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LAURENCE E MERMELSTEIN
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LAURENCE E MERMELSTEIN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
763 LARKFIELD RD, 2ND FLOOR, COMMACK, NY, 11725-3131
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DR. LAURENCE MERMELSTEIN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

61

payments

$22,274

payment total

11

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
Consulting
 5 $18,688
Travel and Lodging
 14 $1,898
Food and Beverage
 42 $1,688

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†
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $20,458
PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS

device

 $415
XLIF

device

 $400
PULSE

device

 $380
IGA

device

 $245
LESSRAY

device

 $245
RELINE

device

 $245
INTELLIS

device

 $221
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $187
ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

device

 $125
VIPER

device

 $90
PENTA SCS LEADS

device

 $56
O-ARM-ST

device

 $49
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $47
SCS IPGS

device

 $42
GRAFTON

device

 $36
ILIF

device

 $25
SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM

device

 $20
ZEVO

device

 $18
OFIRMEV

drug

 $17
POWEREASE

device

 $13
LAMITRODE SCS LEADS

device

 $13
MAZORX - RENAISSANCE

device

 $13
RAMPART DUO INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM

device

 $12
AQUAMANTYS

device

 $9
CD HORIZON

device

 $5
O-ARM-SPINE

device

 $4
† 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
Nov 15, 2018 $4,750 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 3, 2018 $4,438 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Consulting K2M, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $4,438 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Consulting K2M, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $3,313 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Consulting K2M, INC.
May 22, 2018 $1,750 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Consulting K2M, INC.
Jul 3, 2018 $451 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $335 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $212 LESSRAY PULSE RELINE XLIF IGA Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $187 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTERIOCYTE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $178 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $170 INTELLIS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $167 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $167 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
May 1, 2018 $152 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $141 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 20, 2018 $135 XLIF PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $134 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 3, 2018 $125 ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $91 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
May 21, 2018 $73 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 15, 2018 $70 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 1, 2018 $69 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $56 PENTA SCS LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 16, 2018 $49 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $42 SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 1, 2018 $39 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $39 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 1, 2018 $29 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $27 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $25 ILIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $23 IGA XLIF RELINE LESSRAY PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $20 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 5, 2018 $20 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $20 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Jul 19, 2018 $19 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $18 INTELLIS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 21, 2018 $18 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 21, 2018 $18 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 16, 2018 $17 INTELLIS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 16, 2018 $17 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Oct 16, 2018 $17 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $17 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $17 OFIRMEV Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Sep 17, 2018 $15 INTELLIS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $15 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $13 POWEREASE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $13 GRAFTON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $13 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $13 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $13 LAMITRODE SCS LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 7, 2018 $13 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $13 GRAFTON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 15, 2018 $12 RAMPART DUO INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage SPINEOLOGY INC.
Jun 3, 2018 $10 GRAFTON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $10 RELINE LESSRAY PULSE XLIF IGA Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $10 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 23, 2018 $9 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $5 CD HORIZON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $3 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 3, 2018 $0 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $0 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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