US Endoscopy: payments to clinicians
US Endoscopy's 2025 payments went to relatively few clinicians: $976,053 to 54, about $18,075 each. Most of it (79%) was royalties and licenses, then consulting fees (21%). The largest single recipient (Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, California) received $372,266.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $976,053 | 117 | 54 |
| 2024 | $971,788 | 103 | 47 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bennett E. Roth, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Los Angeles, CA | $372,266 |
| 2 | David Leslie Carr-Locke, MD FRCP FACG MASGE | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | New York, NY | $335,307 |
| 3 | David E. Fleischer, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Scottsdale, AZ | $60,789 |
| 4 | Sunguk N. Jang, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Cleveland, OH | $20,111 |
| 5 | Sonali Sethi, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| 6 | Joseph S. Spataro | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Richmond, VA | $12,500 |
| 7 | Ken Y. Yoneda, MD | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Sacramento, CA | $12,000 |
| 8 | Toufic Assaad Kachaamy, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Jacksonville, FL | $11,756 |
| 9 | John Erikson Yap, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | St George, UT | $11,000 |
| 10 | Amir Rumman, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Charlottesville, VA | $11,000 |
| 11 | Laura Kathleen Frye, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Dallas, TX | $10,600 |
| 12 | Shaffer Randall Shrope Mok, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Columbia, MD | $8,000 |
| 13 | Shyam J. Thakkar, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Morgantown, WV | $8,000 |
| 14 | Neil R. Sharma, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Gilbert, AZ | $8,000 |
| 15 | Vivek Kaul, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Rochester, NY | $5,250 |
| 16 | Adnan Majid, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Boston, MA | $5,200 |
| 17 | Carlos Roberto Simons Linares, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Maywood, IL | $4,583 |
| 18 | Hassan A. Siddiki, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Cleveland, OH | $4,250 |
| 19 | Vivek Ramesh Huilgol, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | New Orleans, LA | $4,170 |
| 20 | Kevin Ross Davidson, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Aurora, CO | $4,000 |
| 21 | John Adam Dumot, DO | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Cleveland, OH | $4,000 |
| 22 | Alvin M. Zfass, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Richmond, VA | $4,000 |
| 23 | Harshit S. Khara, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Danville, PA | $4,000 |
| 24 | Amit Bhatt, M.B.B.S | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Cleveland, OH | $3,500 |
| 25 | Gregory N. Postma, MD | Otolaryngology | Augusta, GA | $3,200 |
| 26 | Walter J. Coyle, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | La Jolla, CA | $2,500 |
| 27 | Jeremy David Barber, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Grand Rapids, MI | $2,000 |
| 28 | Jeremy Kim, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Sacramento, CA | $2,000 |
| 29 | Brooke Reiter Glessing, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Cleveland, OH | $1,750 |
| 30 | Joshua Lyons | Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $1,750 |
| 31 | Tyler K. Stevens, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | University Heights, OH | $1,500 |
| 32 | Jonathan Scott Kurman, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Milwaukee, WI | $1,500 |
| 33 | John J. Vargo, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Independence, OH | $1,500 |
| 34 | Brian Shigenobu Furukawa, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Temple, TX | $1,350 |
| 35 | Jianhua Andy Tau, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Austin, TX | $1,250 |
| 36 | Srinadh Komanduri, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Chicago, IL | $1,250 |
| 37 | Shailendra Singh | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Morgantown, WV | $1,000 |
| 38 | Adarsh Thaker, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 |
| 39 | Zao Yang, MD | Otolaryngology | San Antonio, TX | $1,000 |
| 40 | Alireza Sedarat, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Santa Monica, CA | $1,000 |
| 41 | Jennifer Phan | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Newport Beach, CA | $1,000 |
| 42 | Jose M. Nieto, DO | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Sebring, FL | $500.00 |
| 43 | Vladimir Markovicl Kushnir, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Saint Louis, MO | $500.00 |
| 44 | Mohammad Bilal, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Aurora, CO | $500.00 |
| 45 | Andrew Charles Storm, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Winston Salem, NC | $500.00 |
| 46 | David Diehl, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Danville, PA | $500.00 |
| 47 | Tilak Upendra Shah, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Richmond, VA | $500.00 |
| 48 | Otis B. Rickman, DO | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Nashville, TN | $450.00 |
| 49 | Julie Yang, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Bronx, NY | $420.00 |
| 50 | Abdul Aziz Aadam, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Chicago, IL | $375.00 |
| 51 | Sang Hoon Kim, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Flushing, NY | $375.00 |
| 52 | Naresh T. Gunaratnam, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Eagan, MN | $250.00 |
| 53 | Rosario J. Ligresti, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Hackensack, NJ | $250.00 |
| 54 | Eugene Zolotarevsky, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Traverse City, MI | $100.00 |
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