John Wakelin
Plastic Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1386635217
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $210,691 of the $214,511 with a category attached, or 98.2%. AbbVie accounts for 99.8% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $154,816 and has fallen 94.4% since, to $8,689 in 2025. 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 173 payments — averaging $1239.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$214K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$473
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$45
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$210,69198%
- Food & beverage$2,6361%
- Gifts$1,1841%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 151 | $213,993 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 20 | $473 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $45 |
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.
- NATRELLE$1,357
- BOTOX$218
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$109
How this compares
$214,511 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 191 plastic surgery providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Columbus
- Ian ValerioColumbus$1.3M
- 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).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.