Daniel Curry
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1346305174
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 33.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $16,982 and has fallen 81.7% since, to $3,113 in 2025.
Across 80 payments — averaging $643.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$17K
- Aesculap, Inc.$14K
- PTC Therapeutics, Inc.$12K
- Neuropace, Inc.$4K
- Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.$3K
- Insightec,inc$2K
- plus $125 from 3 others
Across 51 payments — averaging $57,659 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- PTC Therapeutics, Inc.$2.9M
- Medtronic$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,09331%
- Speaking & faculty fees$25,12049%
- Travel & lodging$7,16114%
- Food & beverage$3,1366%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 45 | $17,467 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 13 | $13,657 |
| PTC Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $11,613 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 2 | $3,969 |
| Clearpoint Neuro, Inc. | 11 | $3,101 |
| Insightec,inc | 2 | $1,578 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $46 |
| Abbott | 1 | $41 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $38 |
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.
- VISUALASE$16,172
- PAEDIGAV$13,578
- RNS Neurostimulator Kit$3,900
- CLEARPOINT$2,943
- Exablate$1,535
- AESCULAP$1,178
How this compares
$51,510 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 582 neurological surgery providers in Texas.
Other neurological surgery in Houston
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Taylor GistHouston$447K
- Meng HuangHouston$324K
- Laurence RhinesHouston$322K
- Omar TanweerHouston$254K
- Jeremy WangHouston$231K
- Alexander RopperHouston$208K
- Fangyi ZhangHouston$192K
- Ashwin ViswanathanHouston$185K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.