Industry payments to physicians · New York · 2024

New York

In New York, drug and device makers reported $194M in general payments to 66,643 covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for 2024 — a mean of $2,916 each — plus $565M tied to research and $69M 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.

$194M

general payments

66,643

covered recipients paid

$2,916

mean per physician

Top specialties in New York

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

Orthopaedic Surgery $30M $38,214/phys

Dermatology $9M $11,542/phys

Unspecified $8M $3,395/phys

Cardiovascular Disease $8M $4,979/phys

Internal Medicine $7M $1,597/phys

Gastroenterology $7M $5,511/phys

Psychiatry $7M $5,126/phys

Hematology & Oncology $5M $8,063/phys

Neurology $5M $5,481/phys

Physician Assistant $5M $842/phys

Vascular Surgery $5M $14,905/phys

Medical Oncology $5M $14,162/phys

Highest-paid physicians in New York

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

Anthony Romeo Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $5M

Lawrence Lenke Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Medtronic, Inc. $4M

Roger Hajjar Cardiovascular Disease · New York · top payer: Asklepios Biopharmaceutical Inc. $2M

Bradford Parsons Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $2M

Chitranjan Ranawat Unspecified · New York · top payer: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $2M

William Ricci Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Smith+Nephew, Inc. $2M

Gary Gelbfish Vascular Surgery · New York · top payer: Stryker Corporation $2M

Joseph Zuckerman Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Exactech, Inc. $2M

Steven Haas Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Smith+Nephew, Inc. $2M

David Mayman Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Stryker Corporation $1M

Seth Jerabek Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Stryker Corporation $1M

Evan Flatow Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1M

James Mcwilliam Foot and Ankle Surgery · Harrison · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $1M

Vivek Reddy Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · New York · top payer: Medtronic, Inc. $1M

Barry Coller Hematology · New York · top payer: Instrumentation Laboratory Company $1M

Mark Hochman General Practice · Hicksville · top payer: MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC. $1M

Geoffrey Westrich Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Stryker Corporation $1M

Leslie Citrome Psychiatry · Pomona · top payer: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $1M

Fred Cushner Orthopaedic Surgery · New York · top payer: Smith+Nephew, Inc. $918,003

Majed Refaai Clinical Pathology · Rochester · top payer: CSL Plasma Inc. $834,750

Alexandra Golant Dermatology · New York · top payer: Genzyme Corporation $779,405

Michael Cameron Dermatology · New York · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $764,662

David Galler Dentist · Woodmere · top payer: Align Technology, Inc. $763,170

Craig Thompson Medical Oncology · New York · top payer: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $707,320

Derace Schaffer Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester · top payer: Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. $661,436

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 New York — 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.