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FERNANDO L SANCHEZ
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FERNANDO L SANCHEZ

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
1430 TULANE AVE, SL-32, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70112-2632
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DR. FERNANDO SANCHEZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

72

payments

$89,472

payment total

7

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
 4 $80,550
Travel and Lodging
 27 $4,997
Food and Beverage
 40 $2,425
Honoraria
 1 $1,500

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†
GMK REVISION

device

 $60,394
GMK SPHERE

device

 $24,872
AMISTEM

device

 $3,303
DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM

device

 $1,873
DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM

device

 $1,861
DJO SURGICAL EXPRT REVISION HIP

device

 $1,622
DJO SURGICAL FMP ACETABULAR SYSTEM

device

 $1,542
DJO SURGICAL CLP HIP SYSTEM

device

 $510
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $250
QUADRA

device

 $204
COLUMBUS AS REVISION

device

 $122
MYKNEE

device

 $121
PHYSICA

device

 $98
SMR

device

 $98
GMK

device

 $83
METHA SHORT HIP STEM

device

 $35
DJO SURGICAL 3DKNEE SYSTEM

device

 $20
DJO SURGICAL LINEAR HIP SYSTEM

device

 $12
PICO

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
Aug 13, 2018 $28,100 GMK REVISION Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $23,150 GMK REVISION Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $20,300 GMK SPHERE Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $9,000 GMK REVISION Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 21, 2018 $1,500 DJO SURGICAL EXPRT REVISION HIP DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL FMP ACETABULAR SYSTEM Honoraria ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Apr 6, 2018 $510 DJO SURGICAL CLP HIP SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Feb 2, 2018 $488 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 11, 2018 $485 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 10, 2018 $419 AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 1, 2018 $404 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $343 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 10, 2018 $326 AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 19, 2018 $227 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $225 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $214 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $206 DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Feb 2, 2018 $196 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $142 QUADRA Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $141 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 19, 2018 $130 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $125 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Jun 21, 2018 $125 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 1, 2018 $123 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $122 COLUMBUS AS REVISION Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Jul 11, 2018 $121 MYKNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $115 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $112 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $112 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $110 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $106 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $103 DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Nov 7, 2018 $98 SMR PHYSICA Food and Beverage LIMA USA, INC.
May 19, 2018 $96 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 3, 2018 $96 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $89 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $80 DJO SURGICAL EXPRT REVISION HIP Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Sep 19, 2018 $79 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Mar 6, 2018 $67 GMK REVISION Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 7, 2018 $65 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 19, 2018 $60 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 1, 2018 $60 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $59 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $51 GMK Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $48 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $48 QUADRA GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $46 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $42 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $38 AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $38 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $37 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $36 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $35 AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $35 METHA SHORT HIP STEM Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Apr 20, 2018 $34 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $33 GMK Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 1, 2018 $32 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $32 GMK REVISION Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $32 DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Feb 12, 2018 $31 AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $30 DJO SURGICAL EXPRT REVISION HIP DJO SURGICAL FMP ACETABULAR SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Apr 20, 2018 $23 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 7, 2018 $20 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $20 DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL 3DKNEE SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Mar 2, 2018 $19 GMK REVISION Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $13 GMK REVISION Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $13 GMK REVISION Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $12 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $12 DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL FMP ACETABULAR SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL LINEAR HIP SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL EXPRT REVISION HIP Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Sep 25, 2018 $11 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $10 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $7 QUADRA GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $7 GMK SPHERE QUADRA Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
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