Device Spine/Spine Surgery

Creo 5.5

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Creo 5.5. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$198Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
571clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $152K
2024 $46K

Payments reported as associated with Creo 5.5, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Neurological Surgery $83K
Orthopaedic Surgery $45K
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $42K
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery $19K
Physician Assistant $2,046
Surgical $2,028

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

Clinicians most associated with Creo 5.5

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Creo 5.5. 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)
Paul Kim Charlotte, NC Neurological Surgery $18,548.31
Walter Samora Columbus, OH Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery $18,524.67
Damon Delbello Hawthorne, NY Orthopaedic Surgery $17,299.81
Virgilio Matheus Orlando, FL Neurological Surgery $15,058.48
Erkan Alci Conway, SC Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $13,059.41
Eugene Giddens Myrtle Beach, SC Neurological Surgery $11,708.73
David Skaggs Los Angeles, CA Orthopaedic Surgery $11,028.29
Joshua Ellwitz Kalamazoo, MI Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $9,925.37
Steven Vanni Miami, FL Neurological Surgery $3,581.93
David Xu Columbus, OH Neurological Surgery $2,474.26

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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.