Christopher Gauland, DPM
Podiatrist · Greenville, NCNPI 1427040153
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.6%), other and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Austin Medical Ventures Inc accounts for 69.7% of it on its own, with 41 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among podiatrist clinicians in NC 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 124 payments — averaging $452.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Austin Medical Ventures Inc$39K
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$11K
- Heraeus Medical, LLC.$2K
- Bone Support Inc.$1K
- Imbed Biosciences Inc.$389
- Stryker$299
- plus $2K from 36 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,80557%
- Travel & lodging$10,11118%
- Food & beverage$3,1366%
- Other$11,11520%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Medical Ventures Inc | 16 | $39,175 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $11,115 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 3 | $2,219 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $1,072 |
| Imbed Biosciences Inc. | 11 | $389 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 5 | $299 |
| Epsfl, LLC | 1 | $244 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $180 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $137 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 4 | $113 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $107 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 2 | $106 |
| Abbott | 5 | $103 |
| Amgen | 6 | $100 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $65 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $52 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $44 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Merck | 3 | $42 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $35 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $24 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $12 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Synthecure$21,633
- Restrata Wound Matrix$11,115
- Synthecure Calcium Sulfate$8,592
- PALACOS$2,125
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$1,000
- STAR$141
How this compares
$56,167 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 109 podiatrist providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 17 | $187 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $93 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Greenville
- Michael PriceGreenville$8K
- Brian JonesGreenville$8K
- Jordan MeyersRaleigh$343K
- Scott MartinRocky Mount$14K
- Gretchen LawrenceForest City$12K
- William WeilyCharlotte$11K
- Kristin KirbyHuntersville$10K
- Robert PrzynoschWaynesville$9K
- William BanksWaynesville$9K
- Emily LobosAsheville$9K
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.