Robert Lohman, MD
Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck · Buffalo, NYNPI 1144385972
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. TELA Bio, Inc. accounts for 80.7% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $8,633 and has fallen 88.5% since, to $991 in 2025. Among plastic surgery within the head and neck clinicians in NY 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 59 payments — averaging $353.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$17K
- Axogen$2K
- AbbVie$515
- Innovation Technologies Inc$272
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$212
- Sientra, Inc.$196
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,47560%
- Travel & lodging$3,00314%
- Food & beverage$5,37026%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 28 | $16,820 |
| Axogen | 9 | $1,785 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $515 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 3 | $272 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 2 | $212 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $179 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $176 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $117 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $97 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $85 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $66 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $45 |
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.
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$8,680
- Ovitex$7,438
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,444
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,190
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,190
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$366
- OviTex 2S$310
- Irrisept$255
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$164
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$164
- ALLODERM$148
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$131
- Zynrelef$121
- Checkpoint Stimulators$102
How this compares
$20,848 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 45 plastic surgery within the head and neck providers in New York.
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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 plastic surgery within the head and neck in Buffalo
- Vishal GuptaBuffalo$1K
- Cemile OzturkBuffalo$388
- Paul TomljanovichBuffalo$13
- Robert SchwarczNew York$188K
- James MarottaSmithtown$69K
- Roger KatzSyosset$28K
- William BellesTonawanda$15K
- Eric CohenNew York$9K
- Anthony AlessiValhalla$7K
- Erich VoigtNew York$6K
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.