Surgentec: payments to clinicians
Surgentec's 2025 payments went to relatively few clinicians: $698,091 to 50, about $13,962 each. Most of it (54%) was royalties and licenses, then consulting fees (40%). The largest single recipient (Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana) received $49,200.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $698,091 | 234 | 50 |
| 2024 | $704,751 | 249 | 49 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Micah W. Smith, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Wayne, IN | $49,200 |
| 2 | Avery L. Buchholz, M.D., MPH | Neurological Surgery | Alexandria, VA | $44,400 |
| 3 | Robert E. Tibbs Jr., M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Oklahoma City, OK | $41,931 |
| 4 | Ankur Khosla, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Shenandoah, TX | $34,942 |
| 5 | Simon Chao, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | North Easton, MA | $34,122 |
| 6 | Timothy O'Connor | Neurological Surgery | Boca Raton, FL | $33,630 |
| 7 | Hamid Hassanzadeh, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Bethesda, MD | $33,300 |
| 8 | Shivam Narendra Upadhyaya, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Port Saint Lucie, FL | $32,814 |
| 9 | Justin Iorio, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Fayetteville, NY | $31,885 |
| 10 | Jonathan David Grossman, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Visalia, CA | $29,046 |
| 11 | Islam Elboghdady, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Naperville, IL | $25,975 |
| 12 | Kris Parchuri, D.O. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Tulsa, OK | $25,621 |
| 13 | Joseph Mark Savino, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Medford, OR | $24,533 |
| 14 | Kyle Petersen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $22,204 |
| 15 | Ashish Patel, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Elmhurst, IL | $22,025 |
| 16 | Jefferson Christopher Eyke, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Muskegon, MI | $21,297 |
| 17 | Shannon Garitty, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Waco, TX | $18,208 |
| 18 | Frederick Dm Moore, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Rockville, MD | $17,826 |
| 19 | John I. Williams, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Fort Wayne, IN | $17,662 |
| 20 | Jahangir Asghar, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Plantation, FL | $17,651 |
| 21 | John F. Morrison, M.D., FAANS | Neurological Surgery | Lake Worth, FL | $17,500 |
| 22 | Joshua Abrams, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Phoenix, AZ | $17,141 |
| 23 | Pedro Miguel Ramirez, MD | Neurological Surgery | Lake Mary, FL | $17,004 |
| 24 | Brett Alan Schlifka, D.O. | Neurological Surgery | Lake Worth, FL | $11,000 |
| 25 | Osama Iqbal Ahmed, MD | Neurological Surgery | Live Oak, TX | $10,500 |
| 26 | Pankaj Mehta, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Killeen, TX | $7,975 |
| 27 | Mayur Bhagvanji Kanjia, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Houston, TX | $6,133 |
| 28 | Edward Lee Smith, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Meridian, MS | $4,000 |
| 29 | Daniel Philip Wiser Smith, D.O. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Idaho Falls, ID | $3,759 |
| 30 | Anup Patel, DPM | Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery | East Brunswick, NJ | $3,500 |
| 31 | Ngoc-Lam Minh Nguyen, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Sarasota, FL | $3,200 |
| 32 | Luis E. Duarte, MD | Neurological Surgery | San Angelo, TX | $2,500 |
| 33 | Behnam Myers, DO | Orthopaedic Surgery | Hollywood, FL | $2,000 |
| 34 | Dawood Sayed, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Kansas City, KS | $1,975 |
| 35 | Joshua L. Elkin, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Prescott, AZ | $1,957 |
| 36 | K Brandon Strenge, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Paducah, KY | $1,853 |
| 37 | Ryan Budwany, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Lawrenceville, GA | $1,306 |
| 38 | Joe Park, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Victorville, CA | $1,001 |
| 39 | Phong Tien Nguyen, D.O. | Anesthesiology | Odessa, TX | $834.55 |
| 40 | Stephen N. Tafor, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Macon, GA | $610.33 |
| 41 | Sean Li, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Shrewsbury, NJ | $604.44 |
| 42 | Mikhail M. Galperin, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Mishawaka, IN | $594.18 |
| 43 | Shaan Khan, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | La Porte, IN | $579.96 |
| 44 | Sheel A. Patel, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Portage, IN | $552.95 |
| 45 | Mark R. Grubb, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $532.98 |
| 46 | Neeraj Jain, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Hinsdale, IL | $467.15 |
| 47 | Sanjeev Kumar, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Gainesville, FL | $292.47 |
| 48 | Nadeem Nawaz Moghal, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Toledo, OH | $186.82 |
| 49 | Souheil F. Haddad, M.D. | Specialist | Bloomington, IN | $146.34 |
| 50 | Vinayak C. Belamkar, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Indianapolis, IN | $111.62 |
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