Thomas Lee
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Pickerington, OHNPI 1063405868
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,647,096 of the $3,973,351 with a category attached, or 66.6%. Stryker accounts for 66.6% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,492,191 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $14 in 2025. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in OH 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 1,330 payments — averaging $2987.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2.6M
- Novastep Inc.$727K
- GLW, Inc$598K
- Royal Biologics, Inc.$377
- Medshape, Inc.$129
- Zimmer Biomet$48
- plus $61 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,647,09667%
- Consulting fees$1,033,35726%
- Travel & lodging$168,5724%
- Food & beverage$116,4693%
- Education$6,8000%
- Gifts$1,0570%
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(2 entities) | 115 | $2,647,096 |
| Novastep Inc. | 676 | $727,487 |
| GLW, Inc | 532 | $598,153 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 3 | $377 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $48 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
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.
- APOLLO Ankle Fracture Plating System$1,139,858
- CLAW II$657,449
- INBONE$371,055
- INFINITY$371,055
- ORTHOLOC$293,240
- SALVATION$293,240
- CLAW$260,562
- ASNIS$244,849
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$238,332
- ARCAD Nitinol Compression Staples$69,669
- CREED Ortholocent Implants$65,495
- SONICANCHOR$48,130
- FUSIONFRAME Ring Lock Circular Fixator$18,059
- PECA Bunion Correction System$8,765
- PECAPLASTY$690
- AIRLOCK Forefoot/Midfoot Plating$614
- Fibrinet$377
- CENTROLOCK MIS Bunion Correction$157
- MaxxCell$125
How this compares
$3,973,351 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 429 foot and ankle surgery providers in Ohio.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Pickerington
- Timothy HolmesPickerington$37K
- Christopher HyerWorthington$4.7M
- Jordan GrossmanAkron$2.5M
- Robert GorslineHilliard$1.4M
- Jonathan FeibelGahanna$1.4M
- Mark PrisselWorthington$1.2M
- Lee HladGahanna$440K
- Windy ColeKent$431K
- Elizabeth HewittGrove City$414K
- Dominic RizzoBlue Ash$303K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.