Ivan Golub
Orthopedic Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1063974996
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.7%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 54.8% of the total. Among orthopedic surgery clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 46 payments — averaging $142.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Solventum Corporation$600
- Johnson & Johnson$399
- Baxter Healthcare$190
- Suvon Surgical LLC$141
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6009%
- Travel & lodging$2,63640%
- Food & beverage$3,32651%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 32 | $3,596 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $1,635 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $600 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $399 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $190 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 1 | $141 |
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
$6,562 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 42 orthopedic surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 orthopedic surgery in Boston
- Amgad AminBoston$195K
- Zachary BerlinerBoston$14K
- Melissa GrossBoston$13K
- Adam NasarBoston$128
- Gary PerlmutterBoston$0
- Christopher BonoBoston$0
- Dennis BurkeBoston$0
- Gary FergusonBoston$0
- John TierneyDedham$134K
- Paul HarasimowiczAyer$4K
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.