Marcos Michelotti, MD
Surgery · Loma Linda, CANPI 1275711590
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.8%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 84.2% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $53,943 and has fallen 69.5% since, to $16,446 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in CA 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 305 payments — averaging $734.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$188K
- Intuitive Surgical$34K
- Stryker$412
- Levita Magnetics International Corp$245
- Conmed Corporation$225
- Medtronic$209
- plus $346 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$97,98044%
- Speaking & faculty fees$73,55533%
- Travel & lodging$19,5039%
- Food & beverage$8,6984%
- Education$24,15411%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 230 | $188,476 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 50 | $33,977 |
| Stryker | 4 | $412 |
| Levita Magnetics International Corp | 2 | $245 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $225 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $209 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 2 | $190 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $87 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$118,175
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$68,549
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$41,699
- Da Vinci Surgical System$33,244
- BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$26,059
- SYNECOR Biomaterial$21,729
- GORE DUALMESH Biomaterial$8,910
- Product in Development$8,360
- Balloon Sheath with Dilator$1,035
- Magnetic Surgery$245
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$245
- SEAMGUARD Staple Line Reinforcement$165
- Matriderm$145
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$123
- 1588$111
- AIRSEAL$107
How this compares
$223,890 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,363 surgery providers in California.
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 Loma Linda
- Christian BianchiLoma Linda$338K
- Andre NguyenLoma Linda$148K
- Timothy ChuterSan Francisco$8.8M
- Santiago HorganSan Diego$2.8M
- Rock LiuHayward$1.6M
- David LouriePasadena$1.4M
- Andrea PakulaThousand Oaks$1.4M
- Siew-Ming LeeFresno$1.3M
- Beemen KhalilPalo Alto$1.1M
- John LiphamLos Angeles$942K
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.