William Hickerson
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Memphis, TNNPI 1033209606
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $669,130 of the $833,353 with a category attached, or 80.3%. Triad Life Sciences Inc. accounts for 80.3% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $671,697 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $1,001 in 2025. Among plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in TN 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 157 payments — averaging $5307.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Triad Life Sciences Inc.$669K
- Avita Medical Americas, LLC$114K
- Polynovo North America LLC$30K
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC$5K
- Vericel Corporation$5K
- Lumenis, Inc$3K
- plus $7K from 18 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $2400.00 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.
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$117,45214%
- Speaking & faculty fees$34,2544%
- Travel & lodging$6,6021%
- Food & beverage$5,9151%
- Other$669,13080%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 6 | $669,184 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 45 | $114,436 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 13 | $30,457 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $5,000 |
| Vericel Corporation | 13 | $4,601 |
| Lumenis, Inc | 2 | $2,654 |
| Lumenis BE Inc | 1 | $2,500 |
| Medline Industries LP | 26 | $2,317 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 7 | $877 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $395 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 2 | $175 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $127 |
| OVIK Health, LLC | 2 | $120 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Misonix Inc | 3 | $86 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $84 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $36 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- RECELL$97,328
- Novosorb BTM$30,233
- Vashe$5,000
- Epicel$3,150
- M22$2,500
- NexoBrid$1,200
- Dermatology and Wound Care$1,158
- Lumenis Pulse 120H$1,000
- Matriderm$868
- PluroGel Burn & Wound Dressings$801
- Hyalomatrix Wound Device$406
- EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human)$230
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$154
- VISTASEAL$113
- Medela NPWT Pump$101
How this compares
$833,353 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 77 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Tennessee.
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Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Memphis
- Robert WallaceMemphis$21K
- Roberto LachicaMemphis$13K
- Ammar MahmoodMemphis$9K
- Mahmoud HassoubaMemphis$6K
- Thao WolbertMemphis$4K
- Dani KruchevskyMemphis$2K
- Edward LuceMemphis$2K
- Daniel HatefNashville$673K
- Mark BrzezienskiChattanooga$32K
- Earl LettMount Juliet$29K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.