Dorian Kusyk
Neurological Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1740712967
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 157 payments — averaging $491.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$44K
- Medtronic$25K
- Abbott$4K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- VB Spine LLC$1K
- Stryker$381
- plus $446 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$62,50081%
- Travel & lodging$8,31611%
- Food & beverage$6,2988%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $44,077 |
| Medtronic | 63 | $24,741 |
| Abbott | 40 | $4,131 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $1,858 |
| VB Spine LLC | 18 | $1,481 |
| Stryker | 6 | $381 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 3 | $103 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| 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.
- VERCISE$43,372
- ACTIVA PC$20,000
- PROCLAIM$2,362
- ROSA$1,798
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,285
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$984
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$781
- PENTA$490
- Axium$278
- GENERAL DBS$248
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$160
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$153
- N/A$136
- INCEPTIV$133
- RNS Neurostimulator Kit$132
- ETERNA$125
How this compares
$77,114 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 390 neurological surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Pittsburgh
- Adam KanterPittsburgh$2.6M
- David OkonkwoPittsburgh$2.5M
- Bradley GrossPittsburgh$1M
- Constantinos HadjipanayisPittsburgh$564K
- David HamiltonPittsburgh$404K
- Paul GardnerPittsburgh$179K
- Alexander YuPittsburgh$163K
- Taylor AbelPittsburgh$153K
- Jorge Gonzalez-MartinezPittsburgh$146K
- Jody LeonardoPittsburgh$116K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.