Top Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program in Ohio by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top student in an organized health care education/training program practitioners in Ohio by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $4,797,822 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Ohio
$4,797,822
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$163,279
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program by Total Industry Payments — Ohio

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Christopher Surek
Cleveland, OH
$1,038,763
28 2018–2024
2
Salil Deo
Cleveland, OH
$417,308
11 2018–2024
3
Cleveland, OH
$376,089
31 2018–2024
4
Cleveland, OH
$366,996
23 2018–2024
5
Zeinab Moussa
Toledo, OH
$305,388
2 2020–2024
6
Columbus, OH
$254,608
41 2018–2024
7
Highland Hills, OH
$232,728
37 2018–2024
8
Chardon, OH
$172,613
23 2018–2024
9
Cleveland, OH
$169,088
10 2020–2024
10
Lorain, OH
$163,279
17 2018–2024
11
Cleveland, OH
$160,010
41 2018–2024
12
Cleveland, OH
$154,825
10 2018–2024
13
Cincinnati, OH
$153,711
60 2018–2024
14
Cleveland, OH
$153,249
24 2019–2024
15
Ali Aminian
Cleveland, OH
$131,043
11 2018–2024
16
Takahiro Tsushima
Cleveland, OH
$128,796
24 2021–2024
17
Akron, OH
$118,069
31 2018–2024
18
Fairfield, OH
$106,926
54 2018–2024
19
Cleveland, OH
$98,742
10 2021–2024
20
Cleveland, OH
$95,592
45 2018–2024

State payment context — Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program in Ohio

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 4,121 student in an organized health care education/training program providers in Ohio have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $11,293,248 (2018–2024).

The median student in an organized health care education/training program provider in Ohio received $187 in total payments, versus a national median of $209 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Ohio peaked in 2024, when $3,199,593 changed hands across 25,017 transactions. Galderma Laboratories, L.P. has been the largest single payer over the period, and Cleveland leads all Ohio cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program providers in Ohio

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $788,929 35 797
Medtronic, Inc. $546,401 468 2,631
Boston Scientific Corporation $468,543 373 1,864
Stryker Corporation $447,728 440 3,725
Paragonix Technologies, Inc. $412,200 1 48
Abbott Laboratories $382,256 281 2,080
ABBVIE INC. $346,974 614 5,122
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $340,298 67 762

Industry payments to Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program providers in Ohio by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $781,465 712 6,336
2019 $942,237 809 7,865
2020 $839,297 699 4,210
2021 $1,346,260 1,017 7,512
2022 $1,812,917 1,741 13,253
2023 $2,371,479 2,215 18,622
2024 $3,199,593 2,905 25,017

Top Ohio cities for Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Cleveland $5,389,917 1,126 19,436
Cincinnati $894,400 631 9,983
Columbus $748,902 410 6,221
Toledo $629,992 243 3,541
Akron $478,026 265 4,343
Dayton $279,628 216 3,707
Highland Hills $232,728 1 436
Canton $215,111 75 1,215
Methodology Providers filtered to Ohio-licensed student in an organized health care education/training program practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 390200000X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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