Erisha Tashakori
Orthopaedic Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1467015875
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $13,931 of the $20,863 with a category attached, or 66.8%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 42.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,149, 9.3 times the $1,202 reported in 2022.
Across 252 payments — averaging $82.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$9K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- plus $2K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,91733%
- Food & beverage$13,93167%
- Education$150%
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 | 122 | $8,901 |
| Globus Medical | 28 | $2,916 |
| Medtronic | 33 | $2,097 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 34 | $1,994 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 8 | $1,643 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $1,180 |
| VB Spine LLC | 11 | $601 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $508 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 3 | $224 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $185 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $164 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $137 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $26 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$3,328
- Excelsius - GPS$1,298
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,040
- Velys$521
- SERRATO$480
- NA$395
- AXSOS$385
- UNID_PASS$347
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$334
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$308
- ELSA$302
- TRIATHLON$301
- RISE$285
- Teligen$259
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$240
- VARIAX$214
- aprevo$185
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$175
- STRATA$170
- Hedron$164
How this compares
$20,863 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 794 orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Cleveland
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- Kenneth GreeneCleveland$2.6M
- Mark FroimsonCleveland$2.5M
- Robert MolloyCleveland$2.3M
- Eric RicchettiCleveland$2.1M
- Thomas MrozCleveland$1.3M
- Robert GillespieCleveland$672K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.