Murat Gunel
Neurological Surgery · New Haven, CTNPI 1073594073
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $838,667 of the $839,286 with a category attached, or 99.9%. Orphai Therapeutics Inc. accounts for 82.5% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $416,000 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $217 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in CT 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 14 payments — averaging $59,949 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orphai Therapeutics Inc.$692K
- Hyperfine Operations, Inc.$91K
- Hyperfine Research, Inc.$56K
- Stryker$504
- Microvention, Inc.$115
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$838,667100%
- Food & beverage$6190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orphai Therapeutics Inc. | 3 | $692,000 |
| Hyperfine Operations, Inc. | 1 | $90,667 |
| Hyperfine Research, Inc. | 2 | $56,000 |
| Stryker | 7 | $504 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
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.
- Swoop$122,667
- CORE$295
- SONOPET IQ$132
- N/A$132
- NA$132
- NSE - HIGH SPEED DRILLS$120
- NSE - SONOPET$120
- WEB$115
How this compares
$839,286 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 94 neurological surgery providers in Connecticut.
Other neurological surgery in New Haven
- Pedro de Oliveira CoutinhoNew Haven$129K
- Ehud MendelNew Haven$120K
- Charles MatoukNew Haven$114K
- Ryan HebertNew Haven$82K
- Mihir GuptaNew Haven$78K
- Khalid AbbedNew Haven$58K
- Jacky YeungNew Haven$50K
- Veronica ChiangNew Haven$40K
- Luis KolbNew Haven$24K
- Dennis SpencerNew Haven$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.