Richard Gellman, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · French Camp, CANPI 1356446074
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (33.8%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 52.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,206 and has fallen 94.5% since, to $231 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic trauma clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $9,676.
Across 36 payments — averaging $246.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- SIGN Fracture Care International$3K
- Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.$174
- Stryker$133
- Johnson & Johnson$131
- ERMI LLC$108
- plus $212 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00034%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,25014%
- Grants$2,15024%
- Travel & lodging$1,27214%
- Food & beverage$1,19513%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $4,693 |
| SIGN Fracture Care International | 5 | $3,415 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $174 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 5 | $133 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $131 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $48 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $31 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Taylor Spatial Frame$3,842
- SIGN Orthpaedic Medical Devices$2,150
- EVOS$723
- Conquest FN$723
- SIGN Orthopaedic Medical Devices$550
- Dyonics Mini Shaver System$490
- Regeneten$490
- LENS Surgical Imaging System$490
- TRIGEN Meta-Nail$402
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$174
How this compares
$8,868 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 106 orthopaedic trauma providers in California.
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 orthopaedic trauma in French Camp
- Michael GardnerStanford$2.9M
- Aaron OsborneRedding$1.3M
- Robert Tonksla Jolla$1.3M
- John ScolaroOrange$1M
- David LowenbergSan Francisco$788K
- Eric LindvallClovis$609K
- Christopher LeeLos Angeles$475K
- Joshua GaryLos Angeles$466K
- Christopher HoshinoTorrance$356K
- Julius BishopStanford$349K
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.