Walter Samora
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1194936120
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (44.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 56.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $37,753 and has fallen 74.7% since, to $9,541 in 2025. Among pediatric orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 176 payments — averaging $729.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$73K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$43K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$8K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$652
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$291
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$56,75644%
- Consulting fees$46,76236%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,5254%
- Travel & lodging$11,1309%
- Food & beverage$8,1176%
- Education$210%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 49 | $73,008 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 29 | $43,296 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 58 | $7,585 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $2,277 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $652 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $291 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 2 | $186 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 3 | $186 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $127 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $126 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $114 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
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.
- CREO$33,999
- CREO 5.5$18,525
- CREO 5.5/6.0 Non Threaded$9,878
- Rod Link Reducer$7,013
- Other - Miscellaneous$4,859
- Quartex$1,524
- Expedium VERSE$1,184
- Excelsius - GPS$944
- UNIUM$824
- NA$757
- Solus ALIF$557
- PEDIATRICS$542
- Magellan$291
- Spinal-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$263
- Cervical-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$263
- Spinal-Stim$252
- XLIF$235
- MOTOBAND$230
- Fibulink$224
- INVICTUS OPEN$148
How this compares
$128,311 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 52 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Columbus
- Christopher IobstColumbus$185K
- Sean TabaieColumbus$86K
- Reid ChambersColumbus$64K
- Allen KadadoColumbus$37K
- Craig SmithColumbus$8K
- Matthew BeranColumbus$8K
- Carl QuinionColumbus$6K
- Allan BeebeColumbus$3K
- Jan KlamarColumbus$2K
- Kevin KlingeleColumbus$621
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.