Sai Vemula
Podiatrist · East Brunswick, NJNPI 1568037372
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $9,035 of the $13,540 with a category attached, or 66.7%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Orthofix Medical, Inc. at 27.0% of the total. Among podiatrist clinicians in NJ 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 116 payments — averaging $116.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$4K
- Stryker$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Medline Industries LP$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Medshape, Inc.$962
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,03567%
- Food & beverage$4,31532%
- Education$1901%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 32 | $3,660 |
| Stryker | 37 | $3,392 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 6 | $1,654 |
| Medline Industries LP | 8 | $1,553 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $1,314 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 4 | $962 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 3 | $268 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $190 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $144 |
| Amgen | 1 | $125 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $99 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $64 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
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.
- TrueLok$2,806
- Portfolio$1,430
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$1,240
- HOFFMANN$840
- Kerecis SurgiClose$577
- DynaNail Hybrid$539
- DynaNail$374
- Actishield$161
- DynaNail Helix, Washer, 15 mm$147
- PROstep$147
- Kerecis GraftGuide$144
- MONKEY RINGS$133
- Physio-Stim$131
- KRYSTEXXA$125
- PROSTEP MICA$110
How this compares
$13,540 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 382 podiatrist providers in New Jersey.
Other podiatrist in East Brunswick
- Nadia ShahEast Brunswick$5K
- Arnold HorowitzEast Brunswick$4K
- Justin FlemingSomerset$1.2M
- Eric BaskinManahawkin$298K
- Jonathan RichardsEnglewood$79K
- Jack BondiSewell$53K
- Matthew WohlgemuthHammonton$49K
- Ritchard RosenEnglewood$44K
- Michael HuchitalLyndhurst$41K
- Jeffrey GewirtzPark Ridge$24K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.