Deborah Keller
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1902068281
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $122,782 of the $194,880 with a category attached, or 63.0%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 33.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $101,401 and has fallen 68.0% since, to $32,407 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in AZ 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 224 payments — averaging $870.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$64K
- Arthrex$58K
- Moon Surgical$22K
- Johnson & Johnson$15K
- Activ Surgical, Inc.$9K
- Covidien LP$7K
- plus $18K from 20 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $618.75 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.
- Medtronic$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$122,78263%
- Speaking & faculty fees$56,52129%
- Travel & lodging$10,2715%
- Food & beverage$4,3062%
- Education$1,0001%
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) | 91 | $64,300 |
| Arthrex | 54 | $58,400 |
| Moon Surgical | 3 | $22,386 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $15,350 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 15 | $9,289 |
| Covidien LP | 4 | $7,298 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $6,700 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 10 | $5,344 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $2,778 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $1,414 |
| BD | 2 | $642 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 1 | $375 |
| Acell, Inc. | 3 | $139 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $92 |
| Endolumik, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $63 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $35 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 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.
- Maestro System$22,386
- Symproic$6,700
- EXPAREL$4,973
- ActivSight$3,668
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,187
- ARTHREX$526
- EEA$154
- INTERSTIM ICON$136
How this compares
$194,880 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 50 colon & rectal surgery providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocortisone | 15 | $127 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Scottsdale
- Lynn CalcoteScottsdale$19K
- Meghan GoodScottsdale$18K
- John KidwellScottsdale$14K
- Andrew KassirScottsdale$6K
- Celsa TonelliScottsdale$4K
- Justin BradyScottsdale$1K
- Nitin MishraScottsdale$853
- Rick ShacketScottsdale$184
- Eugene KimPhoenix$189K
- Sushil PandeySurprise$125K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.