Mena Kerolus, MD
Neurological Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1548607575
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.9%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.8% of the total.
Across 161 payments — averaging $149.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Globus Medical$7K
- Stryker$3K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$1K
- Smaio USA Corporation$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$320
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,7407%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50010%
- Travel & lodging$9,28639%
- Food & beverage$10,09042%
- Education$4562%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 50 | $9,587 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 56 | $7,339 |
| Stryker | 23 | $2,990 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $1,413 |
| Smaio USA Corporation | 2 | $1,048 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $320 |
| Mirus, LLC | 3 | $255 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $170 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $121 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $108 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $107 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $103 |
| Smaio SA | 1 | $100 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $45 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- XLIF$2,729
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$2,633
- UNID_PASS$1,740
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,555
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,388
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,178
- Pulse$702
- CREO$640
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$547
- RISE-L$545
- CALIBER$492
- CD HORIZON$418
- AVIATOR$312
- O-ARM$311
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$309
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$297
- INTELLIS$253
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$225
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$225
- MiRus 3DR Lumbar Interbody System$225
How this compares
$24,073 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 201 neurological surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 120 | $1,173 |
| Gabapentin | 42 | $559 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 83 | $434 |
| Methocarbamol | 20 | $286 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $216 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $199 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $116 |
| Baclofen | 20 | $56 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $48 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Atlanta
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
- Gerald RodtsAtlanta$1.2M
- James RobinsonAtlanta$993K
- Michele JohnsonAtlanta$540K
- David McCrackenAtlanta$425K
- Robert GrossAtlanta$315K
- Kaveh KhajaviAtlanta$225K
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.