David Forshaw, MD
Neurological Surgery · Waterbury, CTNPI 1437353182
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 59.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $17,318 and has fallen 83.3% since, to $2,884 in 2025.
Across 547 payments — averaging $103.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$34K
- 4web, Inc.$8K
- Johnson & Johnson$5K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Si-bone, Inc.$3K
- Cerapedics Inc.$627
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,56956%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5001%
- Travel & lodging$7,90914%
- Food & beverage$16,62029%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 120 | $33,739 |
| 4web, Inc. | 31 | $8,307 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 237 | $5,473 |
| Globus Medical | 120 | $3,707 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 12 | $2,557 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $627 |
| VB Spine LLC | 3 | $387 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $327 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $211 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $187 |
| Abbott | 2 | $167 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $144 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $106 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $103 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $99 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $52 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $20 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$22,500
- TRITANIUM$16,158
- MANTIS$11,152
- CASCADIA$10,929
- SERRATO$8,000
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$7,901
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$7,650
- ES2$4,000
- LATERAL ACCESS SPINAL SYSTEM$3,500
- EVEREST MI$3,500
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$2,769
- iFuse Implant$1,788
- DERMABOND Portfolio$1,125
- XIA$620
- i-FACTOR Putty$500
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$482
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$290
- Velys$260
- Excelsius Robotics System$252
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$182
How this compares
$56,597 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 94 neurological surgery providers in Connecticut.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Waterbury
- Alan WaitzeWaterbury$67K
- Michael ObrienWaterbury$3K
- Murat GunelNew Haven$839K
- Sanjay RathiNorth Haven$541K
- Patrick SenatusSouth Windsor$309K
- Ahmed KhanNew Britain$250K
- Abraham MintzShelton$204K
- Joshua MarcusDanbury$142K
- Pooia FattahiMiddlebury$140K
- Pedro de Oliveira CoutinhoNew Haven$129K
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.