Device Spine/Spine Surgery

Citadel

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Citadel. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$4,860associated payments (2023-2025)
57clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $2,204
2024 $1,649
2025 $1,007

Payments reported as associated with Citadel, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $1,630
Orthopaedic Surgery $1,192
Neurological Surgery $886
Physician Assistant $343
Surgery $219
Emergency Medicine $194

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Citadel

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Citadel. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Ali Mortazavi Austell, GA Orthopaedic Surgery $365.61
Christopher Battista North Charleston, SC Orthopaedic Surgery $253.49
Kenneth Holbrook Austell, GA Physician Assistant $195.95
Tapan Daftari Austell, GA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $195.95
Christopher Battista Bloomington, MN Emergency Medicine $194.39
Jesse Caballero Long Beach, CA $176.92
Mena Kerolus Atlanta, GA Neurological Surgery $175.05
Erick Westbroek Fullerton, CA Neurological Surgery $171.06
Stephen Odom Austell, GA Surgery $169.51
Diana Wilson Fort Worth, TX Neurological Surgery $155.75

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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.