Industry payments to physicians · Illinois · 2024

Illinois

In Illinois, drug and device makers reported $101M in general payments to 37,086 covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for 2024 — a mean of $2,723 each — plus $199M tied to research and $25M in ownership interests.

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

$101M

general payments

37,086

covered recipients paid

$2,723

mean per physician

Top specialties in Illinois

General payments by specialty; the figure on the right is the average per physician.

Orthopaedic Surgery $11M $18,267/phys

Sports Medicine $6M $47,501/phys

Dermatology $5M $11,718/phys

Gastroenterology $5M $8,454/phys

General Practice $4M $2,020/phys

Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $3M $53,156/phys

Neurological Surgery $3M $12,741/phys

Surgery $3M $3,644/phys

Internal Medicine $3M $1,195/phys

Hematology & Oncology $3M $5,783/phys

Family $2M $803/phys

Neurology $2M $5,523/phys

Highest-paid physicians in Illinois

By total general payments, 2024 — largely device royalties to inventor-physicians.

Benjamin Domb Sports Medicine · Des Plaines · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $4M

Ryan Molis General Practice · Burr Ridge · top payer: Align Technology, Inc. $3M

Steven Haddad Orthopaedic Surgery · Glenview · top payer: Stryker Corporation $2M

Peter Bonutti Orthopaedic Surgery · Effingham · top payer: Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $2M

Gregory Nicholson Sports Medicine · Chicago · top payer: Stryker Corporation $1M

Treg Brown Orthopaedic Surgery · Herrin · top payer: Smith+Nephew, Inc. $967,585

Raj Chovatiya Dermatology · Chicago · top payer: Genzyme Corporation $938,299

Ahmad Amin Dermatology · Naperville · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $827,550

George Lewitt Dermatology · Northbrook · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $761,679

Denis Nam Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Chicago · top payer: Stryker Corporation $704,067

Wayne Goldstein Orthopaedic Surgery · Morton Grove · top payer: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $640,229

Sergey Neckrysh Neurological Surgery · Chicago · top payer: Stryker Corporation $616,998

Peter Lio Dermatology · Chicago · top payer: Genzyme Corporation $483,649

Frank Phillips Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Chicago · top payer: SI-BONE, Inc. $452,268

Douglas Hogarth Pulmonary Disease · Chicago · top payer: Noah Medical Corporation $443,525

Lisa Nijm Ophthalmology · Springfield · top payer: Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $417,465

Mark Metzl Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Evanston · top payer: Haemonetics Corporation $417,113

Hany Bedair Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Chicago · top payer: Smith+Nephew, Inc. $411,045

Craig Della Valle Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Chicago · top payer: Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $407,053

Anand Vora Foot and Ankle Surgery · Libertyville · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $399,699

Tyler Koski Neurological Surgery · Chicago · top payer: Globus Medical, Inc. $385,358

Grant Garrigues Sports Medicine · Chicago · top payer: ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $378,092

Francesco Bianco Surgery · Chicago · top payer: Medtronic, Inc. $372,141

Roueen Rafeyan Addiction Medicine · Chicago · top payer: ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $368,926

Riad Salem Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Chicago · top payer: Boston Scientific Corporation $365,923

RECORDED — CMS Open Payments figures for program year 2024. DERIVED — state totals, per-physician means, and rankings are sums over those records.

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What this is — and is not

A disclosure record of industry–physician financial ties in Illinois — not evidence that any payment influenced care, not a measure of a physician's quality, and not advice about your own doctor. To verify a specific physician, search CMS Open Payments directly.