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Elias Dakwar, MD

Neurological Surgery · Tampa, FLNPI 1801095609

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $247,014 of the $347,710 with a category attached, or 71.0%. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 47.6% of the total. Among neurological surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$347,710in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 614 payments — averaging $566.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Globus Medical$165K
  • Stryker$112K
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$29K
  • Orthofix Medical, Inc.$16K
  • VB Spine LLC$10K
  • Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$9K
  • plus $7K from 27 others

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$42,71112%
  • Consulting fees$247,01471%
  • Travel & lodging$42,86912%
  • Food & beverage$15,0864%
  • Education$300%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Globus Medical(2 entities)278$165,436
Stryker127$112,062
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.53$28,850
Orthofix Medical, Inc.15$15,539
VB Spine LLC11$10,060
Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.12$9,061
Xtant Medical Inc6$1,534
Medtronic(2 entities)26$1,167
Abbott14$1,053
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.15$949
Johnson & Johnson20$703
Carlsmed, Inc.4$330
Zimmer Biomet2$133
MML US, Inc.2$129
AbbVie6$126
Prosidyan, Inc1$51
Integra Lifesciences Corporation2$49
Surgical Theater. Inc.1$49
Lundbeck LLC2$49
Neuropace, Inc.1$48
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.2$41
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$34
Baxter Healthcare2$33
Relievant Medsystems, Inc.1$32
Cerapedics Inc.1$29
Eisai Inc.1$25
Bioventus LLC1$24
SK Life Science, Inc.1$22
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.1$21
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.1$20
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.1$19
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$17
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.1$15

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.

How this compares

$347,710 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 556 neurological surgery providers in Florida.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$203,541
Medicare patients
270
Services billed
642

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.

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