Thomas Clinch, MD
Ophthalmology · Chevy Chase, MDNPI 1437186350
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $74,001 of the $104,152 with a category attached, or 71.1%. Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. accounts for 91.6% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $77,720 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $211 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in MD 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 169 payments — averaging $616.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$95K
- Shire North American Group Inc$4K
- Alcon$3K
- Novartis$373
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$283
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$150
- plus $950 from 13 others
Across 369 payments — averaging $934.92 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.
- Alcon Research LLC$260K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$85K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$74,00171%
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,52519%
- Travel & lodging$5,7456%
- Food & beverage$4,8625%
- Gifts$190%
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 Surgical Vision, Inc. | 53 | $95,411 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 6 | $4,313 |
| Alcon | 21 | $2,671 |
| Novartis | 29 | $373 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 15 | $283 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $150 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $148 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $146 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 4 | $81 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $72 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $66 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $49 |
| Omeros Corporation | 2 | $24 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Catalys Laser System$53,505
- COMPACT INTUITIV Phacofragmentation System$53,401
- Healon Viscoelastics$53,401
- Tecnis Symphony Toric IOL$21,364
- Tecnis Symphony IOL$20,664
- Tecnis 1-piece IOL$19,845
- Tecnis 3-piece IOL$18,105
- Tecnis IOL$12,161
- Compact Intuitiv$8,750
- Healon Duet Pro$7,700
- Tecnis Simplicity$5,832
- XIIDRA$4,238
- Tecnis Symfony IOL$3,789
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$3,139
- CATALYS SYSTEM$1,155
- iDesign Advanced Wavescan Studio$1,050
- Clareon$1,048
- RXSIGHT CONTACT LENS$146
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR CARTRIDGE$146
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR HANDPIECE$146
How this compares
$104,152 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 493 ophthalmology providers in Maryland.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other ophthalmology in Chevy Chase
- Anand MantravadiChevy Chase$134K
- Deepika ShahChevy Chase$122K
- Hylton MayerChevy Chase$52K
- Neil MartinChevy Chase$13K
- Kenneth SchorChevy Chase$12K
- Alfred SommerBaltimore$2.9M
- Richard AdlerBaltimore$2.7M
- Peter McDonnellBaltimore$1.4M
- Esen AkpekBaltimore$782K
- Lisa FeulnerBel Air$434K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.