---
title: What industry pays physicians in Oklahoma (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Oklahoma
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 22303022
physicians: 11044
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Oklahoma (2024)

In Oklahoma, drug and device makers reported **$22,303,022** in general payments to **11,044** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $2,019 each), plus $51,334,191 tied to research and $3,465,837 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Family Medicine | $3,805,402 | 1,010 | $3,768 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,117,467 | 196 | $10,803 |
| Neurology | $1,315,085 | 86 | $15,292 |
| Pulmonary Disease | $896,691 | 88 | $10,190 |
| Optometrist | $742,042 | 478 | $1,552 |
| Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $669,694 | 34 | $19,697 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | $636,786 | 276 | $2,307 |
| Family | $599,096 | 1,335 | $449 |
| Psychiatry | $574,626 | 157 | $3,660 |
| Interventional Cardiology | $562,899 | 98 | $5,744 |
| Gastroenterology | $539,172 | 108 | $4,992 |
| Physician Assistant | $499,903 | 843 | $593 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Frank | Family Medicine | $3,082,225 | Skye Orthobiologics LLC |
| Yogesh Mittal | Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,225,799 | Stryker Corporation |
| Michael Hull | Pulmonary Disease | $638,158 | Cipla USA Inc. |
| Cherian Karunapuzha | Neurology | $518,605 | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. |
| Robert Morton | Psychiatry | $411,514 | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. |
| James Long | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $391,336 | BrioHealth Solutions, Inc. |
| Nathan Lighthizer | Optometrist | $308,549 | Lumenis BE inc |
| George Salem | Gastroenterology | $303,624 | Lilly USA, LLC |
| Brian Snell | Neurological Surgery | $297,000 | Omnia Medical, LLC |
| Mahmoud Khaimi | Glaucoma Specialist | $277,089 | Nova Eye, Inc. |
| Tori Odaniel | Obstetrics & Gynecology | $268,790 | Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. |
| Warren Jackman | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $263,197 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Douglas Beall | Diagnostic Radiology | $254,824 | Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. |
| Andrew Parkinson | Orthopaedic Surgery | $252,880 | Omnia Medical, LLC |
| Matthew Cooper | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $218,459 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| Joseph Massad | General Practice | $211,540 | Zest Holdings, LLC |
| Selina Mcgee | Optometrist | $210,323 | Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. |
| Gabriel Pardo | Neurology | $206,943 | EMD Serono, Inc. |
| Kamran Muhammad | Interventional Cardiology | $206,505 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
| Brian Amy | Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | $205,437 | Align Technology, Inc. |
| Winston Fong | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $192,089 | Alphatec Spine, Inc |
| Patricia Stevenson | Registered Nurse | $188,347 | Next Science LLC |
| Paul Jacob | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $159,803 | Stryker Corporation |
| Wesley Hodge | General Practice | $152,290 | Align Technology, Inc. |
| Joykumar Patel | Hepatology | $151,620 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. |

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/

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