Alex Wong
Plastic Surgery · Newark, NJNPI 1326278995
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.3%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by TELA Bio, Inc. at 26.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,758, 8.8 times the $882 reported in 2019. Among plastic surgery clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 137 payments — averaging $165.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$6K
- Acell, Inc.$3K
- AbbVie$3K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$3K
- Sientra, Inc.$2K
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$1K
- plus $5K from 16 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $3952.53 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.
- Davol Inc.$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,52511%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,17514%
- Travel & lodging$5,33624%
- Food & beverage$11,64351%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 19 | $6,096 |
| Acell, Inc. | 5 | $3,408 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 22 | $2,817 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 24 | $2,510 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 8 | $1,549 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 8 | $1,352 |
| Axogen | 11 | $1,250 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 15 | $1,170 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $525 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 3 | $401 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $354 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $201 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $196 |
| Vioptix Inc | 3 | $190 |
| Stryker | 1 | $172 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $152 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $124 |
| Extremity Medical | 1 | $83 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $23 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $6 |
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.
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$5,555
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$2,620
- REVOLVE$1,571
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$1,437
- INTEGRA$1,201
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$842
- SURGIMEND$548
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$450
- Ovitex$419
- Irrisept$401
- PRIMATRIX$302
- Restrata Wound Matrix$257
- MEDPOR$172
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$172
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$149
- OMNIGRAFT$148
- VISTASEAL$124
- MONOCRYL$124
- STRATAFIX$124
- DERMABOND PRINEO$124
How this compares
$22,679 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 170 plastic surgery providers in New Jersey.
Other plastic surgery in Newark
- Steven OvadiaNewark$4K
- Steven DavisCherry Hill$349K
- Caroline GlicksmanSea Girt$239K
- Asaad SamraHolmdel$224K
- Travis LaverneVoorhees Township$119K
- Joseph RacanelliMorristown$90K
- Fares SamraHolmdel$54K
- Anthony LombardiEatontown$42K
- Alexander AuMarlton$28K
- Rahul VemulaWest Long Branch$24K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.