Melissa Galli, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1659509214
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $269,388 of the $324,378 with a category attached, or 83.0%. Stryker accounts for 70.3% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $96,943, 4.9 times the $19,835 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in AZ 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 447 payments — averaging $725.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$228K
- Ortho Solutions Inc$36K
- International Life Sciences$31K
- Flower Orthopedics Coporation$16K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$9K
- Synthes GmbH$2K
- plus $3K from 23 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $1618.75 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Stryker$6K
- Zimmer Biomet$475
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$269,38883%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,0001%
- Travel & lodging$37,58912%
- Food & beverage$15,4015%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 330 | $227,986 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 46 | $36,244 |
| International Life Sciences | 15 | $30,804 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 8 | $15,516 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $8,523 |
| Synthes GmbH | 5 | $1,997 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $1,017 |
| Celularity Inc. | 2 | $262 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $261 |
| Novastep Inc. | 2 | $210 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $149 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $143 |
| Vertex | 1 | $125 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| X-spine Systems, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $114 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $105 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $99 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $95 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $58 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $48 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Biogennix, LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
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.
- VARIAX$57,090
- HOFFMANN$36,432
- PROstep$34,062
- ANCHORAGE$26,370
- PROPHECY$25,134
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$23,721
- FIXOS$22,186
- SALVATION$21,939
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$21,891
- FLEXBAND$20,431
- mild Device Kit$18,000
- CITREFIX$17,275
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$16,779
- INFINITY$15,381
- INBONE$14,445
- ASNIS$13,626
- GRAVITY$12,292
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$12,000
- INVISION$11,569
- T2$10,975
How this compares
$324,378 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 291 foot & ankle surgery providers in Arizona.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 35 | $225 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $138 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $109 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Phoenix
- Ryan ScottPhoenix$1.1M
- Jeffrey HolmesPhoenix$509K
- Zachary FlynnPhoenix$239K
- Kyle VaughnPhoenix$110K
- David JaffePhoenix$75K
- Jason KaycePhoenix$57K
- Devin BlandPhoenix$49K
- Braden BoyerPhoenix$32K
- Martin WeismanPhoenix$31K
- Eugene Dela CruzPhoenix$27K
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.