Robert Gross
Neurological Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1922028349
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 46.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $84,437 and has fallen 78.4% since, to $18,267 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in GA 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 324 payments — averaging $973.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$146K
- Neuroone Medical Technologies Corporation$57K
- Boston Scientific$52K
- Abbott$40K
- Zimmer Biomet$9K
- Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.$6K
- plus $7K from 8 others
Across 125 payments — averaging $2780.56 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.
- Medtronic$90K
- Abbott$85K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$68K
- Boston Scientific$65K
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$38K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$129,69841%
- Speaking & faculty fees$135,00943%
- Grants$10,0003%
- Travel & lodging$27,0099%
- Food & beverage$13,7244%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 171 | $145,870 |
| Neuroone Medical Technologies Corporation | 10 | $56,999 |
| Boston Scientific | 38 | $51,722 |
| Abbott | 45 | $39,876 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 14 | $8,758 |
| Clearpoint Neuro, Inc. | 16 | $5,699 |
| Insightec,inc | 19 | $3,711 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $1,692 |
| DIXI Medical USA Corp | 1 | $729 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 2 | $171 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Stryker | 1 | $54 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
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.
- VISUALASE$79,061
- VERCISE$34,788
- ACTIVA$26,279
- PROCLAIM$23,800
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$9,350
- INFINITY$5,568
- CLEARPOINT$5,441
- Percept$3,900
- Exablate$3,391
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$3,234
- TMJ Replacement System$2,000
- ZAP-X MV IMAGER$1,615
- ZAP-X TREATMENT PLANNING SOFTWARE$1,615
- ZAP-X TREATMENT DELIVERY SOFTWARE$1,615
- ZAP-X RADIOSURGERY SYSTEM$1,615
- ROSA$1,500
- GENERAL DBS$1,209
- O-ARM-ST$650
- Traumaone$389
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$318
How this compares
$315,440 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 201 neurological surgery providers in Georgia.
Other neurological surgery in Atlanta
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
- Gerald RodtsAtlanta$1.2M
- James RobinsonAtlanta$993K
- Michele JohnsonAtlanta$540K
- David McCrackenAtlanta$425K
- Kaveh KhajaviAtlanta$225K
- Joshua WewelAtlanta$114K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.