Georgios Romanos
Periodontics · Rochester, NYNPI 1144522590
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.1%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 41.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $32,007 and has fallen 68.9% since, to $9,954 in 2024. Among periodontics clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 115 payments — averaging $839.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$40K
- Zimvie Inc.$25K
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH$11K
- Dentsply IH Inc.$10K
- Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc.$10K
- Zest Holdings, LLC$144
- plus $468 from 6 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $11,900 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Dexcel Pharma Technologies Ltd.$24K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50,32552%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,89419%
- Travel & lodging$16,31817%
- Food & beverage$1,5052%
- Education$10,50011%
- Entertainment$460%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 64 | $40,371 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 31 | $24,639 |
| Sirona Dental Systems GmbH | 3 | $10,500 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 3 | $10,466 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 2 | $10,000 |
| Zest Holdings, LLC | 1 | $144 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 5 | $138 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $102 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 1 | $25 |
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.
- BIOHORIZONS$50,000
- ALLOGRAFT$16,635
- Trabecular Metal (TM) Dental$16,103
- Implant Dentistry$10,466
- BioSet$10,162
- SIRO LASER BLUE$10,000
- OSSEOTITE NT$9,144
- TSX Implants$3,515
- Puros$3,169
- All T3 Implants$2,439
- CopiOs$2,150
- Surgical Instruments$2,150
- TSV NG Surgical$1,644
- TM NextGen$1,473
- Tapered Screw-Vent$1,079
- EASY TIP$500
- Geistlich Bio Gide$104
- ASTRA TECH Implant System$102
How this compares
$96,588 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 457 periodontics providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 23 | $78 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other periodontics in Rochester
- Navneet AroraRochester$312K
- Carlo ErcoliRochester$55K
- Jack CatonRochester$6K
- Timothy BliedenRochester$5K
- Oren WeissRochester$4K
- Alexandra TsigaridaRochester$4K
- Dennis TarnowNew York$672K
- Hector SarmientoNew York$130K
- Scott FroumNew York$100K
- Edgard El ChaarNew York$93K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.