Shoulder Innovations, Inc.: payments to clinicians
Shoulder Innovations, Inc.'s payments to clinicians rose 53% in 2025, to $3,295,885 across 344 people. Consulting fees was the largest category at 43%, then royalties and licenses (41%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Maryland) received $260,236.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,295,885 | 1,893 | 344 |
| 2024 | $2,154,880 | 991 | 248 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Shay Johnston, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Leonardtown, MD | $260,236 |
| 2 | Christopher Robert Chuinard, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Traverse City, MI | $259,353 |
| 3 | Robert James Gillespie, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $237,811 |
| 4 | Stephen Burke Gunther, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlottesville, VA | $224,707 |
| 5 | John M. Itamura, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Pasadena, CA | $203,565 |
| 6 | Paul M. Sethi, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Greenwich, CT | $184,221 |
| 7 | Mark Alan Schrumpf, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Francisco, CA | $135,548 |
| 8 | John C. Macy, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Morrisville, VT | $117,375 |
| 9 | Galen S. Kam, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Redding, CA | $103,654 |
| 10 | Walter G. Stanwood, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Plymouth, MA | $93,343 |
| 11 | Benjamin William Sears | Orthopaedic Surgery | Denver, CO | $77,973 |
| 12 | Shariff K. Bishai, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Troy, MI | $65,878 |
| 13 | Robert Sean Churchill, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Grafton, WI | $62,677 |
| 14 | David J. Fehnel, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Peabody, MA | $62,547 |
| 15 | Samuel Mark Harmsen, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | $55,388 |
| 16 | Michael B. Purnell, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Modesto, CA | $50,577 |
| 17 | Robert Zaray Tashjian, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Salt Lake City, UT | $49,806 |
| 18 | Jay Donovan Keener, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $49,806 |
| 19 | Eitan M. Kohan, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Paramus, NJ | $40,721 |
| 20 | Veronica Asela Diaz, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Jupiter, FL | $39,113 |
| 21 | Matthew Alan Pifer, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Santa Barbara, CA | $39,008 |
| 22 | David Scott Bethune, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Stockton, CA | $36,703 |
| 23 | Nathan Gerald Everding, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Syracuse, NY | $33,983 |
| 24 | Richard Michael Michelin, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Henderson, NV | $33,526 |
| 25 | Nathan Daniel Orvets, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Tualatin, OR | $31,343 |
| 26 | Paul George Kiritsis, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Midlothian, VA | $31,031 |
| 27 | Ray Byron Jensen, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Spearfish, SD | $27,580 |
| 28 | Norman Douglas Boardman III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Richmond, VA | $27,204 |
| 29 | Michael V. Cushing, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Newnan, GA | $26,472 |
| 30 | Christopher Keith Jones, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Colorado Springs, CO | $26,264 |
| 31 | Marion M. Herring, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Richmond, VA | $24,297 |
| 32 | Timothy Reish, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $24,215 |
| 33 | Paul E. Schwartz, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Redding, CA | $22,239 |
| 34 | Brad E. Brautigan, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Zanesville, OH | $21,200 |
| 35 | Brandon Romero | Orthopaedic Surgery | Las Vegas, NV | $21,154 |
| 36 | Kenneth Kearns, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | King Of Prussia, PA | $21,054 |
| 37 | Ryan William Churchill, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Peabody, MA | $20,385 |
| 38 | Mark Schultzel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $19,713 |
| 39 | Jessica Churchill, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Denver, CO | $18,925 |
| 40 | Brian A. Chalkin, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Tulsa, OK | $18,671 |
| 41 | Ben Dubois, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | La Mesa, CA | $17,882 |
| 42 | John George Costouros, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Menlo Park, CA | $16,232 |
| 43 | Eric Glen Huish Jr., D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | French Camp, CA | $15,438 |
| 44 | Amit Alexander-Nathani, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Santa Barbara, CA | $13,969 |
| 45 | Jonathan Guevara, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Ft Worth, TX | $13,101 |
| 46 | Benjamin Micheal Woodhead, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lincoln, NE | $11,947 |
| 47 | Diego Cole Villacis, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Summit, WI | $11,837 |
| 48 | Kyle R. McClintock, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Roseville, CA | $11,121 |
| 49 | Ryan Lee Nelson, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,717 |
| 50 | James Phillip Andry, MD, MS, BS | Orthopaedic Surgery | La Jolla, CA | $10,585 |
| 51 | Ryan Anthony Neeley, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Gilbert, AZ | $10,570 |
| 52 | Hilary Malcarney, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Reno, NV | $8,951 |
| 53 | Jeff Xinda Zhao, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Sunnyvale, TX | $8,935 |
| 54 | Jason Chikang Ho, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $8,185 |
| 55 | Daniel C. Acevedo, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Thousand Oaks, CA | $6,899 |
| 56 | David Paul Adkison, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Birmingham, AL | $6,830 |
| 57 | Brandon Joseph Kohrs, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Edgewood, KY | $6,807 |
| 58 | Patrick Robert-Lawrence Hayes, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Shelby, NC | $6,709 |
| 59 | Adam Joseph McNulty, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $5,780 |
| 60 | John Erickson, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New Providence, NJ | $5,360 |
| 61 | Cara Christina Zagel | Physician Assistant | Colorado Springs, CO | $4,798 |
| 62 | Jeffrey M. Tuman, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Eugene, OR | $4,612 |
| 63 | Ryan Thomas Colley, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Medford, OR | $4,222 |
| 64 | Jacob Stephen Hopkins, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Denver, CO | $4,145 |
| 65 | Avnish Neil Clerk, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Manchester, NH | $4,017 |
| 66 | Ekaterina Urch, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Los Angeles, CA | $3,949 |
| 67 | Scott Vizzi, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Largo, FL | $3,606 |
| 68 | Stephen H. Cummings, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Newport News, VA | $3,503 |
| 69 | David Andrew Kummerfeld, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Tyler, TX | $3,492 |
| 70 | Angela Christine Edgell, PAC | Physician Assistant | Denver, CO | $3,061 |
| 71 | Scott Huff, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Dayton, OH | $2,959 |
| 72 | David Christopher Harkins, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Monroe, GA | $2,952 |
| 73 | Corinne Vanbeek, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Stamford, CT | $2,944 |
| 74 | Jeffrey Leo Horinek, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Medford, OR | $2,854 |
| 75 | Jonathan Trevor Matthews, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Tyler, TX | $2,782 |
| 76 | Donald Alan Weimer, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | O Fallon, IL | $2,719 |
| 77 | Austin Franklin Smith, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Gilbert, AZ | $2,559 |
| 78 | David Jeremy Hergan, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Middletown, CT | $2,551 |
| 79 | Thomas Freeman Jr., MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Traverse City, MI | $2,384 |
| 80 | Edward Charles Brown III, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Mill, SC | $2,355 |
| 81 | Dawn Leigh Swarm, MD | Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine & OMM | Woodland Hills, CA | $2,348 |
| 82 | Paul Dominic Saadi, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Dallas, TX | $2,344 |
| 83 | Brent Andrew Ponce, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charleston, SC | $2,318 |
| 84 | Kristen Leigh Thomas, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Portland, OR | $2,298 |
| 85 | Jonathan T. Yamaguchi | Orthopaedic Surgery | Santa Clara, CA | $2,284 |
| 86 | Robert H. Wilson, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Hyattsville, MD | $2,255 |
| 87 | Thomas Brett Evely, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Hendersonville, NC | $2,250 |
| 88 | Lee Estes Blanton Jr., MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Riverside, CA | $2,222 |
| 89 | Matthew Nguyen, MD | Internal Medicine | Bryn Mawr, PA | $2,217 |
| 90 | Christopher Evan Gibbons, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Manchester, NH | $2,213 |
| 91 | Amanda Marie Stevens, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Altus, OK | $2,195 |
| 92 | Aaron Mark Chamberlain, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Murray, UT | $2,188 |
| 93 | Frank Alexander Schroeder, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Houston, TX | $2,165 |
| 94 | Harold Scott Ellsworth Jr., MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Leawood, KS | $2,162 |
| 95 | Scott R. Jacobson, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Bend, OR | $2,139 |
| 96 | Scott M. Zimmer, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Chardon, OH | $2,123 |
| 97 | Zade Neil Batarseh, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Simi Valley, CA | $2,108 |
| 98 | Jonathan Callegari, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charleston, WV | $2,077 |
| 99 | John M. Kopriva, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Milwaukee, WI | $2,071 |
| 100 | Sameer Nagda, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Arlington, VA | $2,046 |
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