Danyal Nawabi
Sports Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1346596830
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $564,102 of the $592,462 with a category attached, or 95.2%. Smith+Nephew accounts for 95.2% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $506,820 and has fallen 95.8% since, to $21,469 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in NY 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 65 payments — averaging $9114.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$564K
- Linvatec Corporation$22K
- Synthes GmbH$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$818
- Suvon Surgical LLC$619
- plus $1K from 6 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $5558.40 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Overture Orthopaedics$17K
- Engage Uni, LLC$0
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,7503%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5000%
- Travel & lodging$4,6011%
- Food & beverage$2,5590%
- Education$8180%
- Gifts$1140%
- Entertainment$190%
- Other$564,10295%
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 | 8 | $564,249 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 24 | $22,256 |
| Synthes GmbH | 3 | $2,172 |
| Stryker | 16 | $1,185 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $818 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 1 | $619 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $500 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $435 |
| Engage Uni, LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Overture Orthopaedics | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Engage Partial Knee System$564,216
- HALL POWER$15,375
- BioBrace 23mm$4,338
- LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$2,479
- NANOTACK FLEX$327
- ICONIX$172
- SALVATION$157
- NANO TACT FLEX$155
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS FIBERTAK KNOTLESS$132
- INSPACE$131
- LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$121
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$117
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$111
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$101
How this compares
$592,462 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 403 sports medicine providers in New York.
Other sports medicine in New York
- Gregory DifeliceNew York$1.8M
- Theodore BlaineNew York$765K
- Robert MeislinNew York$720K
- Riley WilliamsNew York$512K
- Bryan KellyNew York$409K
- Samuel TaylorNew York$255K
- Eric StraussNew York$241K
- Michael FuNew York$210K
- Michael AlaiaNew York$207K
- Matthew TaoNew York$160K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.