Gita Pillai, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lewes, DENPI 1548428725
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (47.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 45.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,769 and has fallen 69.9% since, to $533 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in DE, where the typical reported total is $6,222.
Across 41 payments — averaging $141.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$3K
- Smith+Nephew$494
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$55
- Johnson & Johnson$37
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,74147%
- Food & beverage$1,87332%
- Education$1,20021%
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) | 21 | $2,657 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 12 | $2,569 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $494 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $37 |
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.
How this compares
$5,813 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 70 orthopaedic surgery providers in Delaware.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 602 | $2,411 |
| Prednisone | 113 | $1,512 |
| Diclofenac Sodium ErDiclofenac Sodium | 23 | $817 |
| Methylprednisolone | 83 | $564 |
| Naproxen | 119 | $377 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 132 | $319 |
| Celecoxib | 46 | $160 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $119 |
| Gabapentin | 64 | $102 |
| Amoxicillin | 81 | $62 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $38 |
| Diazepam | 15 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lewes
- Patrick KaneLewes$68K
- Wilson ChoyLewes$29K
- Joseph FarrellLewes$9K
- Paul HarriottLewes$6K
- Cameron YauLewes$808
- Ronald SabbaghLewes$503
- Edmund CarrollLewes$410
- Suken ShahWilmington$2.1M
- Jeremie AxeNewark$179K
- Andrew CurleySeaford$70K
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.