Samir Sharrak
Sports Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1740845395
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (39.8%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.6%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,355, more than ten times the $402 reported in 2020.
Across 99 payments — averaging $122.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- Novus Surgical Consultants$1K
- plus $4K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,25010%
- Travel & lodging$4,81940%
- Food & beverage$4,84440%
- Education$1,24310%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 18 | $2,019 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $1,767 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 20 | $1,538 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $1,243 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $1,055 |
| Novus Surgical Consultants | 10 | $1,009 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $863 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $513 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 5 | $493 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 4 | $417 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 4 | $370 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $158 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $148 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Axogen | 1 | $114 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $64 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- INSIGNIA$1,036
- Affixus$951
- Geminus$848
- Align$848
- IJS$848
- Implate$848
- CellerateRx$397
- ACTIS$288
- iFuse Implant$271
- GAMMA$270
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$265
- MAKO$165
- MagnetOs$158
- Healicoil$149
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$124
- XIAFLEX$123
- Novosorb BTM$117
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$114
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$114
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$114
How this compares
$12,156 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 278 sports medicine providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 42 | $915 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 69 | $518 |
| Pregabalin | 46 | $441 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 81 | $369 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 27 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Cincinnati
- Vincent SammarcoCincinnati$361K
- Melissa SummersCincinnati$89K
- Brian GraweCincinnati$50K
- Timothy KremchekCincinnati$28K
- George MaticCincinnati$22K
- Michelle AndrewsCincinnati$22K
- Ian RiceCincinnati$14K
- David FlaniganColumbus$915K
- Thomas EllisDublin$427K
- Paul SaluanCleveland$367K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.