Christopher Surek, DO
Plastic Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1114264637
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Galderma Laboratories, L.p. accounts for 62.3% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $242,538 and has fallen 57.6% since, to $102,939 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in OH 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 621 payments — averaging $1649.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$638K
- AbbVie$366K
- Ipsen Innovation$12K
- Sientra, Inc.$4K
- Tepha Inc$1K
- Davol Inc.$525
- plus $3K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$607,70659%
- Speaking & faculty fees$320,24031%
- Grants$20,0002%
- Travel & lodging$54,3425%
- Food & beverage$22,2482%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 291 | $638,188 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 211 | $365,596 |
| Ipsen Innovation | 4 | $12,325 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 70 | $4,059 |
| Tepha Inc | 9 | $1,340 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $525 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 3 | $354 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 4 | $318 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $291 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $241 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $184 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $175 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 3 | $139 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $112 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $111 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $68 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Almirall LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- BOTOX$192,646
- BOTOX COSMETIC$49,364
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$19,542
- REVOLVE$19,542
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$1,927
- GalaFLEX$1,290
- NATRELLE$376
- Phasix Mesh$353
- Motiva Implant Matrix$305
- DYSPORT$161
- OviTex 2S$159
- Agento I.C. Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tube$144
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$138
- MENTOR CPX 2 Breast Tissue Expander$138
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$131
- ILUMYA$122
- LITFULO$112
- Otezla$111
- DUPIXENT$100
How this compares
$1,024,535 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 191 plastic surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 42 | $440 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 12 | $330 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 16 | $84 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $46 |
| Acyclovir | 16 | $42 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $42 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $17 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Cleveland
- Risal DjohanCleveland$330K
- Brian GastmanCleveland$88K
- Anthony TufaroCleveland$56K
- Maria SiemionowCleveland$28K
- Sarah BishopCleveland$24K
- Rachel AliottaCleveland$14K
- Meenakshi RajanCleveland$14K
- Donald HarveyCleveland$9K
- Jacob GrowCleveland$8K
- Raymond IsakovCleveland$5K
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.