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CHRISTOPHER J DEWALD
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CHRISTOPHER J DEWALD

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
1611 W HARRISON ST, STE 400, CHICAGO, IL, 60612-3841
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DR. CHRISTOPHER DEWALD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

38

payments

$25,971

payment total

5

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
 16 $13,760
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $10,800
Food and Beverage
 21 $1,411

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†
PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $12,292
PASS-LP

device

 $9,834
UNID

device

 $9,834
MAZORX - RENAISSANCE

device

 $1,292
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $1,261
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

 $882
DEFORMITY, ARX

device

 $157
CREO

device

 $113
BACS

device

 $64
SOVEREIGN

device

 $34
3D PRINTED IBF

device

 $28
ALTERA

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
Aug 22, 2018 $10,800 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $8,846 PASS-LP UNID Travel and Lodging MEDICREA USA, CORP.
May 18, 2018 $740 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $737 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $724 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $458 PASS-LP UNID Travel and Lodging MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Jun 14, 2018 $440 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $424 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $290 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $202 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
May 18, 2018 $200 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 18, 2018 $171 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $158 PASS-LP UNID Travel and Lodging MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Jan 26, 2018 $156 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $154 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $145 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $144 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging K2M, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $142 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $134 PASS-LP UNID Food and Beverage MEDICREA USA, CORP.
May 18, 2018 $122 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $114 PASS-LP UNID Travel and Lodging MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Nov 29, 2018 $113 CREO Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $89 PASS-LP UNID Food and Beverage MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Jun 29, 2018 $86 DEFORMITY, ARX Food and Beverage LIFE SPINE, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $71 DEFORMITY, ARX Food and Beverage LIFE SPINE, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $42 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $35 PASS-LP UNID Food and Beverage MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Jan 27, 2018 $35 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $34 SOVEREIGN Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $28 3D PRINTED IBF Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $26 BACS Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
May 18, 2018 $22 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $21 BACS Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $16 BACS Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $15 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $15 ALTERA Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $15 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 19, 2018 $8 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.