James Kellam
Orthopaedic Trauma · Houston, TXNPI 1427062249
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (40.8%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 58.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $16,432 and has fallen 76.8% since, to $3,817 in 2025.
Across 198 payments — averaging $213.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$25K
- Stryker$7K
- Johnson & Johnson$5K
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$3K
- Curvafix, Inc.$3K
- Globus Medical$270
- plus $334 from 6 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $26,332 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.
- Xiros Limited$52K
- Think Surgical, Inc.$27K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,25041%
- Travel & lodging$11,46527%
- Food & beverage$9,52823%
- Education$4,05110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 30 | $24,677 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 104 | $6,573 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 40 | $5,057 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $2,783 |
| Curvafix, Inc. | 3 | $2,599 |
| Globus Medical | 11 | $270 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $131 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Axogen | 1 | $40 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $37 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$42,293 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 74 orthopaedic trauma providers in Texas.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Houston
- John MunzHouston$1M
- Kyle DicksonHouston$975K
- Timothy AchorHouston$561K
- Jonathan EastmanHouston$361K
- Stephen WarnerHouston$357K
- Milton L RouttHouston$266K
- Andrew ChooHouston$262K
- Patrick KellamHouston$55K
- Doan NguyenHouston$7K
- Cory CollingeFort Worth$2.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.