Howard Wang
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1447592282
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 56.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,352 and has fallen 66.2% since, to $1,133 in 2025.
Across 77 payments — averaging $93.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Kls-martin L.p.$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$609
- Stryker$174
- AbbVie$142
- Johnson & Johnson$107
- plus $289 from 4 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $326,961 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.
- Novartis$327K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,47534%
- Travel & lodging$73610%
- Food & beverage$3,88454%
- Education$991%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 18 | $4,047 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 44 | $1,827 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $609 |
| Stryker | 2 | $174 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $142 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $107 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $76 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $71 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $56 |
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.
- MATRIX$2,475
- INTEGRA$421
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$271
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$271
- AMNIOEXCEL$271
- IDRT$271
- FLOWABLE$271
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$142
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$140
- PRIMATRIX$140
- DELTA$135
How this compares
$7,194 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 78 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Ohio.
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- William LeavittCleveland$7K
- Fatma TuncerCleveland$6K
- Nicholas SinclairCleveland$4K
- Corinne WeeCleveland$2K
- Nidal Al DeekCleveland$1K
- William SchleicherCleveland$634
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.