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	Winston Salem, NC	$95.76
38	Kevin William Collon, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine	Los Angeles, CA	$95.17
39	Matthew Stevens Edwards, MD	Surgery, Vascular Surgery	Winston Salem, NC	$93.35
40	Cynthia Lynn Emory, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery	Winston Salem, NC	$93.35
41	Timothy Daniel Murphy, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Greensboro, NC	$91.51
42	Justin W. Walker, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Lenoir, NC	$61.88
43	Mary-Katherine Lynch, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Canton, GA	$48.42
44	Susanne Helene Boden, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Indianapolis, IN	$48.42
45	Robert Gilmore Thompson, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Fayetteville, GA	$48.42
46	Russell Kirkland Stewart, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Roanoke, VA	$38.77
47	Reid Robert Russell, D.O	Orthopaedic Surgery	Hickory, NC	$38.18
48	Yoji Ogura, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Winston Salem, NC	$34.53
49	Dax Thattacunnel Varkey, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Greensboro, NC	$34.29
50	James Edward Stanislaw, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Lenoir, NC	$32.33
51	Donald Jay Scholten II, MD PHD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Traverse City, MI	$30.51
52	Steven Joseph Tilles, DPM	Podiatrist	High Point, NC	$29.56
53	Lindsay Lesavage, DPM	Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	Winston Salem, NC	$29.56
54	Iyanna Damanze, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Winston Salem, NC	$29.56
55	Paula Gangopadhyay, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Lexington, NC	$29.56
56	Alec Wroblewski	Podiatrist	Clarksville, TN	$29.56
57	Hayden Bush, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Bend, OR	$29.56
58	Jonathan David Tenley, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Morganton, NC	$20.54
59	Morgan Noel	Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	Winston Salem, NC	$20.04
60	Blake Austin Weeks, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Hickory, NC	$18.98
61	Colleen Patricia Mahar, PA	Physician Assistant	Greensboro, NC	$18.79
62	Joshua Anthony Caruso, PA	Physician Assistant	Greensboro, NC	$18.79
63	Thomas Robert Saullo, M.D.	Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	Greensboro, NC	$18.79
64	Carolyn Keller, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Greensboro, NC	$18.79
65	Jeffrey Paul Keverline, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Lenoir, NC	$18.68
66	Matthew Taylor Yelverton, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Lenoir, NC	$18.68
67	Christopher Thomas Daley, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Rutherford College, NC	$17.36
68	Teddy Earl Kim, M.D.	Neurological Surgery	High Point, NC	$17.32
69	Beck Deal McAllister	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Clemmons, NC	$17.32
70	Tadhg James O'Gara, M.D.	Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine	Winston Salem, NC	$17.32
71	Jessica P. Lyons, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Winston Salem, NC	$16.45
72	Nicholas S. Powers, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Pittsburgh, PA	$15.17
73	Rachael Marie Payne, MD	Surgery	Saint Louis, MO	$15.17
74	Steven Bokshan, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Providence, RI	$15.09
75	Ashleigh Wells Medda, DPM	Podiatrist	Winston Salem, NC	$14.39
76	Taylor Wayne Woodward	Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	Winston Salem, NC	$14.39
77	Randall Thomas Eldridge, DPM	Podiatrist	Hickory, NC	$13.58
78	Nadia Nikoueiha, DPM	Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery	Hickory, NC	$13.58
79	Stephanie Eldridge, D.P.M.	Podiatrist	Hickory, NC	$13.58
80	Paul J. Houle, MD	Neurological Surgery	Hyannis, MA	$13.55
81	Scott Joseph Bellamy Nimmons, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Winston Salem, NC	$13.55
82	Chase Gregory Bennett, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery	Advance, NC	$13.55

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