---
title: What industry pays physicians in Hawaii (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Hawaii
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 32683223
physicians: 3617
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Hawaii (2024)

In Hawaii, drug and device makers reported **$32,683,223** in general payments to **3,617** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $9,036 each), plus $8,979,629 tied to research and $110,143,527 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 | $27,369,298 | 59 | $463,886 |
| Vascular Surgery | $669,291 | 18 | $37,183 |
| Dermatology | $453,957 | 43 | $10,557 |
| General Practice | $402,091 | 345 | $1,165 |
| Unspecified | $275,693 | 120 | $2,297 |
| Ophthalmology | $228,277 | 88 | $2,594 |
| Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | $222,892 | 35 | $6,368 |
| Internal Medicine | $220,884 | 277 | $797 |
| Physician Assistant | $185,179 | 121 | $1,530 |
| Gastroenterology | $179,069 | 45 | $3,979 |
| Neurological Surgery | $171,927 | 14 | $12,280 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | $156,674 | 21 | $7,461 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Robert Medoff | Orthopaedic Surgery | $26,746,052 | Henry Schein, Inc. |
| Peter Schneider | Vascular Surgery | $630,984 | Silk Road Medical, Inc. |
| David Rovinsky | Orthopaedic Surgery | $288,294 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Sean Holliday | Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | $202,970 | Align Technology, Inc. |
| Terrence Codington | General Practice | $172,514 | Align Technology, Inc. |
| Yi Zhang | Neurological Surgery | $152,883 | MicroVention, Inc. |
| Douglas Johnson | Unspecified | $145,956 | UCB, Inc. |
| Peter Balkin | Diagnostic Radiology | $128,403 | Cook Incorporated |
| Cass Nakasone | Orthopaedic Surgery | $127,687 | Ortho Development Corporation |
| Sarah Howell | Dermatology | $115,299 | AbbVie Inc. |
| George Martin | Dermatology | $113,453 | Ortho Dermatologics, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC |
| Naoky Tsai | Gastroenterology | $102,733 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
| Darin Awaya | Orthopaedic Surgery | $96,627 | Hyhte Holdings Inc. |
| Dipanjan Banerjee | Cardiovascular Disease | $94,593 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. |
| Brooke Garcia | Physician Assistant | $93,923 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Wayne Fujita | Dermatology | $90,745 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Denis Mee-Lee | Psychiatry | $86,507 | Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. |
| Till Hansen | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | $76,211 | Lilly USA, LLC |
| Christina Wang | Adult Health | $73,394 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
| Alan Parsa | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | $61,865 | Corcept Therapeutics |
| Naoto Ueno | Medical Oncology | $54,148 | Daiichi Sankyo Inc. |
| Ryan Sato | Dermatology | $50,152 | LEO Pharma Inc. |
| Monica Scheel | Dermatology | $49,381 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Neda Nikpoor | Ophthalmology | $49,099 | RxSight Inc |
| Russell Yang | Gastroenterology | $45,912 | AbbVie 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/hi.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`