Ryan Sherick, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Thousand Oaks, CANPI 1720518202
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.8%), travel and lodging and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vilex LLC at 43.6% of the total. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 337 payments — averaging $309.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vilex LLC$46K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$32K
- Stryker$9K
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$4K
- Arthrex$4K
- Evolution Surgical, Inc$4K
- plus $7K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$22,64222%
- Consulting fees$40,54439%
- Travel & lodging$22,84922%
- Food & beverage$11,14611%
- Education$7,1837%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vilex LLC | 61 | $45,511 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 64 | $31,639 |
| Stryker | 102 | $8,882 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 6 | $3,972 |
| Arthrex | 13 | $3,641 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 8 | $3,634 |
| Smith+Nephew | 28 | $2,346 |
| Medartis Inc. | 2 | $1,167 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 4 | $1,153 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 7 | $1,075 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 13 | $365 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 4 | $155 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $142 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 2 | $73 |
| Amgen | 3 | $62 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $49 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $42 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $19 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Nvision Biomedical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$104,363 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,126 foot & ankle surgery 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 35 | $203 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 18 | $198 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $159 |
| Meloxicam | 36 | $133 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $78 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Thousand Oaks
- Eric GizaSacramento$3.6M
- Thomas HarrisPasadena$3M
- Thomas ChangSanta Rosa$2M
- Michael CoughlinSan Francisco$1.6M
- Vladimir ZeetserEncino$677K
- Jason NowakRedding$526K
- Candice BradyCamarillo$462K
- Andrew HsuOrange$456K
- Eric TanLos Angeles$447K
- Joseph ParkBurbank$387K
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.