Michael Wheatley
Surgery of the Hand · Portland, ORNPI 1376658773
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 128 payments — averaging $1549.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Microaire Surgical Instruments LLC$190K
- Trimed, Inc.$4K
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$3K
- Acumed LLC$1K
- Arthrex$214
- Johnson & Johnson$92
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$69,53235%
- Speaking & faculty fees$80,80041%
- Travel & lodging$42,58821%
- Food & beverage$2,7441%
- Education$2,6421%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microaire Surgical Instruments LLC | 111 | $190,363 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $3,535 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 3 | $2,714 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $1,375 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $214 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $92 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- SMART RELEASE$151,895
- MicroAire$18,332
- ECTR$11,107
- Polarus 3 Solution$1,050
- Elbow Plating System$1,050
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$1,050
- Acu-Loc/Acu-Loc 2 Wrist Plating System$325
How this compares
Too few surgery of the hand providers in Oregonto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other surgery of the hand in Portland
- Brian KreulMedford$8K
- Erin CooleyCorvallis$8K
- Melissa KinderClackamas$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.