Nikhilesh Sekhar
Surgery · Fairfield, CTNPI 1881645364
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.8%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Conmed Corporation at 53.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $80,980, 6.4 times the $12,676 reported in 2019. Among 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 809 payments — averaging $173.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Conmed Corporation$74K
- Medtronic$23K
- Olympus America Inc.$17K
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Covidien LP$3K
- plus $11K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50,21536%
- Speaking & faculty fees$23,80817%
- Travel & lodging$37,05826%
- Food & beverage$22,22516%
- Education$6,8695%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conmed Corporation | 70 | $74,265 |
| Medtronic | 183 | $22,625 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 45 | $16,502 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 65 | $8,725 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 22 | $4,171 |
| Covidien LP | 76 | $2,793 |
| Novo Nordisk | 71 | $2,048 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 2 | $1,320 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 88 | $1,288 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 46 | $1,084 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 64 | $1,024 |
| Teleflex Incorporated | 1 | $1,000 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 10 | $870 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 4 | $598 |
| Teleflex LLC | 13 | $345 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 10 | $283 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $243 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $184 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $179 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $102 |
| Ambu Inc. | 3 | $87 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $62 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Stryker | 1 | $48 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Specialty Surgical Instrumentation | 1 | $19 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- AIRSEAL$73,263
- Signia$14,532
- Olympus$7,624
- EVIS EXERA$6,298
- DAVINCI XI$4,750
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,425
- 4K CAMERA HEAD$1,589
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$1,402
- HARMONIC Product Family$1,402
- ProGrip$1,374
- STRATAFIX$1,293
- Situate$1,119
- LigaSure$1,017
- Echelon Flex$972
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$626
- Endo GIA$614
- Reltone 200 Mg$537
- Reltone 400 Mg$537
- Wegovy$492
- Saxenda$367
How this compares
$140,176 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 289 surgery providers in Connecticut.
Other surgery in Fairfield
- Sherard ChiuFairfield$148K
- Roselle CrombieFairfield$113K
- Alph EmmanuelFairfield$38K
- Saber GhiassiFairfield$18K
- Jennifer SchwartzFairfield$10K
- John MortonNew Haven$970K
- Joseph AferzonPortland$712K
- Andrew DuffyNew Haven$256K
- Anees ChagparNew Haven$121K
- Craig FlochNorwalk$88K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.