Alexander Venizelos, MD
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. at 30.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,093 and has fallen 86.4% since, to $285 in 2025.
Across 74 payments — averaging $63.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.$1K
- Penumbra, Inc.$1K
- Microvention, Inc.$754
- Johnson & Johnson$243
- Stryker$233
- Medtronic$188
- plus $727 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,13945%
- Food & beverage$2,56555%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 8 | $1,431 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 12 | $1,128 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 4 | $754 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 9 | $243 |
| Stryker | 2 | $233 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $188 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 9 | $170 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 4 | $84 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $62 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $57 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $27 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $26 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $18 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$4,704 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other neurology in Akron
- Aram ZabetiCincinnati$1.6M
- Kenneth MankowskiColumbus$1.4M
- Aaron BosterColumbus$1.2M
- Martin TaylorNew Albany$821K
- Jacqueline NicholasColumbus$743K
- Lawrence ElmerToledo$687K
- Kenneth PugarCenterville$582K
- Brendan BauerSheffield Village$548K
- Geoffrey EubankColumbus$508K
- Lawrence GoldstickDayton$479K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.