Brian Jacob
Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1023084779
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.4%), grants and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 51.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $78,006 and has fallen 51.0% since, to $38,197 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 224 payments — averaging $1003.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$115K
- AbbVie$50K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$23K
- Covidien LP$19K
- Davol Inc.$7K
- Intuitive Surgical$6K
- plus $5K from 11 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $1000.00 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.
- Covidien LP$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,78922%
- Speaking & faculty fees$97,49343%
- Grants$50,00022%
- Travel & lodging$13,6126%
- Food & beverage$8,2954%
- Education$5,5002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 141 | $114,911 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $50,000 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 9 | $22,733 |
| Covidien LP | 30 | $18,944 |
| Davol Inc. | 13 | $6,632 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $6,002 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $2,750 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $973 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $750 |
| Acell, Inc. | 5 | $286 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $233 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $180 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 1 | $124 |
| Cook Biotech Incorporated | 3 | $123 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 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.
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$50,000
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$50,000
- Dextile$26,550
- OviTex 2S$22,565
- DAVINCI XI$5,500
- ProGrip$3,228
- CONTOUR$1,740
- ProTack$800
- NEEDLE HOLDER, 'KOH', MACRO$750
- BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$673
- Da Vinci Surgical System$361
- Signia$320
- AIRSEAL$233
- Novosorb BTM$180
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$171
- Phasix Mesh$132
- SYNECOR Biomaterial$128
- ReliaTack$119
- Parietex$112
- RapidVac$111
How this compares
$224,689 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,596 surgery providers in New York.
Other surgery in New York
- Cheguevara AfanehNew York$1.4M
- Flavio Malcher Martins de OliveiraNew York$695K
- Yuri NovitskyNew York$548K
- Rasa ZarnegarNew York$478K
- Tanuja DamaniNew York$459K
- Rache SimmonsNew York$371K
- Marina KurianNew York$328K
- Megan JenkinsNew York$290K
- Robin BlackstoneNew York$174K
- Mitchell RoslinNew York$156K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.