Lynn Damitz, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1952495129
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 39 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 38.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $689 and has fallen 79.9% since, to $139 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $2,773.
Across 39 payments — averaging $74.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$979
- Motiva USA, LLC$332
- RTI Surgical, Inc$275
- TELA Bio, Inc.$181
- Johnson & Johnson$15
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,902100%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 23 | $1,130 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 9 | $979 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 3 | $332 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 2 | $275 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $181 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
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 SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$652
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$517
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$426
- MemoryGel Breast Implants$184
- OviTex 2S$181
- ALLOGRAFT$173
- Motiva SmoothSilk Round Breast Implant$170
- MENTOR CPX 2 Breast Tissue Expander$135
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$102
How this compares
$2,911 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 55 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in North Carolina.
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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 plastic and reconstructive surgery in Chapel Hill
- Jeyhan WoodChapel Hill$2K
- Shuting ZhongChapel Hill$1K
- Stephen Elkins WilliamsChapel Hill$961
- Jeffrey MarcusDurham$3.3M
- Anuja AntonyCary$326K
- Peter ArnoldGreensboro$206K
- Joseph HunstadCharlotte$144K
- Charles HultmanRaleigh$70K
- Charles KaysWilmington$69K
- Brian CoanCary$41K
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.