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KENE T UGOKWE
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KENE T UGOKWE

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
540 PARMALEE AVE, SUITE 510, YOUNGSTOWN, OH, 44510-1716
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DR. KENE UGOKWE,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

14

payments

$961

payment total

4

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Food and Beverage
 12 $560
Travel and Lodging
 2 $400

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
SPINE

device

 $246
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $244
OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION

device

 $128
CALIBER

device

 $117
DIRECT INJECT

device

 $110
UNIVERSAL NEURO

device

 $110
CREO DEGEN

device

 $45
IVS - IVAS

device

 $23
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $19
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

 $18
AQUAMANTYS

device

 $11
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Dec 18, 2018 $246 SPINE Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 4, 2018 $154 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $128 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 7, 2018 $117 CALIBER Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $110 DIRECT INJECT UNIVERSAL NEURO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 25, 2018 $45 CREO DEGEN Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $32 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 4, 2018 $30 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 4, 2018 $25 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 1, 2018 $23 IVS - IVAS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 30, 2018 $19 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 18, 2018 $18 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $11 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $3 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.