James Dillon
Neurological Surgery · Aiken, SCNPI 1285736702
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 166 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 43 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,009 and has fallen 96.1% since, to $40 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $2,843.
Across 166 payments — averaging $20.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$405
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$269
- Amgen$247
- AbbVie$238
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$208
- Eisai Inc.$184
- plus $2K from 37 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,366100%
- Education$60%
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.
How this compares
$3,372 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 114 neurological surgery providers in South Carolina.
Other neurological surgery in Aiken
- Alejandro SpiottaCharleston$894K
- David JonesRock Hill$540K
- Sabino DagostinoLadson$425K
- Jan Vargas MachajGreenville$207K
- Michael CowanRock Hill$184K
- Jonathan LenaCharleston$110K
- Adam BackSpartanburg$99K
- Matthew NealCharleston$65K
- Sumeer LalGreenwood$65K
- Eugene GiddensMyrtle Beach$48K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.