Eric Chung
Surgery · Dublin, GANPI 1649699620
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (45.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 59.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $9,169 and has fallen 91.6% since, to $769 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in GA 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.
Across 144 payments — averaging $199.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$17K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,98835%
- Food & beverage$5,65520%
- Education$13,00045%
- Gifts$160%
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 | 38 | $17,100 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $2,746 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 13 | $2,367 |
| Medtronic | 20 | $2,305 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 9 | $1,750 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 32 | $1,244 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 7 | $394 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $380 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 2 | $169 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $23 |
| BD | 1 | $22 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $21 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $16 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $12 |
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$13,274
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$1,891
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$1,665
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$1,325
- Sonicision$380
- LINX Reflux Management System$150
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$134
- Enseal$123
- Echelon Flex$123
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$123
- Mega Vac$108
- Mega Power$108
- Ultra Vac$108
How this compares
$28,660 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 855 surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Topiramate | 66 | $457 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 30 | $379 |
| Sucralfate | 11 | $168 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 14 | $65 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $49 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Dublin
- Chad CopperGainesville$999K
- Zachary KlaassenAugusta$763K
- Stephen OdomAustell$599K
- Fritz Jean-PierreMarietta$464K
- Kendra GrubbAtlanta$374K
- Harry LightfootSmyrna$241K
- Oliver WhippleSavannah$222K
- Nelson RoyallGainesville$220K
- Ankit PatelAtlanta$217K
- Kevin NguyenAtlanta$161K
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.