Smith+nephew, Inc.: payments to clinicians
As reported by the company to CMS Open Payments (general payments).
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $49,503,974 | 72,595 | 25,203 |
| 2024 | $43,638,458 | 70,783 | 23,690 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Tornetta III, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Boston, MA | $3,357,835 |
| 2 | William Michael Ricci, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $2,213,019 |
| 3 | Lee Kaplan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Miami, FL | $1,846,530 |
| 4 | Treg D. Brown, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Herrin, IL | $1,485,161 |
| 5 | Nathaniel P. Cohen, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Los Gatos, CA | $1,454,171 |
| 6 | Fred D. Cushner, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $1,375,723 |
| 7 | Roy W. Sanders, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Temple Terrace, FL | $1,267,709 |
| 8 | Steven B. Haas, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $1,259,602 |
| 9 | Mathias P.G. Bostrom, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $1,028,703 |
| 10 | Jose Antonio Rodriguez, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $840,853 |
| 11 | John T. Watson, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $692,306 |
| 12 | David R. Diduch, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Charlottesville, VA | $662,020 |
| 13 | Jonathan P. Garino, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Malvern, PA | $573,063 |
| 14 | Thomas D. Rosenberg, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Park City, UT | $560,732 |
| 15 | Edwin P. Su, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $524,420 |
| 16 | Hyun Woo Bae, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Santa Monica, CA | $514,778 |
| 17 | Samir Mehta, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $477,349 |
| 18 | Michael Thomas Freehill, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Stanford, CA | $466,735 |
| 19 | James W. Brodsky, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Dallas, TX | $458,088 |
| 20 | Reza Firoozabadi, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Seattle, WA | $454,035 |
| 21 | James Campbell Chow, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | $450,261 |
| 22 | Thorsten Markus Seyler, M.D., PH.D | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Durham, NC | $428,368 |
| 23 | Ran Schwarzkopf, M.D., M.SC. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $415,757 |
| 24 | Matthew Lee Ramsey, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | King Of Prussia, PA | $410,500 |
| 25 | Hany Bedair, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $376,488 |
| 26 | Ravi Kant Bashyal, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Skokie, IL | $348,661 |
| 27 | David C. Markel, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Southfield, MI | $341,860 |
| 28 | Scott W. Trenhaile, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rockford, IL | $340,063 |
| 29 | Michael D. Ries, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Reno, NV | $331,469 |
| 30 | Shawn C. Standard, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $299,656 |
| 31 | John E. Herzenberg, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $295,846 |
| 32 | Jaime Alberto Carvajal Alba, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Clermont, FL | $267,697 |
| 33 | Jorge Chahla, MD, PHD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Chicago, IL | $265,146 |
| 34 | Steven Keita Nishiyama, D.O., PH.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Las Vegas, NV | $237,178 |
| 35 | Stephen Thomas Duncan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Lexington, KY | $234,798 |
| 36 | Christopher Scott Klifto, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Durham, NC | $200,833 |
| 37 | Andrew David Pearle, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $200,015 |
| 38 | David Mayman, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $196,216 |
| 39 | Samir Sharma, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Los Gatos, CA | $194,317 |
| 40 | Robert F. Laprade, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Edina, MN | $190,774 |
| 41 | Charles Jobin, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $175,023 |
| 42 | George John Haidukewych, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Orlando, FL | $173,457 |
| 43 | Kevin Fricka, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Alexandria, VA | $171,365 |
| 44 | Scott C. Faucett, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Washington, DC | $168,287 |
| 45 | James L. Comadoll, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Salisbury, NC | $165,830 |
| 46 | Ryan Michael Nunley, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $156,680 |
| 47 | Jeffrey Geller, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | New York, NY | $151,933 |
| 48 | Brent Andrew Ponce, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charleston, SC | $140,969 |
| 49 | Brian J. McGrory, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Falmouth, ME | $138,812 |
| 50 | Edward Rhettson Hobgood, M. D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Jackson, MS | $138,653 |
| 51 | John Wesley Barrington, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Plano, TX | $137,284 |
| 52 | George M. Babikian, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Falmouth, ME | $134,962 |
| 53 | Johannes Christiaan Coetzee, MB, CHB, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Edina, MN | $126,826 |
| 54 | Michael Paul Ast, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Paramus, NJ | $124,360 |
| 55 | Darren Lee Johnson, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Lexington, KY | $124,163 |
| 56 | Michael B. Banffy, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Los Angeles, CA | $123,619 |
| 57 | Joshua B. Greene, MD | Otolaryngology | Anderson, IN | $114,754 |
| 58 | Michael P. Bolognesi, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Durham, NC | $113,192 |
| 59 | Ilya Voloshin | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Rochester, NY | $109,087 |
| 60 | John Edward McDonald Jr., M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Austin, TX | $109,077 |
| 61 | Erik James Hansen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Charleston, SC | $108,437 |
| 62 | Bryan D. Den Hartog, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Stillwater, MN | $107,764 |
| 63 | Marc Raymond Safran, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Palo Alto, CA | $106,069 |
| 64 | Thomas Sean Roukis, DPM, PHD | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Orlando, FL | $105,498 |
| 65 | Stuart M. Gold, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Torrance, CA | $105,351 |
| 66 | Ravi A. Karia, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $99,979 |
| 67 | John Leander Masonis, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $98,529 |
| 68 | Daniel Bf Saris, MD, PHD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rochester, MN | $94,440 |
| 69 | Nirav Hasmukh Amin, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Placentia, CA | $94,244 |
| 70 | Michael Lawson Swank, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cincinnati, OH | $91,682 |
| 71 | Bruce Raymond Lawrence, D.P.M. | Podiatrist | Oceanside, CA | $90,335 |
| 72 | Christopher Michael Melnic, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $89,827 |
| 73 | David Rovinsky, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Lihue, HI | $89,083 |
| 74 | Tad Gerlinger, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $87,901 |
| 75 | Christopher F. Hyer, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | Worthington, OH | $86,825 |
| 76 | David I. Pedowitz, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Bryn Mawr, PA | $86,279 |
| 77 | Brian Thomas Nickel, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Madison, WI | $86,045 |
| 78 | Vineet Mehan, MD | Plastic Surgery | Falls Church, VA | $85,946 |
| 79 | Michael Douglas Hunter, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Newport Beach, CA | $85,280 |
| 80 | Michael James Bauer | Pathology, Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine | Castle Rock, CO | $85,250 |
| 81 | Stephen Matthew Quinnan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | West Palm Beach, FL | $85,120 |
| 82 | James E. Wood | Orthopaedic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $82,051 |
| 83 | Andrew Glen Yun, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Beverly Hills, CA | $82,049 |
| 84 | Jess Hanley Lonner, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bryn Mawr, PA | $82,036 |
| 85 | William Dick Bugbee, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | La Jolla, CA | $81,956 |
| 86 | J Michael Wiater, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Beverly Hills, MI | $81,661 |
| 87 | David C. Flanigan, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Columbus, OH | $81,555 |
| 88 | William B. Lutes, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Kenosha, WI | $80,990 |
| 89 | Kelechi Robert Okoroha, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Dallas, TX | $80,588 |
| 90 | Bradford S. Waddell, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Dallas, TX | $78,132 |
| 91 | William Bennett Geissler, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | Jackson, MS | $76,775 |
| 92 | Christopher Michael Larson, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Edina, MN | $76,436 |
| 93 | Craig J. Della Valle, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | Chicago, IL | $76,108 |
| 94 | Michael J. O'Brien, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | New Orleans, LA | $75,166 |
| 95 | Lauren E. Geaney, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Farmington, CT | $75,011 |
| 96 | Selene G. Parekh, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bensalem, PA | $74,425 |
| 97 | Jordan Carlton Schramm, MD | Otolaryngology, Pediatric Otolaryngology | Provo, UT | $72,884 |
| 98 | Harpal S. Khanuja, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Morristown, NJ | $71,807 |
| 99 | Vehniah Kristin Tjong, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Chicago, IL | $71,092 |
| 100 | Jourdan Cancienne, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine | Joliet, IL | $70,009 |
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.