Elias Chamely
Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1033641139
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,819 of the $4,988 with a category attached, or 76.6%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 25.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,077, more than ten times the $111 reported in 2019.
Across 45 payments — averaging $110.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Davol Inc.$535
- Baxter Healthcare$505
- Medtronic$307
- Boston Scientific$258
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$235
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,81977%
- Education$1,16923%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $1,250 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $535 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $505 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $307 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $258 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $235 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 5 | $227 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $224 |
| BD | 1 | $202 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $199 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $178 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $154 |
| Mesh Suture Inc | 1 | $129 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $124 |
| Stryker | 1 | $118 |
| Vertex | 1 | $110 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Ormco Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $45 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$615
- PerClot$394
- Phasix Mesh$277
- INTEGRA$254
- HemoSphere$202
- ENDO GIA ULTRA$175
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$169
- SpyGlass Discover$157
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$154
- GRAFIX PL$150
- Stravix$150
- Oasis$150
- Echelon Flex$138
- SmartAblateTM System RF Generator$138
- Signia$132
- Duramesh$129
- OMNIGRAFT$127
- SURGIMEND$127
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$127
How this compares
$4,988 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,830 surgery providers in Texas.
Other surgery in Houston
- James SuliburkHouston$161K
- Funda MericHouston$141K
- Jonathan StahlHouston$105K
- Richard KnightHouston$103K
- Tanyaradzwa KajeseHouston$92K
- Michael HarkinsTomball$2.7M
- Douglas StoddardAustin$1.4M
- Steven FassAustin$989K
- Vineet ChoudhryAustin$851K
- Andy HawthorneRound Rock$843K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.