---
title: What industry pays physicians in Georgia (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Georgia
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 68387893
physicians: 33237
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Georgia (2024)

In Georgia, drug and device makers reported **$68,387,893** in general payments to **33,237** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $2,058 each), plus $194,190,291 tied to research and $11,550,177 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 | $6,223,996 | 488 | $12,754 |
| Neurological Surgery | $6,139,179 | 162 | $37,896 |
| Physician Assistant | $2,812,940 | 2,095 | $1,343 |
| Psychiatry | $2,417,613 | 451 | $5,361 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | $2,337,602 | 501 | $4,666 |
| Family | $2,299,416 | 4,158 | $553 |
| Dermatology | $2,222,387 | 269 | $8,262 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $1,926,588 | 50 | $38,532 |
| Surgery | $1,755,247 | 575 | $3,053 |
| Neurology | $1,697,213 | 322 | $5,271 |
| Internal Medicine | $1,654,573 | 1,875 | $882 |
| Gastroenterology | $1,615,478 | 380 | $4,251 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Regis Haid | Neurological Surgery | $3,854,017 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Ormonde Mahoney | Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,729,360 | Stryker Corporation |
| John Xerogeanes | Sports Medicine | $904,866 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Nicolas Chronos | Cardiovascular Disease | $890,542 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
| John Dorchak | Orthopaedic Surgery | $694,401 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Richard Petty | Psychiatry | $642,055 | Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
| Firas Hougeir | Dermatology | $631,680 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. |
| Daniel Silcox | Orthopaedic Surgery | $600,425 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| John Cowan | Neurological Surgery | $590,901 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| John Heller | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $585,548 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Tomas Chao | Medical | $484,655 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Thomas Bradbury | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $484,402 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Sagar Lonial | Hematology | $477,367 | TG THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
| Bruce Ziran | Orthopaedic Trauma | $437,522 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| David Cohen | Dermatology | $435,243 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Scott Boden | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $423,752 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
| Douglas Diruggiero | Physician Assistant | $390,302 | Genzyme Corporation |
| Michael Gibson | Internal Medicine | $388,261 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| John Hemphill | Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology | $385,224 | EISAI INC. |
| Nima Kokabi | Vascular & Interventional Radiology | $362,293 | Sirtex Medical Inc |
| Thomas Morrison | Neurological Surgery | $356,375 | Stryker Corporation |
| Michael Blaiss | Allergy & Immunology | $306,478 | Genzyme Corporation |
| Stephen Martin | Emergency Medicine | $301,723 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| Charles Decook | Orthopaedic Surgery | $299,729 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Ronald Goldstein | Dentist | $294,032 | Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co., LLC |

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/ga.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`