Suken Shah
Orthopaedic Surgery · Wilmington, DENPI 1932291788
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,443,946 of the $2,136,540 with a category attached, or 67.6%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. at 41.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $554,322 and has fallen 52.3% since, to $264,188 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in DE 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 567 payments — averaging $3768.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$876K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$444K
- Stryker$342K
- Globus Medical$340K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$42K
- VB Spine LLC$28K
- plus $64K from 20 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $12,134 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.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$60K
- Globus Medical$20K
- Stryker$5K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,443,94668%
- Consulting fees$639,47530%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0000%
- Grants$10,0000%
- Travel & lodging$24,8281%
- Food & beverage$17,2801%
- Education$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 123 | $876,104 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 204 | $444,438 |
| Stryker | 36 | $342,246 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 38 | $339,830 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 19 | $41,597 |
| VB Spine LLC | 3 | $27,980 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 51 | $25,760 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 12 | $10,155 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $7,920 |
| Bioventus LLC | 11 | $7,110 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 10 | $4,880 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $2,400 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $1,017 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 10 | $1,015 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 8 | $959 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 3 | $836 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $751 |
| Wishbone Medical Inc. | 1 | $450 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 4 | $281 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $181 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $145 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $124 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $95 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $64 |
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.
- EXPEDIUM$929,637
- REFLECT$249,625
- NILE ALTERNATIVE FIXATION SYSTEM$199,035
- NILE$141,829
- DERMABOND$124,507
- REFLECT/REFLECT HDE$86,770
- TRIALTIS$85,287
- STRATAFIX$75,110
- EXPAREL$41,440
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$27,980
- Fibergraft BG Matrix$7,920
- The Tether$4,730
- NAVIGATION$3,240
- Iovera$3,000
- BoneScalpel$2,400
- Velys$2,010
- 7D Surgical System$1,399
- CONDUIT$1,030
- MOSS VRS Spinal System$655
- Orthopediatric Implants$349
How this compares
$2,136,540 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 70 orthopaedic surgery providers in Delaware.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Wilmington
- Patrick WardWilmington$68K
- Steven DelloseWilmington$52K
- James RubanoWilmington$39K
- Nicholas QuercettiWilmington$32K
- Michael PrincipeWilmington$29K
- David TainterWilmington$26K
- Akul PatelWilmington$21K
- Alfonso ArevaloWilmington$18K
- Michael ShraderWilmington$14K
- Brian GalinatWilmington$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.