---
title: What industry pays physicians in Nevada (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Nevada
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 27227806
physicians: 8616
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Nevada (2024)

In Nevada, drug and device makers reported **$27,227,806** in general payments to **8,616** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $3,160 each), plus $63,844,606 tied to research and $2,613,071 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 | $8,180,460 | 106 | $77,174 |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,557,220 | 17 | $91,601 |
| Dermatology | $857,399 | 65 | $13,191 |
| Family Medicine | $796,769 | 498 | $1,600 |
| Psychiatry | $793,623 | 126 | $6,299 |
| Neurology | $680,164 | 90 | $7,557 |
| MOHS-Micrographic Surgery | $644,007 | 9 | $71,556 |
| Medical Oncology | $641,958 | 11 | $58,360 |
| Internal Medicine | $592,744 | 550 | $1,078 |
| General Practice | $548,493 | 484 | $1,133 |
| Family | $545,523 | 972 | $561 |
| Ophthalmology | $447,443 | 85 | $5,264 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erik Kubiak | Orthopaedic Surgery | $7,496,960 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Michael Ries | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,253,200 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
| James Del Rosso | MOHS-Micrographic Surgery | $632,494 | Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. |
| Naz Wahab | Family Medicine | $476,556 | Convatec Inc. |
| Fadi Braiteh | Medical Oncology | $476,361 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. |
| Christina Samathanam | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | $400,657 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| David Cotter | Dermatology | $366,331 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Jelena Kunovac | Psychiatry | $357,456 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
| Johnathan White | General Practice | $334,102 | Envista Holdings Corporation |
| Arshad Khanani | Ophthalmology | $302,441 | Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. |
| Harry Greenberg | Dermatology | $254,514 | Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. |
| Steven Nishiyama | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $253,502 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
| Christian Stone | Gastroenterology | $235,516 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Russell Nevins | Orthopaedic Surgery | $231,696 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| John Anooshian | Psychiatry | $200,713 | Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
| Troy Watson | Foot and Ankle Surgery | $187,166 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Melissa Bloch | Neurology | $182,891 | EMD Serono, Inc. |
| James Mah | Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | $181,368 | Straumann USA LLC |
| Douglas Devries | Optometrist | $174,818 | Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. |
| Ann Childress | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | $162,918 | Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Kornelis Poelstra | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $161,707 | Stryker Corporation |
| Darren Wheeler | Anatomic Pathology | $161,020 | Gen-Probe, Inc. |
| Edward Lizano | Anesthesiology | $144,868 | Masimo Corporation |
| Yogesh Patel | Surgery | $138,635 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Lee Schwartzberg | Medical Oncology | $138,058 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |

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