Chima Nwankwo, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1356772479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $44,288 of the $52,423 with a category attached, or 84.5%. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. accounts for 89.4% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $20,903, more than ten times the $1,688 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic trauma clinicians in NY 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 94 payments — averaging $557.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$47K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$297
- Smith+Nephew$253
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$44,28884%
- Travel & lodging$3,1276%
- Food & beverage$5,00910%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 44 | $46,842 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 21 | $1,632 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $1,288 |
| Stryker | 11 | $1,010 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $297 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $253 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $228 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $182 |
| My01 Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $150 |
| Vertex | 5 | $125 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $123 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $112 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $26 |
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.
- NA$1,693
- LCP$1,513
- INTEGRA$369
- TFN-Advance$297
- T2 ALPHA$285
- SPOTLIGHT$282
- MOTOBAND$249
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$228
- iFuse Implant$182
- VARIAX$154
- GAMMA$154
- BIOLOX DELTA$153
- EVOS$153
- Distal Femur Plate System$150
- A/R Femoral Nail$150
- Ankle Fracture System$150
- Distal Tibia Plating$150
- PELVIS II$147
- Persona$147
- N/A$144
How this compares
$52,423 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 44 orthopaedic trauma providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $262 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Brooklyn
- Nicholas DanfordBrooklyn$6K
- David HelfetNew York$265K
- Philipp LeuchtNew York$260K
- Matthew SullivanEast Syracuse$63K
- Conor GarryNew York$63K
- Brian PageNew York$43K
- Emil AzerEast Syracuse$42K
- Kathryn BarthNew York$38K
- Justin VaidaRochester$35K
- Michael LinnBay Shore$27K
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.