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KARIM A ELSHARKAWY
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KARIM A ELSHARKAWY

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
200 BOWMAN DR, SUITE E-100, VOORHEES, NJ, 08043-9623
* Note: This physician had a Texas practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. KARIM ELSHARKAWY,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

51

payments

$5,475

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
Travel and Lodging
 14 $3,181
Food and Beverage
 35 $2,248
Education
 2 $46

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†
MAKO

device

 $1,915
TRIATHLON

device

 $1,906
TRITANIUM

device

 $964
OXFORD

device

 $926
TRIDENT

device

 $837
ACCOLADE

device

 $801
MPO HIP SYSTEM

device

 $121
ARCOS

device

 $118
MPO MEDIAL PIVOT KNEE

device

 $99
TAPERLOC

device

 $95
DALL-MILES

device

 $80
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $15
† 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
Jan 3, 2018 $484 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 21, 2018 $401 TRIATHLON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 14, 2018 $389 OXFORD Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $334 ACCOLADE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 22, 2018 $331 TRIATHLON TRIDENT MAKO TRITANIUM Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 12, 2018 $331 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 21, 2018 $331 TRIATHLON TRIDENT MAKO TRITANIUM Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 12, 2018 $184 OXFORD Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $155 TRIATHLON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 19, 2018 $148 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 23, 2018 $145 TRIATHLON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 22, 2018 $141 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 2, 2018 $134 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 24, 2018 $129 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $126 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 22, 2018 $125 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 5, 2018 $121 MPO HIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage MICROPORT ORTHOPEDICS INC
Nov 16, 2018 $118 ARCOS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 4, 2018 $117 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 17, 2018 $117 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $99 MPO MEDIAL PIVOT KNEE Food and Beverage MICROPORT ORTHOPEDICS INC
Jun 21, 2018 $80 DALL-MILES Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 22, 2018 $69 TRIATHLON TRIDENT MAKO TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 22, 2018 $69 TRIATHLON TRIDENT MAKO TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 14, 2018 $57 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $52 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 20, 2018 $47 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 12, 2018 $47 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 15, 2018 $45 OXFORD Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $41 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $40 TAPERLOC Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $38 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 23, 2018 $36 TRIDENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 14, 2018 $34 OXFORD Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 23, 2018 $33 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 15, 2018 $33 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 3, 2018 $30 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 3, 2018 $29 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 5, 2018 $27 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 2, 2018 $26 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 16, 2018 $26 OXFORD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $25 TAPERLOC Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 3, 2018 $22 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 4, 2018 $22 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 21, 2018 $19 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 30, 2018 $19 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 27, 2018 $15 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $15 TAPERLOC Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $7 TAPERLOC Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $7 TAPERLOC Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $1 OXFORD Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.