Doctors in Columbus, GA
1,444 clinicians with a payment, billing or prescribing record on file, and $75,997,902 in reported general payments across Open Payments program years 2019–2025.
- Clinicians
- 1,444
- Total reported
- $76M
- Average per clinician
- $52,630
- Specialties listed
- 12
Drug and device companies bought food or drink for clinicians in Columbus 99,378 times, worth $2,346,807 — an average of $24 each. Nationally, food and beverage is nine in ten reported payments and under a tenth of the money; this is what that looks like in one town.
Highest reported payments in Columbus
A high position here usually reflects a consulting, speaking or royalty arrangement rather than anything untoward — see how to read these figures before drawing conclusions.
- 1Jonathan LissNeurology$25,010,702
- 2Joseph SurberFamily Medicine$16,583,640
- 3Jeffrey KingsleyFamily Medicine$8,082,041
- 4John DorchakOrthopaedic Surgery$3,834,402
- 5Steven LeichterEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism$3,062,899
- 6Tamorie SmithNephrology$1,876,390
- 7Andrew PippasMedical Oncology$1,784,726
- 8Hunter ChampionCardiovascular Disease$1,454,857
- 9Joshua LaneMOHS-Micrographic Surgery$1,204,873
- 10Anthony OlofintuyiInternal Medicine$1,192,649
- 11Rajeev ChauhanNephrology$1,108,474
- 12Robert ChrzanowskiAllergy & Immunology$941,292
- 13Robert CartwrightAllergy & Immunology$677,838
- 14Serena TidwellObstetrics & Gynecology$616,946
- 15John BurkusOrthopaedic Surgery$599,850
- 16William PaullDermatology$521,518
- 17Alonzo JonesCardiovascular Disease$413,608
- 18Rajendran AlappanNephrology$345,799
- 19Reinaldo VersonNeurology$324,887
- 20Zulfiquar BhattiCardiology$319,714
- 21Timothy VillegasObstetrics & Gynecology$299,937
- 22Shankar ThiruppathiGastroenterology$265,196
- 23Joshua SamrajInternal Medicine$240,606
- 24L Erik WesterlundOrthopaedic Surgery of the Spine$206,565
- 25Ricardo AlvarezInternal Medicine$198,925
- 26Hiren ShahCardiovascular Disease$166,494
- 27Tamara HuffOrthopaedic Surgery$158,160
- 28Michael SteinbookGastroenterology$154,534
- 29Melissa LevackThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)$133,845
- 30Juan AyerdiVascular Surgery$130,359
- 31Bantwal BaligaFamily Medicine$117,370
- 32Feoderis BasilioAdolescent Medicine$112,774
- 33Cameron KerseyDiagnostic Radiology$111,028
- 34Arachelvi DhandayuthapaniNephrology$109,518
- 35Judith BennettPediatrics$99,515
- 36Pravinchandra PatelGastroenterology$97,409
- 37Julie WardAdvanced Practice Midwife$94,521
- 38Rutvij ShahPain Medicine$86,404
- 39Peter JiangHematology & Oncology$84,414
- 40Megbewe OkorobaFamily Medicine$61,286
- 41Ashwin PatelGastroenterology$56,019
- 42David GloysteinOrthopaedic Surgery of the Spine$51,077
- 43Jai SuranaPulmonary Disease$48,790
- 44Fahd SyedNephrology$48,052
- 45Jacob DunnSports Medicine$41,573
- 46Akram IbrahimCardiovascular Disease$36,852
- 47Kimberly Brown-GullattFamily Medicine$35,446
- 48Robert EdwardsSurgery$34,219
- 49James DorchakObstetrics & Gynecology$32,793
- 50Louis Verreault-JulienCardiovascular Disease$31,342
- 51Gilberto GomezOrthopaedic Surgery of the Spine$29,729
- 52Todd BonvalletOrthopaedic Surgery of the Spine$26,992
- 53Dipal Chatterjee-BerfroidSports Medicine$26,670
- 54William LeatherwoodOrthopaedic Surgery$24,970
- 55Benjamin RoyPsychiatry$23,836
- 56Bradley YoungSports Medicine$23,497
- 57Malcolm GoodchildTrauma Surgery$22,625
- 58Elizabeth WendelUrology$21,677
- 59Edmund MolnarSurgery$20,854
- 60Robert SimpsonOrthopaedic Trauma$19,142