Justin Gerard, MD
Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1104275643
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 46.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $770 and has fallen 78.0% since, to $169 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $1,299.
Across 23 payments — averaging $63.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$679
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$199
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$166
- Teleflex LLC$91
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$66
- Innovation Technologies Inc$63
- plus $198 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$54537%
- Food & beverage$71749%
- Education$19914%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $679 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $199 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $166 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $91 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $66 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $63 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $36 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $22 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $18 |
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
$1,461 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,180 surgery providers in Illinois.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other surgery in Chicago
- Francesco BiancoChicago$1M
- Mark KeldahlChicago$765K
- Rami LutfiChicago$411K
- Jonah StulbergChicago$209K
- Julie DunderdaleChicago$205K
- Shabirhusain AbadinChicago$153K
- Richard ZhuChicago$128K
- Eric HungnessChicago$126K
- Kyle MuellerChicago$117K
- Benjamin JohnsonChicago$115K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.