Galal Elsayed, MD
Neurological Surgery · Flushing, NYNPI 1114314440
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $137,595 of the $155,746 with a category attached, or 88.3%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $142,439 and has fallen 96.2% since, to $5,358 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in NY 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 115 payments — averaging $1354.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$77K
- Globus Medical$65K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC$1K
- plus $3K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$137,59588%
- Travel & lodging$10,3377%
- Food & beverage$6,8624%
- Education$2870%
- Entertainment$6660%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 36 | $77,470 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 13 | $65,124 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 15 | $6,239 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,336 |
| Stryker | 7 | $1,278 |
| Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC | 2 | $1,235 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $818 |
| Nexus Spine, LLC | 1 | $278 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $258 |
| MML US, Inc. | 2 | $252 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $239 |
| Abbott | 1 | $175 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $165 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $125 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $114 |
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.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$75,258
- Other - Miscellaneous$5,749
- ALTERA$1,328
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$946
- Xvision$823
- Excelsius Robotics System$550
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$520
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$348
- PressOn$278
- O-ARM$274
- ReActiv8$252
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$234
- PROCLAIM$175
- Spinal-Stim$165
- Teligen$155
- RED 72$150
- UNID_PASS$135
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$134
- ZEVO ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$131
- Evoke$130
How this compares
$155,746 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 446 neurological surgery providers in New York.
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 Flushing
- Peter HollisFlushing$417K
- Jaime NietoFlushing$170K
- Ryan DenhaeseWilliamsville$1.9M
- J MoccoNew York$1.6M
- Adnan SiddiquiWilliamsville$1.5M
- Leo HopkinsBuffalo$1.2M
- Aziz Basem QandahNew Hartford$1.1M
- Alejandro BerensteinNew York$1.1M
- Darryl LauNew York$915K
- Mark BilskyNew York$903K
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.