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Almost everyone near the top of this list is a device inventor receiving royalties, or a physician consulting for a company whose product they helped develop. That is legal, disclosed, and often the reason the product exists.

1. 1Tait ShanafeltHematology · California$441,418,573
2. 2Jennifer WoyachHematology · Ohio$406,141,959
3. 3Elias JabbourHematology & Oncology · Texas$264,059,018
4. 4Stephen BurkhartOrthopaedic Surgery · Texas$185,316,401
5. 5James DoroshowMedical Oncology · Maryland$177,276,883
6. 6Kevin FoleyNeurological Surgery · Tennessee$167,888,247
7. 7Robert MedoffOrthopaedic Surgery · Hawaii$166,428,217
8. 8Monica BertagnolliSurgery · Massachusetts$155,258,300
9. 9Nader SanaiNeurological Surgery · Arizona$142,702,794
10. 10Otto MetzgerMedical Oncology · Massachusetts$141,870,977
11. 11William BinderPlastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck · California$136,444,658
12. 12Vladimir CoricPsychiatry · Connecticut$133,688,760
13. 13Gust BardyClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Washington$130,728,739
14. 14Norman WolmarkSurgical Oncology · Pennsylvania$119,902,577
15. 15Alain AlgaziHematology & Oncology · California$119,221,056
16. 16Wafaa El SadrInfectious Disease · New York$119,050,678
17. 17Peter WinkleGastroenterology · California$116,702,737
18. 18Hugh ColemanFamily Medicine · Florida$115,509,249
19. 19Amina HaggagFamily Medicine · California$112,772,150
20. 20Karl KlamarPediatric Rehabilitation Medicine · Ohio$109,765,538
21. 21Ted LoveCardiovascular Disease · California$102,778,624
22. 22Andrew CooperOrthopaedic Surgery · Florida$101,955,793
23. 23Ivan OsorioNeurology · Kansas$101,682,645
24. 24Hagop KantarjianMedical Oncology · Texas$100,512,537
25. 25Yaneicy Gonzalez RojasInternal Medicine · Florida$93,538,807
26. 26Brandon EssinkFamily Medicine · Nebraska$92,777,448
27. 27Randall BatemanNeurology · Missouri$92,316,741
28. 28Charles GoodisEndodontics · New Mexico$91,568,309
29. 29Suzanne GeorgeMedical Oncology · Massachusetts$88,496,112
30. 30Hessam AazamiGeneral Practice · California$88,359,317
31. 31Richard SchilskyHematology & Oncology · Illinois$87,149,989
32. 32Nicola KleinPediatrics · California$81,886,582
33. 33Nitin GoyalAdult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Virginia$81,510,979
34. 34Luhua WangHematology & Oncology · Texas$79,611,186
35. 35Michael SherlingDermatology · Florida$78,893,050
36. 36John AlexanderCardiovascular Disease · North Carolina$76,786,958
37. 37Matthew DavisFamily Medicine · New York$76,627,627
38. 38Paul BradleyInternal Medicine · Georgia$76,382,506
39. 39Courtney DinardoHematology & Oncology · Texas$74,042,456
40. 40Charles WykoffOphthalmology · Texas$73,415,283
41. 41Danielle ArmasFamily Medicine · Arizona$73,012,323
42. 42Evanthia GalanisMedical Oncology · Minnesota$72,262,239
43. 43Jose CardonaGeneral Practice · Florida$71,001,492
44. 44Edwin PosadasHematology & Oncology · Illinois$70,850,691
45. 45Kathleen DoisyPediatrics · Missouri$70,442,571
46. 46Alexander WhiteFamily Medicine · Florida$69,709,914
47. 47Alexander SpiraMedical Oncology · Virginia$69,492,595
48. 48Gene VoskuhlInfectious Disease · Texas$69,456,116
49. 49Carlos FierroGeneral Practice · Kansas$69,328,494
50. 50Douglas DenhamFamily Medicine · Texas$68,546,786