Device Sutures

Ethilon

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

$209Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
8clinicians with associated payments
3companies reporting

By year

2023 $44K
2024 $145K
2025 $20K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $199K
Ophthalmology $5,334
Otolaryngology $2,355
Retina Specialist $1,952
Surgery $850

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

Clinicians most associated with Ethilon

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Ethilon. 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)
Arthur Martella Rochester, NY Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $198,761.75
Dennis Kraus New York, NY Otolaryngology $2,355.00
Michael Engelbert New York, NY Ophthalmology $2,001.60
Joshua Mali Flemington, NJ Retina Specialist $1,951.76
Joseph Zelefsky Brooklyn, NY Ophthalmology $1,804.60
Danielle Strauss Iselin, NJ Ophthalmology $1,505.70
Dung Nguyen Palo Alto, CA Surgery $850.00
Nora Siegal Lancaster, PA Ophthalmology $22.15

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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.