Device Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Cook-Swartz

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Cook-Swartz. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$9,779associated payments (2023-2025)
25clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $9,779

Payments reported as associated with Cook-Swartz, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Otolaryngology $9,566
Plastic Surgery Within The Head & Neck $137
Anesthesiology $44.23
Pediatric Otolaryngology $31.73

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Cook-Swartz

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Cook-Swartz. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Rohan Walvekar New Orleans, LA Otolaryngology $4,244.23
Alexandra Kejner Charleston, SC Otolaryngology $1,680.00
Mark Wax Portland, OR Otolaryngology $1,594.23
Marion Gillespie Memphis, TN Otolaryngology $1,351.84
David Cognetti Philadelphia, PA Otolaryngology $83.57
Trevor Hackman Chapel Hill, NC Otolaryngology $63.46
Cherie-Ann Nathan Shreveport, LA Otolaryngology $60.85
Kathleen Yaremchuk Detroit, MI Otolaryngology $60.85
Katherine Fedder Charlottesville, VA Otolaryngology $44.23
Michael Topf Nashville, TN Otolaryngology $44.23

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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.