Asem Salma, MD
Neurological Surgery · Lima, OHNPI 1255645743
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 41.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,123 and has fallen 86.3% since, to $290 in 2025.
Across 131 payments — averaging $57.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Medtronic$900
- Boston Scientific$404
- Nevro Corp.$282
- VB Spine LLC$179
- plus $672 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,67149%
- Food & beverage$3,81151%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 24 | $3,078 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 13 | $1,968 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 46 | $900 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $404 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $282 |
| VB Spine LLC | 3 | $179 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $146 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $72 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| 7d Surgical Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $44 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Abbott | 2 | $32 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| GSK | 1 | $12 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $11 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $5 |
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.
- AERO-LL$1,661
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,296
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$420
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$198
- Lateral$172
- STALIF C$146
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$136
- Senza II$108
- MULTIPLE$105
- INVICTUS OPEN$105
- O-ARM$101
How this compares
$7,482 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 301 neurological surgery 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 neurological surgery in Lima
- Jeffrey LobelLima$33K
- Abdi MohitCleveland$884K
- William ZerickWesterville$778K
- Christian BonassoColumbus$656K
- Russell LonserColumbus$419K
- Zachary TempelCincinnati$351K
- Jamal TahaCenterville$341K
- Chris KarasColumbus$339K
- Kamal WoodsMiamisburg$268K
- David XuColumbus$263K
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.