Sandi Lam
Neurological Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1699913343
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $88,571 of the $127,804 with a category attached, or 69.3%. Livanova USA, Inc. accounts for 74.9% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in IL 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 127 payments — averaging $1006.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$96K
- Aesculap, Inc.$20K
- Aesculap AG$7K
- Brainlab, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Insightec,inc$259
- plus $806 from 8 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $36,342 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.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$291K
Across 14 payments — averaging $35,416 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Phasor Health, LLC$423K
- Smarter Devices, LLC$73K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7511%
- Speaking & faculty fees$88,57169%
- Travel & lodging$33,00326%
- Food & beverage$5,4414%
- Education$380%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 71 | $95,781 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 15 | $20,101 |
| Aesculap AG | 7 | $6,881 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 4 | $2,514 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $1,463 |
| Insightec,inc | 3 | $259 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $196 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $188 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 2 | $182 |
| Abbott | 1 | $83 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $72 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Biocodex, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 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.
- VNS THERAPY SENTIVA MODEL 1000 GENERATOR$68,916
- PAEDIGAV$26,060
- VNS Therapy$18,699
- VNS - Sentiva$7,001
- Image Guided Surgical Device$2,428
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$533
- STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM$429
- AESCULAP$250
- Exablate$232
- Epidiolex$196
- Neuroblate$188
- CENTERPIECE PLATE FIXATION SYSTEM$125
- RNS System$103
How this compares
$127,804 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 302 neurological surgery providers in Illinois.
Other neurological surgery in Chicago
- Tyler KoskiChicago$2.3M
- Vincent TraynelisChicago$1.8M
- Sergey NeckryshChicago$1.6M
- Richard FesslerChicago$910K
- John OtooleChicago$593K
- Fady CharbelChicago$507K
- Issam AwadChicago$266K
- Mohamad BydonChicago$163K
- Ali AlarajChicago$155K
- Konstantin SlavinChicago$153K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.