Thomas Lake, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Oakhurst, NJNPI 1003881277
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.4%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by TELA Bio, Inc. at 32.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,019 and has fallen 86.4% since, to $685 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in NJ 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 130 payments — averaging $119.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$5K
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$2K
- Davol Inc.$773
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$628
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.$518
- plus $1K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00013%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5303%
- Travel & lodging$1,61910%
- Food & beverage$7,32947%
- Education$4,00026%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 21 | $5,030 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $4,766 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 24 | $2,479 |
| Davol Inc. | 8 | $773 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 9 | $628 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 5 | $518 |
| Stryker | 2 | $184 |
| Vertex | 7 | $119 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $107 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $85 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 6 | $84 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $72 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $62 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $58 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $44 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $40 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $34 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 2 | $33 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $31 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $13 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- INTEGRA$6,260
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,150
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$2,827
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$2,087
- PRIMATRIX$1,923
- OviTex 2S$1,806
- DA VINCI SP$500
- HemoBlast Bellows$479
- PHASIX$337
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$263
- 1688$165
- OMNIGRAFT$164
- BD MAX$158
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$121
- Irrisept$107
- Channel Drain$104
- GORE ENFORM Intraperitoneal Biomaterial$103
How this compares
$15,478 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 86 colon & rectal surgery providers in New Jersey.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 19 | $1,268 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 11 | $327 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 23 | $166 |
| Metronidazole | 67 | $103 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 62 | $89 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 26 | $80 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $79 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 22 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Oakhurst
- Glenn ParkerOakhurst$14K
- Steven Lee-KongHackensack$55K
- Ashlee Godshalk RugglesPennington$44K
- John BerryPennington$36K
- Daniel FeingoldNew Brunswick$14K
- Kulvir NandraGlen Ridge$12K
- Michele MalitHolmdel$11K
- Brendan ScullyNew Brunswick$11K
- Steven TizioTinton Falls$10K
- Ryan MooreHackensack$10K
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.