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Nuvasive

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

$46Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
6clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $46K

Payments reported as associated with Nuvasive, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Neurological Surgery $39K
Orthopaedic Surgery $7,112

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

Clinicians most associated with Nuvasive

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Nuvasive. 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)
Najeeb Thomas Metairie, LA Neurological Surgery $18,044.09
David Yam Brush Prairie, WA Neurological Surgery $7,082.07
Javier Garcia-Bengochea Jacksonville, FL Neurological Surgery $7,082.07
Elias Dakwar Tampa, FL Neurological Surgery $7,082.07
Arash Emami New York, NY Orthopaedic Surgery $7,082.07
Remi Ajiboye Torrance, CA Orthopaedic Surgery $29.49

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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.