Demi Dawkins, MD
Neurological Surgery · Memphis, TNNPI 1346669322
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (44.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $25,122 and has fallen 52.8% since, to $11,862 in 2025.
Across 164 payments — averaging $342.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$28K
- Philips North America LLC$10K
- Penumbra, Inc.$6K
- Stryker$5K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,17715%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,4004%
- Grants$25,00044%
- Travel & lodging$11,83721%
- Food & beverage$8,82516%
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) | 38 | $28,374 |
| Philips North America LLC | 11 | $9,668 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 20 | $6,354 |
| Stryker | 45 | $4,642 |
| Globus Medical | 18 | $3,349 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,160 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 6 | $809 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $688 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 5 | $508 |
| Scientia Vascular | 2 | $201 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $140 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $140 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 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.
- Penumbra System$5,336
- Ultrasound Enabling Functions$4,862
- IGT Enabling functio$3,812
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$1,708
- TRUFILL$1,394
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$1,331
- PULSERIDER$1,071
- ALIF$1,051
- Pipeline$859
- Indigo System$590
- WEB$581
- LVIS$581
- Sofia$581
- SURPASS EVOLVE$549
- (9547) IGT Systems Undivided$549
- HydroSoft 3D Coil$459
- Traxcess Guidewire and Docking Wire$459
- TARGET$433
- UNIVERSAL NEURO 3$350
- TLIF$324
How this compares
$56,238 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Tennessee.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 16 | $8,192 |
| Methocarbamol | 17 | $417 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $212 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $140 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $14 | $8,19216 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Tennessee.
Other neurological surgery in Memphis
- Kevin FoleyMemphis$162.4M
- Maurice SmithMemphis$4.4M
- Adam ArthurMemphis$1.9M
- Paul ParkMemphis$1.2M
- Daniel HoitMemphis$607K
- Jason GerrardMemphis$112K
- Earl JonesMemphis$59K
- Isaac PomeraniecMemphis$56K
- Kyle SmithMemphis$48K
- Christopher NickeleMemphis$45K
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.