Vernard Fennell, MD
Neurological Surgery · Pennington, NJNPI 1801152244
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 31.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,738 and has fallen 92.8% since, to $414 in 2025.
Across 100 payments — averaging $149.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$601
- Microvention, Inc.$438
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,40029%
- Travel & lodging$3,03920%
- Food & beverage$7,51650%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 40 | $4,732 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 9 | $3,357 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 2 | $2,000 |
| Stryker | 13 | $1,226 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $601 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 4 | $438 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 4 | $408 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $309 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 2 | $230 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 3 | $206 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $204 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $198 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 1 | $130 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $125 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Scientia Vascular | 1 | $98 |
| NICO Corporation | 1 | $96 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $23 |
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.
- Penumbra System$3,008
- Pipeline$1,950
- INTERVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY SYSTEM$1,000
- TREVO$429
- STENT$422
- TRUFILL$354
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$309
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$309
- ACTISHIELD CF$298
- SOFIA 6F-131CM STR$267
- CellerateRx$204
- Viz.AI LVO$198
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$197
- SURPASS$167
- Quicktome$164
- LVIS JUNIOR$150
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$145
- TracStarLargeDistalPlatform$143
- Zoom88LargeDistalPlatform$143
- Zoom88_TLargeDitalPlatform$143
How this compares
$14,955 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 174 neurological 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.
Other neurological surgery in Pennington
- Robert HearyNewark$1M
- Harshpal SinghHackensack$677K
- Ira GoldsteinMontclair$344K
- Karthik MadhavanCherry Hill$291K
- Simon SalernoWall Township$275K
- Shabbar DanishNeptune$267K
- Adam LipsonUnion$187K
- Mohammed KhanOradell$178K
- Steven YocomCamden$153K
- Jeremy SteinbergerTeaneck$106K
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.