Catherine Ronaghan, MD
Surgery · Savannah, GANPI 1013970763
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $88,790 of the $103,781 with a category attached, or 85.6%. Acell, Inc. accounts for 97.1% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $56,351 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $68 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in GA 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 123 payments — averaging $843.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acell, Inc.$101K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$665
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$526
- AbbVie$306
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$256
- Smith+Nephew$248
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5491%
- Speaking & faculty fees$88,79086%
- Travel & lodging$9,6099%
- Food & beverage$3,5383%
- Education$2960%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acell, Inc. | 78 | $100,732 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $665 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $526 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $306 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $256 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $248 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $217 |
| Seagen Inc. | 3 | $202 |
| Molli Surgical (US) Inc | 2 | $108 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 2 | $76 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $49 |
| Merck | 2 | $46 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $42 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $19 |
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.
- BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$526
- EXPAREL$510
- Flexitouch Plus$256
- ENTRE$256
- TUKYSA$103
How this compares
$103,781 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 855 surgery providers in Georgia.
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 Savannah
- Oliver WhippleSavannah$222K
- Robert KellySavannah$145K
- T Ellis BarnesSavannah$133K
- Chad CopperGainesville$999K
- Zachary KlaassenAugusta$763K
- Stephen OdomAustell$599K
- Fritz Jean-PierreMarietta$464K
- Kendra GrubbAtlanta$374K
- Harry LightfootSmyrna$241K
- Nelson RoyallGainesville$220K
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.