---
title: What industry pays physicians in Alabama (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Alabama
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 31876174
physicians: 16322
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Alabama (2024)

In Alabama, drug and device makers reported **$31,876,174** in general payments to **16,322** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $1,953 each), plus $97,659,770 tied to research and $2,155,688 in ownership interests.

**A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing** — many are research grants, consulting fees, or device royalties. Transparency, not a verdict.

## Top specialties

| Specialty | Total | Physicians | Mean per physician |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $4,636,525 | 244 | $19,002 |
| Sports Medicine | $3,517,789 | 93 | $37,826 |
| Family | $1,383,260 | 2,375 | $582 |
| Foot and Ankle Surgery | $979,263 | 14 | $69,947 |
| Dermatology | $950,033 | 132 | $7,197 |
| Gastroenterology | $940,098 | 165 | $5,698 |
| Unspecified | $939,111 | 545 | $1,723 |
| Hematology & Oncology | $915,839 | 151 | $6,065 |
| Surgery | $912,665 | 282 | $3,236 |
| Psychiatry | $902,421 | 230 | $3,924 |
| Family Medicine | $888,568 | 1,123 | $791 |
| Vascular Surgery | $870,264 | 51 | $17,064 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edward Cain | Sports Medicine | $3,203,780 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Jeffrey Dugas | Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,818,351 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Norman Waldrop | Foot and Ankle Surgery | $920,823 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Albert Pacifico | Vascular Surgery | $769,465 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Benton Emblom | Orthopaedic Surgery | $761,112 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Robert Shaffer | Gastroenterology | $299,050 | Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Anthony Turkiewicz | Rheumatology | $264,889 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. |
| Eric Baum | Unspecified | $212,204 | UCB, Inc. |
| Herrick Siegel | Orthopaedic Surgery | $211,384 | Corentec America,Inc. |
| Theodore Tsaltas | Obstetrics & Gynecology | $200,583 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| James Roy | Sleep Medicine | $199,574 | Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. |
| David Mclain | Rheumatology | $186,852 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Pamela Mclain | Unspecified | $181,425 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Brent Ponce | Orthopaedic Surgery | $177,283 | Stryker Corporation |
| Javier Reto | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $173,182 | Alphatec Spine, Inc |
| Leesha Ellis Cox | Psychiatry | $170,443 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
| Hugh Mcelderry | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $169,713 | Boston Scientific Corporation |
| Dennis Thomas | Cardiovascular Disease | $167,174 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| John Anderson | Allergy & Immunology | $161,331 | CSL Behring |
| Weily Soong | Unspecified | $159,658 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Anil Rajendra | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $150,070 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. |
| John Vanloock | Dermatology | $149,063 | Genzyme Corporation |
| John Porterfield | Surgery | $145,304 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Armand Schachter | Psychiatry | $139,347 | Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
| Travis Rutland | Gastroenterology | $132,508 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. |

RECORDED CMS Open Payments amounts/counts; totals, means, and rankings are DERIVED. A disclosure record — not evidence of improper influence, not a measure of physician quality, not advice. To verify a physician, search openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

Structured data: `/care/open-payments/al.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`