Amir Vokshoor, MD
Neurological Surgery · Santa Monica, CANPI 1649204983
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $266,672 of the $291,755 with a category attached, or 91.4%. Globus Medical accounts for 92.7% of it on its own, with 38 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $68,431, more than ten times the $4,823 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in CA 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 263 payments — averaging $1109.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$270K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$10K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Carlsmed, Inc.$1K
- plus $6K from 33 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $1626.36 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.
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$7K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$6K
- Stryker$3K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$266,67291%
- Consulting fees$10,2374%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6560%
- Travel & lodging$5,4472%
- Food & beverage$8,5553%
- Education$1890%
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) | 111 | $270,398 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $10,058 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 9 | $1,737 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 8 | $1,637 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 40 | $1,240 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 6 | $1,037 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 8 | $927 |
| Stryker | 11 | $778 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 4 | $746 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $402 |
| Abbott | 4 | $287 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $287 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 4 | $222 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 2 | $221 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $197 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $179 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $168 |
| 7d Surgical Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 1 | $136 |
| Spinesmith Holdings, LLC | 1 | $129 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $109 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $99 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $85 |
| Vertex | 2 | $68 |
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 1 | $54 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $44 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Spinal Surgical Strategies, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Titan Spine, LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| GS Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Hedron$144,684
- Hedron C$61,070
- HEDRON IC$60,919
- Spinal-Stim$5,270
- CALIBER$2,419
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,603
- aprevo$919
- ALLOGRAFT$888
- Physio-Stim$680
- i-FACTOR Putty$654
- COFLEX INTERLAMINAR TECHNOLOGY, 10MM$560
- COFIX IMPLANT 10 MM$560
- FORTILINK-L IBF SYSTEM WITH TETRAFUSE 3D TECHNOLOGY$560
- FORTILINK CAGES WITH TIPLUS TECHNOLOGY$560
- ARAI SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM$560
- Medical Devices$359
- AIRO$216
- Mobi-C$189
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$179
- M6-C$171
How this compares
$291,755 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 773 neurological surgery providers in California.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 69 | $574 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $422 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 51 | $298 |
| Celecoxib | 19 | $178 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $102 |
| Ibuprofen | 16 | $82 |
| Meloxicam | 26 | $72 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Santa Monica
- Daniel KellySanta Monica$477K
- Daniel LuSanta Monica$243K
- Christopher AmesSan Francisco$7.1M
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Samy AbdouSan Diego$2.4M
- Bret AbshireMurrieta$2.3M
- William TaylorSan Diego$2.1M
- Tooraj GravoriEncino$2M
- Ali MesiwalaRancho Cucamonga$1.5M
- Joseph OsorioSan Diego$1.3M
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.