Steven Curley
Surgical Oncology · Tyler, TXNPI 1942309075
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $127,778 of the $162,171 with a category attached, or 78.8%. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. accounts for 91.1% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among surgical oncology clinicians in TX 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 60 payments — averaging $2702.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$148K
- AbbVie$9K
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$883
- Johnson & Johnson$365
- plus $864 from 11 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $22,750 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.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$46K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$127,77879%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,7755%
- Travel & lodging$23,44514%
- Food & beverage$2,1731%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 13 | $147,811 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $9,099 |
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 2 | $2,020 |
| Stryker | 2 | $1,129 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $883 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $365 |
| Avanos Medical | 9 | $333 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $160 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $92 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $32 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $24 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Gilead | 1 | $19 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Certus 140$2,273
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$637
- NeuFlex$505
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$493
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$125
- NEUWAVE Flex Microwave Ablation System$122
- SOMATULINE DEPOT$120
- ONIVYDE$120
- Enseal$119
- VISTASEAL$119
- ETHICON$119
How this compares
$162,171 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 191 surgical oncology providers in Texas.
Other surgical oncology in Tyler
- Elaine VoTyler$16K
- Allison DipasqualeDallas$272K
- Merrick RossHouston$216K
- John HardawayShenandoah$164K
- Suhail SharifFort Worth$137K
- Alfredo Santillan GomezSan Antonio$125K
- Kelly HuntHouston$104K
- Adam YoppDallas$96K
- Peter BeitschDallas$62K
- Patricio PolancoDallas$61K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.