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Neurological Surgery
In 2025, 5,429 Neurological Surgery providers had general (non-research) payments reported to CMS. Half received less than $604 for the year, and nine in ten received less than $20K.
5,429providers with payments in 2025
$604median total for the year
$20Knine in ten received less than
$17Kaverage total for the year
Providers with the largest 2025 totals
Ordered by 2025 general-payment totals as reported to CMS. A large total is not evidence of wrongdoing; context is below the table.
| Provider | Location | 2025 general | All payments 2019-2025 including research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Theodore | Baltimore, MD | $141,792.29 | $832,515.41 |
| Eric W Nottmeier | Jacksonville, FL | $140,722.42 | $959,029.92 |
| John Iyanuolu Ogunlade | Saint Louis, MO | $138,281.28 | $219,523.81 |
| Alois Zauner | San Diego, CA | $137,791.08 | $557,903.12 |
| Henry H Woo | Stony Brook, NY | $136,098.48 | $207,798.11 |
| Alp Ozpinar | Springfield, OR | $136,086.71 | $234,998.32 |
| Melissa Y Macias | Rockford, IL | $135,627.00 | $529,221.51 |
| Tsz Y Lau | Sugar Land, TX | $135,016.27 | $164,497.21 |
| Sebastian Koga | Hammond, LA | $134,362.43 | $719,886.18 |
| Jan-Karl Burkhardt | New York, NY | $133,316.47 | $440,681.77 |
| John A Thomas | Wilmington, NC | $133,280.12 | $1,782,652.51 |
| Meng Huang | Houston, TX | $133,113.44 | $323,826.63 |
| Alexander Lewis Coon | Baltimore, MD | $132,642.39 | $2,673,213.22 |
| Arnold Vardiman | San Antonio, TX | $132,419.30 | $733,163.50 |
| Daniel L Peterson | Austin, TX | $130,425.10 | $464,895.91 |
| Hunaldo Jose Villalobos | Orlando, FL | $129,724.63 | $516,553.61 |
| Scott C Robertson | Round Rock, TX | $128,249.54 | $606,262.70 |
| Russell P Nockels | Arlington Heights, IL | $123,791.04 | $1,355,739.74 |
| Brian T Jankowitz | Philadelphia, PA | $123,604.75 | $841,617.26 |
| Christoph P Hofstetter | Seattle, WA | $122,817.42 | $767,914.37 |
| Azam Basheer | Detroit, MI | $122,522.72 | $405,084.28 |
| John E Otoole | Chicago, IL | $121,944.13 | $592,803.79 |
| Richard V Chua | Tucson, AZ | $121,340.55 | $1,285,920.00 |
| Sanjay P Rathi | North Haven, CT | $121,306.49 | $540,826.45 |
| Mudit Sharma | Manassas, VA | $121,175.88 | $713,608.93 |
| Jason A Liauw | Laguna Hills, CA | $121,110.36 | $606,702.38 |
| Stefan Mindea | Stanford, CA | $121,082.30 | $614,806.41 |
| Sanjay Konakondla | Danville, PA | $121,017.81 | $388,622.63 |
| Patrick Ryan Maloney | Travis Afb, CA | $120,898.99 | $312,080.43 |
| Martin Huy Pham | Los Angeles, CA | $120,793.67 | $595,737.95 |
| Parker Babington | Norfolk, VA | $118,947.33 | $468,680.37 |
| Farzad Massoudi | Laguna Hills, CA | $118,671.22 | $755,710.68 |
| Ramesh Grandhi | Salt Lake City, UT | $118,647.56 | $588,791.10 |
| Christopher M Duma | Newport Beach, CA | $117,426.86 | $142,231.40 |
| Paul J Houle | Hyannis, MA | $116,444.07 | $773,960.09 |
| Geoffrey Phillip Colby | Los Angeles, CA | $115,237.22 | $1,111,186.51 |
| Joshua E Heller | Philadelphia, PA | $114,854.29 | $540,409.59 |
| Kunal Vakharia | Tampa, FL | $114,079.43 | $190,326.80 |
| Camilo A Molina | Saint Louis, MO | $113,653.41 | $412,033.01 |
| Tiffany G Perry | Los Angeles, CA | $109,569.12 | $311,548.78 |
| Jay Inder Kumar | San Francisco, CA | $107,905.30 | $119,918.24 |
| Douglas J Fox | Austin, TX | $106,394.25 | $947,739.62 |
| Osama Kashlan | Brooklyn, NY | $105,934.09 | $158,596.00 |
| Ben Waldau | Sacramento, CA | $104,850.10 | $207,350.97 |
| Patrick Sugrue | Park Ridge, IL | $103,645.70 | $575,988.09 |
| Anand Veeravagu | Palo Alto, CA | $102,288.50 | $1,238,214.23 |
| Erika Petersen | Little Rock, AR | $102,271.34 | $718,298.68 |
| Ricardo A Hanel | Jacksonville, FL | $101,785.92 | $1,251,207.29 |
| Vivek A Mehta | Los Angeles, CA | $101,276.96 | $442,123.08 |
| Shahram Majidi | New York, NY | $101,254.82 | $208,830.70 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026).