Joshua Burks
Neurological Surgery · Lake Worth, FLNPI 1093244964
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,166 of the $13,417 with a category attached, or 75.8%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Penumbra, Inc. at 43.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,753, 2.8 times the $1,348 reported in 2021.
Across 222 payments — averaging $60.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$6K
- Stryker$5K
- Medtronic$980
- Globus Medical$907
- Microvention, Inc.$226
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$135
- plus $41 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,25124%
- Food & beverage$10,16676%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 120 | $5,851 |
| Stryker | 57 | $5,277 |
| Medtronic | 27 | $980 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 9 | $907 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 6 | $226 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Penumbra System$1,923
- CORE$1,161
- Benchmark$688
- NEUROFORM EZ 3$669
- TARGET$660
- RED 72$564
- Penumbra Coil 400$400
- TREVO$374
- SURPASS EVOLVE$338
- Pipeline$313
- SERRATO$233
- STENT$219
- RELINE$174
- PCM$168
- AXIUM PRIMETM$164
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$141
- Excelsius - GPS$138
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$135
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$135
- Smart Coil$130
How this compares
$13,417 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 556 neurological surgery providers in Florida.
Other neurological surgery in Lake Worth
- Stephen ParkerJacksonville$18.7M
- Eric PetersonMiami$10.1M
- Brian SnellingBoca Raton$10M
- Kim ManwaringOrlando$5M
- Paul SawinWinter Park$3M
- John MainOcala$2.8M
- Michael WangMiami$2.2M
- Andrew CannestraJacksonville$1.6M
- Rohit VasanTampa$1.5M
- Wilson AsforaMiami$1.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.