Nina Ferraris
Surgery · Towson, MDNPI 1487815973
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.5%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 47.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,596, 3.5 times the $2,173 reported in 2019. Among surgery clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 117 payments — averaging $137.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Davol Inc.$3K
- Stryker$948
- Johnson & Johnson$793
- Axonics, Inc.$640
- THD America, Inc.$441
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,66510%
- Food & beverage$9,38258%
- Education$5,00031%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 32 | $7,652 |
| Davol Inc. | 24 | $3,193 |
| Stryker | 9 | $948 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $793 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 8 | $640 |
| THD America, Inc. | 4 | $441 |
| BD | 2 | $370 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $362 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $276 |
| Acell, Inc. | 2 | $194 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $182 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $165 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 2 | $164 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $143 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $95 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $43 |
| Medrobotics Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Braintree Laboratories, 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.
- DAVINCI XI$4,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,858
- Phasix Mesh$2,113
- PHASIX$726
- Axonics$668
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$495
- INTEGRA$472
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$454
- Enseal X1$269
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$157
- PRIMATRIX$157
- 1688$156
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$150
- SPY TECHNOLOGY$143
- STRATTICE$133
- STRATAFIX$122
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$119
- PROGEL$118
- INTERSTIM$116
- Echelon Powered Circular$114
How this compares
$16,048 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 493 surgery providers in Maryland.
Other surgery in Towson
- Emily WattersTowson$80K
- Beatriz BrionesTowson$19K
- Dorry SegevBaltimore$1.2M
- Thomas SwopeBaltimore$775K
- Alisa CokerBaltimore$702K
- Adrian ParkHagerstown$355K
- Igor BelyanskyAnnapolis$339K
- John LedonneBaltimore$329K
- Emad KandilOwings Mills$247K
- Martin MakaryBaltimore$135K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.