Howard Salvay
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Santa Cruz, CANPI 1467432781
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $323,500 of the $420,967 with a category attached, or 76.8%. Applied Medical Resources Corporation accounts for 99.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in CA 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 522 payments — averaging $806.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$420K
- Conmed Corporation$156
- Baxter Healthcare$125
- Coloplast$122
- Davol Inc.$104
- Bard Access Systems, Inc.$99
- plus $63 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,5301%
- Speaking & faculty fees$323,50077%
- Travel & lodging$81,78319%
- Food & beverage$13,1543%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 514 | $420,298 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $156 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $125 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $122 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $23 |
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.
- GelPOINT V-Path$406,087
- GELPORT$9,233
- GELPOINT$9,233
- ALEXIS CONTAINED EXTRACTION SYSTEM$9,233
- GELPOINT VPATH$9,035
- GelPOINT Path Transanal Access Platform$3,207
- EPIX Laparoscopic Grasper$1,096
- Epix Electrosurgical Probe with Smoke Evacuation - L-Hook$175
- FLOSEAL$125
- TISSEEL$125
- ALTIS$122
- VOYANT$120
How this compares
$420,967 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,784 obstetrics & gynecology providers in California.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Santa Cruz
- Steve YuNorthridge$964K
- Samir HageRedlands$640K
- Malcolm MunroLos Angeles$609K
- Michael KrychmanCosta Mesa$547K
- Anita NelsonTorrance$530K
- Jan SegnitzSan Jose$511K
- Risa KaganBerkeley$497K
- Michael GreenOxnard$424K
- Marc WinterLaguna Hills$399K
- Edward TangchitnobWest Covina$362K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.