Christine Conroy
Orthopaedic Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1346865045
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (34.8%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 25.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,642, more than ten times the $79 reported in 2021.
Across 97 payments — averaging $161.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$4K
- Liberty Surgical Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Catalyst Orthoscience$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- plus $4K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,91719%
- Travel & lodging$4,73530%
- Food & beverage$5,44235%
- Education$2,53716%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 14 | $4,050 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 2 | $2,400 |
| Arthrex | 12 | $1,909 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 4 | $1,430 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,204 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 18 | $1,111 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 7 | $1,043 |
| Stryker | 12 | $748 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $506 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 2 | $256 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $245 |
| Axogen | 2 | $175 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $53 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$2,520
- Catalyst CSR Shoulder System$859
- Q-FIX$655
- R1 Reverse Shoulder System$456
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$364
- NA$317
- AMBIENT$273
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$232
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$198
- INSPACE$164
- INHANCE$150
- Biasurge$146
- DERMABOND$137
- N/A$131
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$115
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$115
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$115
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$115
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$115
- Affixus$113
How this compares
$15,631 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,048 orthopaedic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Philadelphia
- John FenlinPhiladelphia$5.9M
- Alexander VaccaroPhiladelphia$4.5M
- Joseph AbboudPhiladelphia$3.9M
- Samir MehtaPhiladelphia$3.6M
- Surena NamdariPhiladelphia$1.8M
- Neil ShethPhiladelphia$522K
- Amrit KhalsaPhiladelphia$475K
- Vahid EntezariPhiladelphia$393K
- Charles NelsonPhiladelphia$345K
- David GlaserPhiladelphia$176K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.