Jonathan Nakhla
Neurological Surgery · Providence, RINPI 1669769261
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (50.9%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 40.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,820 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $304 in 2025.
Across 83 payments — averaging $96.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$3K
- Si-bone, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$524
- Baxter Healthcare$391
- Irras USA, Inc.$241
- Medtronic$231
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2413%
- Travel & lodging$4,07051%
- Food & beverage$3,67346%
- Entertainment$130%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 20 | $3,243 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 10 | $2,139 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 11 | $524 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $391 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $241 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $231 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $215 |
| Abbott | 3 | $148 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $106 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $38 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Natus Medical Incorporated | 1 | $27 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $15 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
| Stryker | 1 | $11 |
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.
- XLIF$2,066
- iFuse Implant$1,960
- ELSA ATP$747
- FLOSEAL$241
- IRRASflow$241
- Medical Device$147
- Firebird Spinal Fixation System$146
- Unity Lumbosacral Fixation System$146
- TDX Posterior Dynamic Stabilization$146
- Spinal Fixation System (SFS)$146
- SKYHAWK Lateral Interbody Fusion System & Lateral Plate System$146
- INGREZZA$127
- Oncology$125
- TLIF$118
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$109
How this compares
$7,997 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 37 neurological surgery providers in Rhode Island.
Other neurological surgery in Providence
- Albert TelfeianProvidence$148K
- Clark ChenProvidence$104K
- Tianyi NiuProvidence$72K
- Radmehr TorabiProvidence$45K
- Theresa WilliamsonProvidence$45K
- Ki-Eun ChangProvidence$40K
- Prakash SampathProvidence$37K
- Adetokunbo OyeleseProvidence$22K
- Raj ThakrarProvidence$21K
- Oluwaseun AkinduroProvidence$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.