Ivan Wong
van Nuys, CANPI 1043472772
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (41.9%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 90.0% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,052 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $156 in 2025.
Across 25 payments — averaging $634.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$14K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$885
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$502
- Abbott$156
- Linvatec Corporation$40
Across 79 payments — averaging $8056.92 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.
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$636K
- Zimmer Biomet$154
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,65442%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,71023%
- Travel & lodging$4,45328%
- Food & beverage$1,0497%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $14,284 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $885 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 5 | $502 |
| Abbott | 2 | $156 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $40 |
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.
- Latarjet System$8,272
- SPEEDLOCK HIP$2,102
- Hipstruments$2,102
- Q-FIX$1,618
- DYNACORD$1,394
- NOVOCART 3D$427
- TRICLIP$135
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.