Shima Sokol
Hand Surgery · Closter, NJNPI 1447489489
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,908 of the $7,704 with a category attached, or 76.7%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 28.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,692 and has fallen 92.0% since, to $217 in 2025.
Across 176 payments — averaging $43.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Axogen$832
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$720
- Arthrex$556
- plus $876 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1282%
- Travel & lodging$4686%
- Food & beverage$5,90877%
- Education$1,20016%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 92 | $2,172 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 5 | $1,498 |
| Stryker | 43 | $1,050 |
| Axogen | 2 | $832 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 13 | $720 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $556 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $246 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $233 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $221 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 4 | $94 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$686
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$686
- INTEGRA$419
- CYTAL$300
- Geminus$246
- Align$246
- IJS$246
- Implate$246
- APTUS$233
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$140
- PRIMATRIX$140
How this compares
$7,704 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 87 hand surgery providers in New Jersey.
Other hand surgery in Closter
- Charles LeinberryEgg Harbor Twp$3.1M
- John CapoJersey City$1.1M
- Virak TanNewark$711K
- Gary PessEatontown$212K
- Mark RekantCherry Hill$209K
- Teddy AtikEatontown$37K
- Bishoy SaadJersey City$33K
- Genghis NiverFlorham Park$27K
- Michael VosbikianNewark$26K
- Linda ChaoCape May Court House$19K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.