David Chi
Plastic Surgery · Providence, RINPI 1780178830
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.2%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.5%.
Across 96 payments — averaging $141.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Trimed, Inc.$1K
- RTI Surgical, Inc$919
- Axogen$706
- plus $5K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3453%
- Grants$1,97815%
- Travel & lodging$3,51126%
- Food & beverage$6,83950%
- Education$9517%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 2 | $1,978 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $1,944 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,528 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $1,465 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 8 | $919 |
| Axogen | 9 | $706 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 5 | $689 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 9 | $680 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $656 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 6 | $538 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $448 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $354 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $354 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $335 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $295 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 2 | $172 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $89 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$3,147
- NA$2,863
- REVOLVE$1,454
- Tools - WFS$1,445
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$872
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$771
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$483
- INTEGRA$461
- PREVENA$448
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$448
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$373
- PREVENA RESTOR BELLAFORM$345
- SMARTLOCK$338
- Restrata Wound Matrix$240
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$154
- PRIMATRIX$154
- BioSurgery - TISSEEL$133
- OviTex 2S$129
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$128
- SURGIMEND$121
How this compares
$13,624 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 26 plastic surgery providers in Rhode Island.
Other plastic surgery in Providence
- Karl BreuingProvidence$123K
- Richard ZienowiczProvidence$14K
- Reena BhattProvidence$7K
- Patrick SullivanProvidence$2K
- Mimi BorrelliProvidence$2K
- Brian TempleProvidence$2K
- Jonathan BrowerProvidence$1K
- Mohamed Diya SabbaghProvidence$905
- Lauren RousselProvidence$772
- Erik HoyProvidence$715
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.