Aaron Buckland
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · New York, NYNPI 1124437959
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (55.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 74.4% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $413,081 and has fallen 91.8% since, to $33,970 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 555 payments — averaging $1840.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$760K
- Evolution Spine, LLC$95K
- Altus Partners. LLC$68K
- Medtronic$47K
- Biedermann Motech, Inc.$31K
- Stryker$9K
- plus $11K from 13 others
Across 20 payments — averaging $9260.33 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Globus Medical$80K
- Omnilife Science, Inc$30K
- Pfizer$26K
- Medtronic$22K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$17K
- Corin USA$10K
Across 6 payments — averaging $7876.63 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Augmedics Inc.$47K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$569,68956%
- Consulting fees$332,21833%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,5201%
- Travel & lodging$89,1529%
- Food & beverage$23,0072%
- Gifts$440%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 292 | $760,322 |
| Evolution Spine, LLC | 48 | $94,514 |
| Altus Partners. LLC | 6 | $67,568 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 127 | $47,378 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 19 | $31,324 |
| Stryker | 14 | $9,047 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 12 | $5,239 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $1,800 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $1,527 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $941 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 3 | $425 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $383 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $310 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 5 | $259 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $211 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 2 | $170 |
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $60 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $58 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- ALIF$238,725
- Pulse$210,272
- RELINE$112,810
- XLIF$70,741
- Monaco Pedicle Screw System$55,838
- Whistler Modular Screw System$54,088
- Integrated ALIF System$36,568
- MOSS VRS Spinal System$20,376
- CD HORIZON$19,002
- Whistler Pedicle Screw System$14,769
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$13,975
- FORTIFY$12,350
- MOSS VRS MIS Spinal System$10,500
- MAKO$7,672
- Bendini$4,350
- Affix$2,819
- Toro$2,000
- MazorX - Renaissance$1,268
- The Tether$798
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$737
How this compares
$1,021,629 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 161 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New York.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in New York
- Frank SchwabNew York$5.1M
- Han KimNew York$3.9M
- Todd AlbertNew York$2.7M
- Jeffrey SpivakNew York$1.3M
- Sheeraz QureshiNew York$828K
- Jeffrey GoldsteinNew York$765K
- Fabien BitanNew York$624K
- Oheneba Boachie-AdjeiNew York$313K
- Harvinder SandhuNew York$266K
- Federico GirardiNew York$144K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.