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MARK J SHERMAN
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MARK J SHERMAN

Listed Specialty: Surgery
9850 GENESEE AVE, SUITE 660, LA JOLLA, CA, 92037-1224
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MARK SHERMAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

12

payments

$5,904

payment total

6

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $3,900
Travel and Lodging
 4 $1,651
Food and Beverage
 7 $352

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†
PROGRIP

device

 $5,546
PARIETENE

device

 $208
NEOPROBE

device

 $73
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $33
CLENPIQ

drug

 $16
FLEXITOUCH

device

 $14
ACTITOUCH

device

 $14
ENTRE

device

 $14
CONMED HANDHELD INSTRUMENTS

device

 $14
† 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 31, 2018 $3,900 PROGRIP Promotional Speaking/Other COVIDIEN LP
Aug 31, 2018 $927 PROGRIP Travel and Lodging COVIDIEN LP
Aug 31, 2018 $598 PROGRIP Travel and Lodging COVIDIEN LP
Mar 13, 2018 $122 PARIETENE Travel and Lodging COVIDIEN LP
Aug 31, 2018 $117 PROGRIP Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Apr 17, 2018 $86 PARIETENE Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Mar 28, 2018 $73 NEOPROBE Food and Beverage LEICA MICROSYSTEMS INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $33 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Feb 16, 2018 $16 CLENPIQ Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $14 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Jul 12, 2018 $14 CONMED HANDHELD INSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
Aug 31, 2018 $4 PROGRIP Travel and Lodging COVIDIEN LP
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.