Matthew Garoufalis
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1417066689
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (60.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by KCI USA, Inc. at 42.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $45,257 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $215 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in IL 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 172 payments — averaging $879.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KCI USA, Inc.$64K
- Amgen$40K
- Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc.$18K
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$9K
- Modulated Imaging, Inc.$9K
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$6K
- plus $6K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$44,80730%
- Speaking & faculty fees$90,75460%
- Travel & lodging$12,5918%
- Food & beverage$2,9662%
- Education$1170%
- Entertainment$300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KCI USA, Inc. | 57 | $63,864 |
| Amgen | 49 | $40,046 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 5 | $17,615 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $9,037 |
| Modulated Imaging, Inc. | 13 | $8,846 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $6,296 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 4 | $2,635 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $779 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $713 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $223 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 3 | $140 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $124 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $123 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $117 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $117 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $94 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Collaborative Care Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $27 |
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.
- KRYSTEXXA$39,039
- SNAP$35,154
- V.A.C. DERMATAC$8,913
- NUZYRA$8,840
- Clarifi Imaging System$8,784
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$7,125
- JUBLIA$6,183
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$5,463
- ACTIV.A.C.$3,563
- Bair Hugger$3,325
- PREVENA$3,088
- ACTIVAC$2,550
- ZIP PRELOC 2 WOUND CLOSURE DEVICE$2,000
- 3M Coban$1,900
- LUZU$1,700
- DERMATAC$950
- PROMOGRAN PRISMA$950
- VAC VERAFLO$797
- ABTHERA$795
- BlastX$750
How this compares
$151,263 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 555 foot & ankle surgery providers in Illinois.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Chicago
- Edgardo Rodriguez CollazoChicago$755K
- Stephanie OexemanChicago$206K
- Jeffrey AlexanderChicago$158K
- George HolmesChicago$134K
- Milap PatelChicago$52K
- Theodore PolizosChicago$47K
- Simon LeeChicago$34K
- Wonyong LeeChicago$23K
- Kamran HamidChicago$19K
- Souleymane DialloChicago$19K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.