Shiraz Younas
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1083880959
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,280 of the $9,705 with a category attached, or 75.0%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 47.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,314 and has fallen 64.3% since, to $827 in 2025.
Across 212 payments — averaging $45.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$5K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Brainlab, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$180
- Dental Imaging Technologies Corp.$80
- plus $167 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,42625%
- Food & beverage$7,28075%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 155 | $4,562 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 27 | $2,465 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 9 | $1,152 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $1,099 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $180 |
| Dental Imaging Technologies Corp. | 1 | $80 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $78 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $41 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 2 | $20 |
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.
- REFLECT/REFLECT HDE$685
- Pulse$603
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$278
- Orthopediatric Implants$180
- FIBERGRAFT Aeridyan Matrix$166
- AIRO$150
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$146
- XLIF$143
- RELINE$142
- MAGEC Spinal Bracing and Distraction System$142
- REFLECT$142
- PEDIATRICS$139
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$131
- T2 ALPHA$122
- CoRoent$117
- HAMMERLOCK$112
How this compares
$9,705 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 82 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Houston
- Gary BrockHouston$221K
- Jaclyn HillHouston$70K
- Scott RosenfeldHouston$31K
- Margaret BaldwinHouston$23K
- Antony AntonyHouston$18K
- Michael GeorgeHouston$13K
- Jessica McGraw-HeinrichHouston$11K
- Pablo CastanedaHouston$10K
- Aharon GladsteinHouston$8K
- Timothy BordenHouston$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.