Yaroslav Gelfand, MD
Neurological Surgery · Bronx, NYNPI 1740616176
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $20,000 of the $29,856 with a category attached, or 67.0%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 53.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $20,076 and has fallen 89.7% since, to $2,058 in 2025.
Across 89 payments — averaging $335.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$16K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$528
- DJO, LLC$358
- plus $975 from 10 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $1321.71 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.
- Medtronic$22K
- Globus Medical$100
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00067%
- Travel & lodging$6,34021%
- Food & beverage$3,41611%
- Education$990%
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(2 entities) | 17 | $15,985 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $5,407 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 12 | $3,630 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $2,973 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $528 |
| DJO, LLC | 11 | $358 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 3 | $250 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $192 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $166 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| 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.
- SYNCHROMED$15,000
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$5,000
- Excelsius - GPS$2,525
- Excelsius Robotics System$786
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$280
- ALTERA$144
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$130
- O-ARM$123
- Intracept$122
- Magellan$112
- CENTERPIECE PLATE FIXATION SYSTEM$105
How this compares
$29,856 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 446 neurological surgery providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 30 | $331 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 28 | $87 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Bronx
- Merritt KinonBronx$183K
- Ryan DenhaeseWilliamsville$1.9M
- J MoccoNew York$1.6M
- Adnan SiddiquiWilliamsville$1.5M
- Leo HopkinsBuffalo$1.2M
- Aziz Basem QandahNew Hartford$1.1M
- Alejandro BerensteinNew York$1.1M
- Darryl LauNew York$915K
- Mark BilskyNew York$903K
- John PollinaWilliamsville$661K
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.