Tela Bio, Inc.: payments to clinicians
2,721 clinicians received $1,807,980 from Tela Bio, Inc. in 2025; Surgery is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (69%) was consulting fees, then food and beverage (18%). The largest single recipient (Surgery, Indiana) received $354,244.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,807,980 | 6,368 | 2,721 |
| 2024 | $2,067,848 | 7,569 | 3,105 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul P. Szotek Jr., M.D. | Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $354,244 |
| 2 | Jorge Luis Florin, M.D. | Surgery | Clermont, FL | $169,465 |
| 3 | Samir Samuel Awad, MD | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Houston, TX | $96,078 |
| 4 | Rahim Shiraz Nazerali, MD | Plastic Surgery | Palo Alto, CA | $79,050 |
| 5 | Philip Woodworth, MD | Surgery | Lone Tree, CO | $64,080 |
| 6 | Evan Brent Katzel, MD | Plastic Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $56,646 |
| 7 | Salvatore John Pacella III, M.D., M.B.A. | Plastic Surgery | San Diego, CA | $52,255 |
| 8 | David Woodbridge Mathes, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Aurora, CO | $48,489 |
| 9 | Ian Lee Valerio, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Columbus, OH | $43,366 |
| 10 | Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, MD BSC | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Aurora, CO | $32,763 |
| 11 | Reginald C.W. Bell, MD | Surgery | Lone Tree, CO | $30,716 |
| 12 | Michael Meininger, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $29,427 |
| 13 | Brian M. Smith, M.D. | Surgery | Naples, FL | $24,237 |
| 14 | Rajiv Parikh, MD | Plastic Surgery | Ann Arbor, MI | $20,732 |
| 15 | Talar Tejirian, MD | Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $20,285 |
| 16 | George Denoto, M.D. | Surgery | Manhasset, NY | $18,357 |
| 17 | Katherine Carruthers, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Boston, MA | $18,258 |
| 18 | Peter C. Wang, M.D. | Surgery | Newport Beach, CA | $17,010 |
| 19 | Joel A. Strehl, D.O. | Surgery | Traverse City, MI | $16,133 |
| 20 | Michael Aj Sawyer, M.D. | Specialist | Lawton, OK | $15,838 |
| 21 | Francis Paul Buckley III, MD | Surgery | Austin, TX | $14,652 |
| 22 | Daniel L. Kapp, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | West Palm Beach, FL | $13,553 |
| 23 | Sean Orenstein, M.D. | Surgery | Portland, OR | $13,155 |
| 24 | Daniel Patrick McMahon, M.D. | Surgery | Mobile, AL | $12,177 |
| 25 | Bryan P. Payne, D.O. | Surgery | Gastonia, NC | $11,152 |
| 26 | Zeshaan Maan | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | San Jose, CA | $11,014 |
| 27 | Steven Ryan Demeester, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Portland, OR | $10,309 |
| 28 | David A. Baer, MD | Surgery | Denver, CO | $9,685 |
| 29 | Faisal Khan, M.D. | Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $9,317 |
| 30 | Srinivasa Kumar Gorjala, M.D., F.A.C.S. | Surgery | Sandy Springs, GA | $9,032 |
| 31 | Luis G. Fernandez, MD | Surgery, Trauma Surgery | Tyler, TX | $7,800 |
| 32 | Anish Nihalani, M.D. | Surgery | Edison, NJ | $6,189 |
| 33 | Eugene Rubach, M.D. | Surgery | Manhasset, NY | $5,123 |
| 34 | Rafael David Gottenger, MD | Plastic Surgery | South Miami, FL | $5,102 |
| 35 | Hung Ho, M.D. | Surgery | Sacramento, CA | $4,311 |
| 36 | Nicholas Matthew Morin, D.O. | Surgery | Brooklyn, NY | $4,165 |
| 37 | Ricardo A. Collazo, MD | Surgery | Miami, FL | $4,069 |
| 38 | Itay Wiser, MD, PHD | Plastic Surgery | New York, NY | $3,816 |
| 39 | Scott Michael Golembeski, M.D. | Surgery | Denver, CO | $3,805 |
| 40 | Vincent Alan Chavanon, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Orlando, FL | $3,649 |
| 41 | Sarah B. Bryczkowski, MD | Surgery | Somerville, NJ | $3,633 |
| 42 | Peter B. Arnold, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Greensboro, NC | $3,560 |
| 43 | Mark Shachner, MD | Surgery | Coral Springs, FL | $3,511 |
| 44 | Alex Keung Wong, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Newark, NJ | $3,259 |
| 45 | Colton McNichols, MD | Plastic Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $3,171 |
| 46 | Malcolm Zachary Roth, MD, FACS | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Brooklyn, NY | $3,097 |
| 47 | Robinder Singh, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Great Neck, NY | $3,014 |
| 48 | Srikanth Kurapati, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Fort Worth, TX | $3,008 |
| 49 | Steve Duffy, MD | Surgery | Celina, TX | $3,002 |
| 50 | Julian Simon Winocour, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Aurora, CO | $2,944 |
| 51 | Stuart A. Linder, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Beverly Hills, CA | $2,824 |
| 52 | Esteban J. Gambaro, MD | Surgery | Winter Haven, FL | $2,802 |
| 53 | Joshua Macdavid, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Las Vegas, NV | $2,649 |
| 54 | Aniket Kishor Sakharpe, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Duluth, GA | $2,572 |
| 55 | Curtis Lisante Cetrulo, MD | Plastic Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $2,486 |
| 56 | William Gerald Austen Jr., M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Boston, MA | $2,471 |
| 57 | George Peter Malliaras, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Saginaw, MI | $2,386 |
| 58 | Claire Sanger Dillingham, D.O. | Plastic Surgery | Kernersville, NC | $2,357 |
| 59 | Marah Tillman, M.D. | Surgery | Miami, FL | $2,297 |
| 60 | Joseph Raniere,jr, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Fayetteville, GA | $2,234 |
| 61 | Ashley Marie Weller, PA - C | Physician Assistant | Muscatine, IA | $2,202 |
| 62 | Emil Raj Patel, DO | Surgery | Westminster, CO | $2,196 |
| 63 | Katie Egan, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Houston, TX | $2,137 |
| 64 | Joseph Greene, MD | Surgery | Reston, VA | $2,133 |
| 65 | Jeff Chang, MD | Plastic Surgery | Duarte, CA | $2,126 |
| 66 | Fernando E. Bayron Velez, MD | Surgery | Lauderdale Lakes, FL | $2,072 |
| 67 | Yohey Hashimoto, M.D. | Surgery | Amarillo, TX | $2,071 |
| 68 | Jeffrey James Gibson, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Miami, FL | $2,065 |
| 69 | Nancy Wong, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,063 |
| 70 | Alexandra Tilt, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Virginia Beach, VA | $2,055 |
| 71 | Ricardo Castrellon, M.D. | Surgery | Miami, FL | $2,051 |
| 72 | Antoine Lyonel Carre, MD | Surgery | Campbell, CA | $2,050 |
| 73 | Tor Martin Ljung, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Wilmington, NC | $2,014 |
| 74 | Braulio Leoncio Sabates, M.D.F.A.C.S. | Specialist | South Miami, FL | $1,999 |
| 75 | Virginia Bailey, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Austin, TX | $1,994 |
| 76 | Lauren Zora Beyer, PA | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Orlando, FL | $1,946 |
| 77 | Stephan Barrientos, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | East Syracuse, NY | $1,939 |
| 78 | Nicholas Michael Kunda, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Great Neck, NY | $1,884 |
| 79 | Tuan Anh Tran, M.D. | Plastic Surgery | Fountain Valley, CA | $1,879 |
| 80 | John Bacha, DO | Surgery | Stuart, FL | $1,839 |
| 81 | Richard Ross Rieske, M.D. | Surgery | Mobile, AL | $1,771 |
| 82 | Douglas Zhi-Wen Liou, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Palo Alto, CA | $1,767 |
| 83 | Katherine Huber Durnen, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Bowling Green, KY | $1,755 |
| 84 | Michael W. Parra, M.D. | Surgery | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1,737 |
| 85 | Alfonso Camberos, M.D., F.A.C.S. | Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand | San Diego, CA | $1,736 |
| 86 | Solomon Mollik Azouz, M.D. | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Dallas, TX | $1,735 |
| 87 | Fritz Daniel Brink, D.O. | General Practice | South Pasadena, FL | $1,651 |
| 88 | Purushottam Achyut Nagarkar, MD | Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Dallas, TX | $1,646 |
| 89 | Alexander L. Ayzengart, M.D. | Surgery | Reno, NV | $1,635 |
| 90 | Michael Dabit, DO | Surgery | Denver, CO | $1,632 |
| 91 | Jessica Ash, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Indianapolis, IN | $1,585 |
| 92 | James R. Deline, MD | Surgery | Denver, CO | $1,577 |
| 93 | Yinan Wei, M.D. | Surgery | San Jose, CA | $1,544 |
| 94 | Khawaja Azimuddin, M.D. | Surgery | Houston, TX | $1,511 |
| 95 | Dominick Anthony Vitale, M.D. FACS | Surgery | San Antonio, TX | $1,481 |
| 96 | William J. Berglind, MD | Surgery | Gulfport, MS | $1,444 |
| 97 | Joseph A. Mele III, M.D., F.A.C.S. | Plastic Surgery | Walnut Creek, CA | $1,441 |
| 98 | Sudeep Dustin Burman, DO | Surgery, Trauma Surgery | Austin, TX | $1,425 |
| 99 | Chen Chen, MD | Surgery | Denton, TX | $1,361 |
| 100 | Paul Dominick Colavita, MD | Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $1,349 |
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