Erin Robles-Sherman
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Durham, NCNPI 1649561176
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.9% of the total across 19 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 32.7% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $2,671.
Across 19 payments — averaging $66.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$412
- Medtronic$170
- Lifenet Health$149
- Biopro, Inc.$123
- Organogenesis Inc.$115
- Amgen$110
- plus $182 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1159%
- Food & beverage$1,14591%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 6 | $412 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $170 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $149 |
| Biopro, Inc. | 2 | $123 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Amgen | 2 | $110 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- INCEPTIV$170
- TheraGenesis Wound Matrix$149
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$148
- Apligraf$115
- Dermagraft$115
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$115
- HOFFMANN$110
- VARIAX$103
How this compares
$1,260 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 196 foot & ankle surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 foot & ankle surgery in Durham
- Michael KerznerDurham$21K
- Robert OlsonGastonia$473K
- Austin MatthewsLumberton$279K
- Matthew DzurikWilmington$142K
- Kristen McGinnessFayetteville$123K
- William RespessGreenville$79K
- Brian FutrellCary$71K
- Kenneth BloomMooresville$53K
- Stephen HeislerChapel Hill$49K
- Benjamin UmbelMorganton$37K
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.