Paul Sawin
Neurological Surgery · Winter Park, FLNPI 1053361386
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,870,845 of the $2,966,663 with a category attached, or 96.8%. Alphatec Spine, Inc accounts for 69.9% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,457,951, 4.9 times the $294,812 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in FL 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 93 payments — averaging $31,900 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2.1M
- Globus Medical$892K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$26
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,870,84597%
- Consulting fees$81,6253%
- Travel & lodging$12,0720%
- Food & beverage$2,1210%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 70 | $2,074,928 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 22 | $891,709 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,524,519
- VuePoint$873,904
- Archon$807,513
- Brigade$749,704
- Helix$474,170
- INVICTUS OPEN$441,984
- SafeOp$271,073
- INSIGNIA ACP$91,720
- ACP$38,914
- Oblique TLIF$24,750
- ALIF$24,750
- POROUS TI$24,750
- KODIAK$24,750
- LIF$15,500
- Cervical$3,430
- TRESTLE$223
- IdentiTi$163
How this compares
$2,966,663 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 556 neurological surgery providers in Florida.
Other neurological surgery in Winter Park
- Cory HartmanWinter Park$295K
- Stephen ParkerJacksonville$18.7M
- Eric PetersonMiami$10.1M
- Brian SnellingBoca Raton$10M
- Kim ManwaringOrlando$5M
- John MainOcala$2.8M
- Michael WangMiami$2.2M
- Andrew CannestraJacksonville$1.6M
- Rohit VasanTampa$1.5M
- Wilson AsforaMiami$1.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.