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Industry payments to physicians · Louisiana · 2024

Louisiana

In Louisiana, drug and device makers reported $29M in general payments to 16,851 covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for 2024 — a mean of $1,724 each — plus $91M tied to research and $4M 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.
$29M
general payments
16,851
covered recipients paid
$1,724
mean per physician

Top specialties in Louisiana

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

Orthopaedic Surgery $2M
Gastroenterology $2M
Family $2M
Hematology & Oncology $2M
Interventional Cardiology $1M
Neurological Surgery $1M
Internal Medicine $1M
Sports Medicine $921,405
Psychiatry $846,118
Psychiatric/Mental Health $825,680
Dermatology $820,711
Family Medicine $743,127

Highest-paid physicians in Louisiana

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

Christopher Harrod Orthopaedic Surgery · Baton Rouge · top payer: Stryker Corporation $750,473
Anthony Sin Neurological Surgery · Shreveport · top payer: L&K BIOMED CO. , LTD. $518,391
Charles Monier Gastroenterology · Thibodaux · top payer: Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $444,047
Corey Hebert Pediatrics · Gretna · top payer: Emmaus Medical, Inc. $334,589
Hana Safah Hematology & Oncology · Baton Rouge · top payer: Incyte Corporation $332,917
Felix Savoie Sports Medicine · New Orleans · top payer: Linvatec Corporation $287,116
Vinod Dasa Orthopaedic Surgery · Kenner · top payer: Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $282,112
Misty Suri Sports Medicine · New Orleans · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $271,846
Emily Cassidy Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Baton Rouge · top payer: Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $270,789
Donna Ryan Internal Medicine · Baton Rouge · top payer: Lilly USA, LLC $265,505
Maissaa Janbain Hematology & Oncology · New Orleans · top payer: Genzyme Corporation $247,456
Georges Catinis Gastroenterology · Metairie · top payer: Pfizer Inc. $231,029
Andrea Espinoza Pulmonary Disease · Houma · top payer: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $229,020
Pierce Nunley Orthopaedic Surgery · Shreveport · top payer: Stryker Corporation $219,577
Andrea Murina Clinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology · New Orleans · top payer: UCB, Inc. $217,857
Conar Fitton Gastroenterology · Kenner · top payer: Genzyme Corporation $215,787
Aaron Broadwell Rheumatology · Shreveport · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $203,137
Sebastian Koga Neurological Surgery · Hammond · top payer: Aurora Spine, Inc. $202,504
Pedro Barata Hematology & Oncology · New Orleans · top payer: Pfizer Inc. $192,848
Deryk Jones Sports Medicine · New Orleans · top payer: Linvatec Corporation $183,855
Amanda Eymard Psychiatric/Mental Health · Houma · top payer: Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $181,355
Nakhle Saba Hematology & Oncology · Baton Rouge · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $173,637
Juan Gimenez Vascular & Interventional Radiology · New Orleans · top payer: Boston Scientific Corporation $161,302
Mark Coreil Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Ville Platte · top payer: Envista Holdings Corporation $155,182
Timmothy Randell Orthopaedic Surgery · Alexandria · top payer: Stryker Corporation $154,963

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 Louisiana — 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.