---
title: What industry pays physicians in Iowa (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Iowa
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 14141838
physicians: 7431
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Iowa (2024)

In Iowa, drug and device makers reported **$14,141,838** in general payments to **7,431** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $1,903 each), plus $50,727,768 tied to research and $11,140,327 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 | $2,657,273 | 159 | $16,712 |
| Podiatrist | $1,685,150 | 68 | $24,782 |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $638,509 | 35 | $18,243 |
| Physician Assistant | $616,936 | 517 | $1,193 |
| Family | $526,794 | 726 | $726 |
| Family Medicine | $508,298 | 588 | $864 |
| Neurology | $399,268 | 64 | $6,239 |
| Vascular & Interventional Radiology | $359,384 | 24 | $14,974 |
| Foot & Ankle Surgery | $358,450 | 78 | $4,596 |
| Medical Oncology | $323,290 | 28 | $11,546 |
| Vascular Surgery | $312,624 | 31 | $10,085 |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health | $307,612 | 289 | $1,064 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Callaghan | Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,213,663 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Paul Dayton | Podiatrist | $1,576,389 | Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. |
| Steven Mickelsen | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $471,142 | Boston Scientific Corporation |
| Jayson Gesulga | Physician Assistant | $258,559 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
| Bruce Hughes | Neurology | $245,952 | EMD Serono, Inc. |
| Edgar Samaniego | Vascular & Interventional Radiology | $193,357 | MicroVention, Inc. |
| Tara Graff | Medical Oncology | $175,879 | BeiGene USA, Inc. |
| Douglas Massop | Vascular Surgery | $172,070 | Silk Road Medical, Inc. |
| Bryan Krajicek | Pulmonary Disease | $170,568 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Charles Jennisch | Psychiatry | $148,570 | Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
| Aubrey Molgaard | Family | $138,084 | sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC |
| Santiago Ortega Gutierrez | Vascular & Interventional Radiology | $137,735 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Tarrah Holliday | Psychiatric/Mental Health | $123,071 | Alkermes, Inc. |
| Thomas Heineman | Otolaryngology | $120,931 | Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Annunziato Amendola | Sports Medicine | $116,999 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Sean Grambart | Foot & Ankle Surgery | $116,608 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
| Omar Akhtar | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $114,491 | Stryker Corporation |
| Kirk Peterson | Family Medicine | $106,540 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. |
| Cesar De Cesar Netto | Orthopaedic Surgery | $103,635 | Paragon 28, Inc. |
| Kelsey Millonig | Foot & Ankle Surgery | $97,588 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
| Phinit Phisitkul | Foot and Ankle Surgery | $85,719 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Brian Adams | Orthopaedic Surgery | $81,696 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
| Eric Scott | Vascular Surgery | $78,389 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Patricia Arason | Medical | $76,697 | Galderma Laboratories, L.P. |
| Carla Nester | Pediatric Nephrology | $75,816 | NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION |

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