---
title: What industry pays physicians in Tennessee (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Tennessee
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 78604635
physicians: 24528
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Tennessee (2024)

In Tennessee, drug and device makers reported **$78,604,635** in general payments to **24,528** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $3,205 each), plus $192,444,075 tied to research and $37,659,246 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Neurological Surgery | $17,906,806 | 121 | $147,990 |
| Plastic Surgery | $7,387,544 | 69 | $107,066 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $7,106,365 | 290 | $24,505 |
| Family | $3,436,289 | 4,542 | $757 |
| Hematology & Oncology | $2,331,439 | 217 | $10,744 |
| Vascular Surgery | $2,041,684 | 92 | $22,192 |
| Psychiatry | $1,845,883 | 213 | $8,666 |
| Urology | $1,590,626 | 198 | $8,033 |
| Pulmonary Disease | $1,448,855 | 240 | $6,037 |
| Interventional Cardiology | $1,436,833 | 189 | $7,602 |
| Physician Assistant | $1,399,257 | 1,417 | $987 |
| Gastroenterology | $1,365,759 | 241 | $5,667 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kevin Foley | Neurological Surgery | $16,529,118 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| George Maxwell | Plastic Surgery | $7,220,121 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Paul Brady | Orthopaedic Surgery | $4,590,164 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Daniel Clair | Vascular Surgery | $847,874 | ShockWave Medical, Inc |
| Anton Dias Perera | Vascular Surgery | $821,081 | Convatec Inc. |
| Rakesh Amin | Psychiatry | $699,837 | Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Maurice Smith | Neurological Surgery | $655,540 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Brian Bonfardin | Psychiatry | $582,618 | Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
| Karen Slobod | Pediatric Infectious Diseases | $562,575 | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Jesse Doty | Orthopaedic Surgery | $514,940 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Steve Charles | Retina Specialist | $468,754 | Alcon Research LLC |
| Britton Woodward | Vascular & Interventional Radiology | $431,082 | Imperative Care, Inc |
| Deborah Sherman | Ophthalmology | $397,475 | AbbVie Inc. |
| L Knoll | Urology | $390,310 | Boston Scientific Corporation |
| Thomas Throckmorton | Orthopaedic Surgery | $389,491 | Exactech, Inc. |
| Cory Calendine | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $327,570 | Stryker Corporation |
| Dmitry Yaranov | Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | $294,527 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| John Fenley | Psychiatry | $291,090 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
| Ziad Younes | Gastroenterology | $277,141 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. |
| Edwin Spencer | Orthopaedic Surgery | $268,324 | Stryker Corporation |
| Kimberly Vincent | Unspecified | $258,961 | UCB, Inc. |
| Adrian Rodriguez | Dermatology | $253,266 | LEO Pharma Inc. |
| Grayson Wheatley | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $239,376 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. |
| Shirley Shiller | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | $237,612 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Roger Dmochowski | Urology | $235,049 | BLUEWIND MEDICAL |

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