Elias Dakwar, MD
Neurological Surgery · Tampa, FLNPI 1801095609
Payments from drug & device makers
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 278 | $165,436 |
| Stryker | 127 | $112,062 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 53 | $28,850 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 15 | $15,539 |
| VB Spine LLC | 11 | $10,060 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 12 | $9,061 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 6 | $1,534 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 26 | $1,167 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,053 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 15 | $949 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $703 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 4 | $330 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $133 |
| MML US, Inc. | 2 | $129 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $126 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $51 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $49 |
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $33 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $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 |
How this compares
$347,710 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 556 neurological surgery providers in Florida.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Tampa
- Rohit VasanTampa$1.5M
- Michael VogelbaumTampa$863K
- Puya AlikhaniTampa$698K
- Steven TresserTampa$412K
- Yarema BezchlibnykTampa$308K
- Erik HaymanTampa$242K
- Kunal VakhariaTampa$220K
- Stephen ParkerJacksonville$18.7M
- Ira GoodmanOrlando$10.4M
- Eric PetersonMiami$10.1M
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.