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CHRISTOPHER AHMAD
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CHRISTOPHER AHMAD

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
161 FORT WASHINGTON AVE, 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10032-3729
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DR. CHRISTOPHER AHMAD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$89,736

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
Royalty or License
 4 $81,311
Promotional Speaking/Other
 4 $6,598
Travel and Lodging
 4 $1,069
Food and Beverage
 11 $759

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†
ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE REVERS

device

 $81,311
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $8,038
COBLATION WANDS

device

 $141
LATARJET SYSTEM

device

 $141
MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR SYSTEM

device

 $134
NONE

device

 $112
FAST-FIX 360

device

 $106
† 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 $23,242 ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE REVERS Royalty or License ARTHREX, INC.
May 15, 2018 $20,046 ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE REVERS Royalty or License ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $19,912 ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE REVERS Royalty or License ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $18,111 ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE REVERS Royalty or License ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $3,263 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $1,740 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $870 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $725 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $597 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $215 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $191 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $146 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $135 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $106 FAST-FIX 360 MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $106 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ACELL, INC.
May 16, 2018 $85 COBLATION WANDS LATARJET SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 11, 2018 $56 COBLATION WANDS LATARJET SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $51 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 6, 2018 $45 NONE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 5, 2018 $42 NONE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 1, 2018 $28 MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 5, 2018 $16 NONE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 6, 2018 $9 NONE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.