Elan Witkowski, MD
Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1205096328
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.6%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 43.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $12,729 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $543 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in MA 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 76 payments — averaging $383.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$13K
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Medtronic$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Covidien LP$1K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$198
- plus $359 from 5 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $1050.00 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$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,95017%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,43143%
- Travel & lodging$3,04710%
- Food & beverage$1,7446%
- Education$7,00024%
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 | $12,727 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 18 | $8,219 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $5,200 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $1,371 |
| Covidien LP | 11 | $1,098 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 9 | $198 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $116 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $90 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $46 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $34 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$8,032
- SpyGlass Discover$2,125
- AXIOS$1,381
- LINX Reflux Management System$1,300
- LigaSure$483
- Signia$382
- EEA$165
- GENERAL ENDOCHOICE$133
- AIRSEAL$116
How this compares
$29,172 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 694 surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 14 | $287 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Boston
- Michael TarnoffBoston$1.4M
- Omar KudsiBoston$886K
- Ankit MehtaBoston$278K
- Johannes KratzBoston$79K
- Ian BehrBoston$56K
- Parsia VagefiBoston$53K
- Abdelrahman NimeriBoston$50K
- Denise GeeBoston$40K
- Matthew HutterBoston$37K
- Barbara BlancoBoston$36K
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.