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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

SOHUM DESAI
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SOHUM DESAI

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
301 UNIVERSITY BLVD, UTMB DIVISION OF NEUROSURGERY, GALVESTON, TX, 77555-0517
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DR. SOHUM DESAI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

26

payments

$1,244

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
 2 $727
Food and Beverage
 24 $517

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†
ACTIVA

device

 $979
EXPAREL

drug

 $112
OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION

device

 $58
NOVALIS

device

 $29
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $27
PRESTIGE

device

 $20
GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

device

 $18
† 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 16, 2018 $582 ACTIVA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $146 ACTIVA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $112 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Nov 7, 2018 $82 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $72 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $42 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $29 NOVALIS Food and Beverage BRAINLAB, INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $27 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $20 PRESTIGE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $20 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $18 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 22, 2018 $16 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $14 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $9 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $8 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $7 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 12, 2018 $6 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $6 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $5 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $5 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $5 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $5 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $4 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $2 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 27, 2018 $1 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $1 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, 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.