---
title: What industry pays physicians in North Carolina (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: North Carolina
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 88082405
physicians: 32992
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — North Carolina (2024)

In North Carolina, drug and device makers reported **$88,082,405** in general payments to **32,992** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $2,670 each), plus $271,636,965 tied to research and $11,697,435 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 | $15,247,160 | 620 | $24,592 |
| Pediatrics | $5,449,423 | 900 | $6,055 |
| Neurological Surgery | $4,327,893 | 148 | $29,243 |
| Physician Assistant | $3,610,671 | 4,157 | $869 |
| Psychiatry | $2,746,428 | 417 | $6,586 |
| Interventional Cardiology | $2,560,052 | 162 | $15,803 |
| Hematology & Oncology | $2,500,756 | 257 | $9,731 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | $2,485,281 | 562 | $4,422 |
| Internal Medicine | $2,483,469 | 1,539 | $1,614 |
| Surgery | $2,145,234 | 645 | $3,326 |
| Family | $2,106,037 | 2,874 | $733 |
| Dermatology | $2,017,072 | 327 | $6,168 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dwight Koeberl | Pediatrics | $3,431,676 | Asklepios Biopharmaceutical Inc. |
| Thomas Fehring | Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,225,033 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Priya Kishnani | Pediatrics | $1,592,935 | Asklepios Biopharmaceutical Inc. |
| Walter Beaver | Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,386,388 | Stryker Corporation |
| Joseph Rubelowsky | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $1,078,192 | Paragonix Technologies, Inc. |
| Robert Anderson | Orthopaedic Surgery | $946,298 | Stryker Corporation |
| Robert Isaacs | Neurological Surgery | $945,996 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| George Adams | Interventional Cardiology | $920,615 | CORDIS US CORP. |
| Craig Chepke | Psychiatry | $825,563 | Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. |
| John Masonis | Orthopaedic Surgery | $779,247 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Thomas Vail | Orthopaedic Surgery | $771,517 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| John Ellington | Orthopaedic Surgery | $712,498 | Stryker Corporation |
| Mark Reynolds | Psychiatry | $675,875 | Alkermes, Inc. |
| John Mason | Orthopaedic Surgery | $673,003 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Robert Lippitt | Urology | $641,436 | Cook Incorporated |
| William Jiranek | Orthopaedic Surgery | $633,193 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| David Pollock | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $629,981 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Amit Mehta | Hematology & Oncology | $611,781 | EMD Serono, Inc. |
| Jason Gladwell | Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | $603,257 | Align Technology, Inc. |
| Gurvinder Deol | Orthopaedic Surgery | $582,561 | Alphatec Spine, Inc |
| Christopher Shaffrey | Neurological Surgery | $556,519 | SI-BONE, Inc. |
| Charles Branch | Neurological Surgery | $499,568 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Shelbi Atrash | Hematology & Oncology | $497,017 | Pfizer Inc. |
| Michael Morse | Hematology & Oncology | $490,289 | Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc |
| Maeve Oconnor | Allergy & Immunology | $462,144 | Consortium of Independent Immunology Clinics, 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/nc.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`