Ian Valerio, MD
Plastic Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1811199888
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Integra Lifesciences Corporation at 38.0% of the total. Among plastic surgery clinicians in OH 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 1,148 payments — averaging $1162.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$508K
- Axogen$384K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$162K
- Avita Medical Americas, LLC$75K
- Stryker$71K
- Davol Inc.$34K
- plus $101K from 31 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $14,699 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.
- Axogen$191K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$730,06755%
- Speaking & faculty fees$383,67129%
- Grants$5,0000%
- Travel & lodging$153,15411%
- Food & beverage$62,7335%
- Entertainment$2470%
- Other$2440%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 360 | $507,665 |
| Axogen | 325 | $384,200 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 148 | $162,033 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 120 | $75,033 |
| Stryker | 41 | $70,667 |
| Davol Inc. | 16 | $34,141 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 25 | $29,701 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 10 | $19,196 |
| Bioventus LLC | 8 | $13,549 |
| Kerecis Limited | 10 | $7,555 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 14 | $6,804 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 6 | $6,548 |
| Orthocell LTD | 1 | $6,170 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $2,400 |
| Brixton Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 9 | $1,274 |
| BD | 5 | $1,086 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $900 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 4 | $824 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $583 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 6 | $338 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 3 | $338 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $329 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 3 | $262 |
| Bioness Inc | 1 | $232 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 6 | $203 |
| Derma Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $201 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $194 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $166 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $157 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Solventum Corporation | 3 | $87 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $73 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $40 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $25 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- INTEGRA$458,672
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$271,744
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$271,744
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$200,927
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$98,879
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$97,977
- FLOWABLE$97,977
- IDRT$97,741
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$92,254
- TENOGLIDE$90,996
- NEURAGEN$90,596
- AXOGUARD$74,721
- OviTex 2S$67,780
- RECELL$65,971
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$65,690
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$65,690
- SPY TECHNOLOGY$45,056
- CYTAL$35,250
- Cohealyx$30,636
- Checkpoint Stimulators$29,495
How this compares
$1,335,117 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 191 plastic surgery providers in Ohio.
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 plastic surgery in Columbus
- John WakelinColumbus$215K
- Amy MooreColumbus$77K
- Jason SouzaColumbus$43K
- Jeffrey JanisColumbus$23K
- Geoffroy SiskColumbus$17K
- Andrea BattistiniColumbus$13K
- Kerry-Ann MitchellColumbus$9K
- Min-Jeong ChoColumbus$9K
- Gregory PearsonColumbus$6K
- Andrew LinkugelColumbus$6K
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.