Potrero Medical, INC.

Reporting payments is a legal requirement; large totals often reflect large product portfolios.

$345Kgeneral payments (2019-2025)
$0.00research payments (2019-2025)
400clinicians paid

General and research payments are shown separately, never blended. Research payments are often institution-directed and tied to clinical trials.

General payments by year

2021 $159K
2022 $51K
2023 $76K
2024 $34K
2025 $25K

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Research payments are totaled above and not included in these bars.

Specialties it works with most

Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) $120K
Anesthesiology $103K
Internal Medicine $33K
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) $13K
Clinical Neurophysiology $12K
Colon & Rectal Surgery $10K

Clinicians with the largest reported totals

Often long-running consulting, speaking, or advisory relationships, which companies must report by law. A large total is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyGeneral payments (2019-2025)
Gregory Schears Rochester, MN Anesthesiology $101,119.08
Vanessa Moll Stanford, CA Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) $81,834.88
David Shulkin Morristown, NJ Internal Medicine $32,800.00
Abbas Al-Qamari Chicago, IL Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) $25,742.41
John Ney Tacoma, WA Clinical Neurophysiology $12,475.00
Ashish Khanna Winston Salem, NC Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) $11,751.97
Lakhmir Chawla Washington, DC Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) $10,500.00
Vincent Obias Cleveland, OH Colon & Rectal Surgery $10,024.42
Joseph Melancon Washington, DC Transplant Surgery $9,538.33
Kyle Kifer Little Rock, AR Chiropractor $8,750.00

Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.