Reza Yassari
Neurological Surgery · Bronx, NYNPI 1396999553
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 43.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $20,810 and has fallen 85.9% since, to $2,935 in 2025.
Across 233 payments — averaging $155.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$16K
- Globus Medical$14K
- Stryker$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Medtronic$393
- plus $1K from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $100.00 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.
- Globus Medical$100
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5004%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,40051%
- Travel & lodging$9,41326%
- Food & beverage$6,90819%
- Education$990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 15 | $15,684 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 52 | $14,078 |
| Stryker | 5 | $1,926 |
| Boston Scientific | 59 | $1,569 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 67 | $1,415 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $393 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $358 |
| DJO, LLC | 7 | $248 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $192 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions Inc | 1 | $102 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $29 |
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.
- CREO$10,045
- Pulse$1,721
- CAPRI$1,500
- Excelsius - GPS$1,089
- Xvision$593
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$247
- VuePoint$223
- Sentio$215
- RELINE$215
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$163
- TRITANIUM$131
- ELSA$125
- LessRay$121
- O-ARM$117
- TLX$113
- Bendini$113
- MazorX - Renaissance$110
- VIPER$109
- Cervical-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$106
- Spinal-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$106
How this compares
$36,319 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 446 neurological surgery providers in New York.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Bronx
- Merritt KinonBronx$183K
- Ryan DenhaeseWilliamsville$1.9M
- J MoccoNew York$1.6M
- Adnan SiddiquiWilliamsville$1.5M
- Leo HopkinsBuffalo$1.2M
- Aziz Basem QandahNew Hartford$1.1M
- Alejandro BerensteinNew York$1.1M
- Darryl LauNew York$915K
- Mark BilskyNew York$903K
- John PollinaWilliamsville$661K
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.