Rebecca Kelso
Vascular Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1902928799
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 83.1% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $55,677, 7.6 times the $7,287 reported in 2019. Among vascular surgery clinicians in NC 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 202 payments — averaging $730.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$123K
- Johnson & Johnson$18K
- Synthes GmbH$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$920
- Cook Medical LLC$897
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $15,551 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Zimmer Biomet$31K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$79,91354%
- Speaking & faculty fees$48,50033%
- Travel & lodging$14,83110%
- Food & beverage$4,3103%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 120 | $122,637 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $17,543 |
| Synthes GmbH | 4 | $2,531 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,429 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 13 | $920 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 21 | $897 |
| Stryker | 3 | $416 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $414 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 3 | $299 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 5 | $166 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $44 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $24 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
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.
- ALIF$49,483
- MARS Anterior Retractor$12,565
- Excelsius - GPS$11,000
- FORTIFY$9,950
- Quartex$7,712
- ELSA$7,500
- ALIF Retractor$6,900
- MARS$4,945
- INDEPENDENCE$4,000
- XLIF$2,330
- CORBEL$1,927
- Direct Look Lat$1,600
- ETHICON$1,363
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$550
- CREO 5.5$423
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$377
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$377
- MARS 3VL Retractor$345
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$284
- Cook$279
How this compares
$147,553 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 119 vascular surgery providers in North Carolina.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 49 | $31,366 |
| Gabapentin | 48 | $739 |
| Cilostazol | 15 | $299 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 27 | $217 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Charlotte
- Frank ArkoCharlotte$2.6M
- Erin MurphyCharlotte$598K
- Hector Crespo SotoCharlotte$178K
- James AntezanaCharlotte$44K
- Peter FordCharlotte$18K
- Martin Lo SassoCharlotte$17K
- Tzvi NussbaumCharlotte$16K
- Daniel SprandoCharlotte$13K
- Adam StricklandCharlotte$3K
- Robert MendesRaleigh$408K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.