Physician profile

Melissa Kanack

Plastic Surgery · San Diego, CA

NPI 1710373485

$7,392.56

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

18 companies · $1,720 in 2025

The $1,720 reported for 2025 was more than what 82% of Plastic Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $380).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$2,540.14
Travel and Lodging$1,791.42

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Stryker Corporation $2,773.76 2019-2025 Na, Patient-Fitted Tmj Reconstructive Prosthesis System, Vsp System, Vsp Cranial
Allergan, INC. $1,364.22 2019
Kls-Martin L.P. $575.21 2023-2025
Tela Bio, INC. $387.04 2021-2024 Ovitex 2s, Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex)
Mentor Worldwide LLC $383.07 2019-2025 Artoura Breast Tissue Expander
Polynovo North America LLC $324.93 2023-2024 Novosorb Btm
Integra Lifesciences Corporation $320.06 2019-2025 Integra, Integra Dermal Regeneration Template, Primatrix
Abbvie INC. $262.50 2023-2024
Becton, Dickinson and Company $155.86 2022-2025 Phasix Mesh
Sientra, INC. $143.15 2022
Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, INC. $122.66 2020
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation INC. $122.09 2019-2025
Innovation Technologies INC $118.89 2020
Acera Surgical, INC. $105.00 2025 Restrata Wound Matrix
Davol INC. $98.97 2022
Show all 18 companies
CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Kci USA, INC. $68.56 2019
Depuy Synthes Sales INC. $40.53 2023 Trumatch
Acumed LLC $26.06 2024

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Melissa Kanack

$7,392.56

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Stryker Corporation
Context
The $1,720 reported for 2025 was more than what 82% of Plastic Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $380).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.