Benjamin Poulose, MD
Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1194872986
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $15,227 of the $20,665 with a category attached, or 73.7%. AbbVie accounts for 83.3% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $18,266 and has fallen 87.8% since, to $2,227 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in OH 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 28 payments — averaging $738.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$17K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$3K
- Sealonix Inc.$388
- Medtronic$166
- Davol Inc.$135
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$94
- plus $37 from 2 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $14,297 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.$129K
- BD$25K
- Sealonix Inc.$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,22774%
- Travel & lodging$1,7118%
- Food & beverage$1,1015%
- Other$2,62713%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 16 | $17,218 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $2,627 |
| Sealonix Inc. | 1 | $388 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $166 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $22 |
| Steris Corporation | 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.
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$2,627
- Phasix Mesh$135
- Signia$100
How this compares
$20,665 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 988 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 surgery in Columbus
- Michael MearaColumbus$808K
- Marshall SpaldingColumbus$450K
- Michelle KincaidColumbus$262K
- Thomas SonnanstineColumbus$144K
- Mark GazallColumbus$52K
- Bradley NeedlemanColumbus$49K
- William DevoeColumbus$36K
- Thomas RobertsonColumbus$32K
- Nirav RanaColumbus$32K
- Jonathan ThompsonWest Chester$2.1M
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.