Mark Erasmus
Neurological Surgery · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1407879513
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (58.2%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Alphatec Spine, Inc accounts for 64.1% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,330 and has fallen 92.9% since, to $236 in 2023.
Across 108 payments — averaging $50.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Globus Medical$720
- Novartis$281
- Amgen$127
- EMD Serono, Inc.$78
- CSL Behring$70
- plus $689 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$180%
- Travel & lodging$3,19158%
- Food & beverage$2,27341%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 21 | $3,517 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 24 | $720 |
| Novartis | 13 | $281 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 7 | $127 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| CSL Behring | 3 | $70 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $66 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $63 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Biogen | 3 | $45 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $44 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $31 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $23 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,169
- Excelsius - GPS$316
- 3D Printed IBF$120
How this compares
$5,482 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 32 neurological surgery providers in New Mexico.
Other neurological surgery in Albuquerque
- Chad ColeAlbuquerque$101K
- Robert StarlingAlbuquerque$13K
- Christian RicksAlbuquerque$12K
- Michael KoganAlbuquerque$10K
- Peter ShinAlbuquerque$8K
- Ross GreenAlbuquerque$6K
- Mark BryniarskiAlbuquerque$4K
- Michael Ortiz TorresAlbuquerque$4K
- Carlos AlvarezAlbuquerque$4K
- James BotrosAlbuquerque$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.