Eric Dowling
Otolaryngology · Charlottesville, VANPI 1790149466
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $5,500 of the $7,461 with a category attached, or 73.7%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 86.4% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,596 and has fallen 92.7% since, to $481 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in VA 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 14 payments — averaging $532.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$6K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$359
- Johnson & Johnson$149
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$148
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$142
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$122
- plus $92 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1482%
- Travel & lodging$93112%
- Food & beverage$71510%
- Education$5,50074%
- Other$1662%
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 | 6 | $6,448 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $359 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $149 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Atos Medical Inc | 1 | $92 |
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 SP$5,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$912
- INTEGRA$431
- CYTAL$166
- TRUMATCH$149
- KINEVO 900$148
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$144
- PRIMATRIX$144
- Checkpoint Stimulators$142
- LIBTAYO$122
How this compares
$7,461 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 241 otolaryngology providers in Virginia.
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 otolaryngology in Charlottesville
- Spencer PayneCharlottesville$45K
- Jose MattosCharlottesville$24K
- Samuel OyerCharlottesville$9K
- Jonathan GarneauCharlottesville$8K
- David ShonkaCharlottesville$7K
- John ChristophelCharlottesville$7K
- Nicole FowlerCharlottesville$7K
- Christine MatthewsCharlottesville$5K
- Katherine FedderCharlottesville$4K
- Adam Thompson-HarveyCharlottesville$4K
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.