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ALEX GITELMAN
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ALEX GITELMAN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
1281 E MAIN ST, STAMFORD, CT, 06902-3544
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DR. ALEX GITELMAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

61

payments

$11,083

payment total

13

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
 9 $5,776
Food and Beverage
 50 $2,807
Consulting
 2 $2,500

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $3,714
POCT SYSTEM

device

 $2,500
NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW

device

 $1,711
TETRAFUSE

device

 $1,020
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

 $356
DBM

device

 $237
SERRATO

device

 $234
BIO4

device

 $226
TRITANIUM

device

 $226
SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM

device

 $220
LESSRAY

device

 $167
VAULT C

device

 $139
AERO

device

 $135
AVIATOR

device

 $135
PULSE

device

 $132
VITOSS

device

 $130
ELIQUIS

drug

 $115
HIPSTRUMENTS

device

 $108
VISIONAIRE CUTTING GUIDES

device

 $108
ALIF PLATE

device

 $91
OASYS

device

 $58
ALLOGRAFT

device

 $56
XIA

device

 $55
BENDINI

device

 $36
COHERE

device

 $36
MODULUS

device

 $36
VUEPOINT

device

 $36
AVS

device

 $26
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $25
NONE

device

 $19
NAVIGATOR

device

 $10
† 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 14, 2018 $3,580 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging CTL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jul 5, 2018 $2,000 POCT SYSTEM Consulting PRECISION SPINE, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $700 TETRAFUSE Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 5, 2018 $500 POCT SYSTEM Consulting PRECISION SPINE, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $386 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Travel and Lodging LIFE SPINE, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $345 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $320 TETRAFUSE Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $261 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Travel and Lodging LIFE SPINE, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $251 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Travel and Lodging LIFE SPINE, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $177 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Food and Beverage LIFE SPINE, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $155 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Food and Beverage LIFE SPINE, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $148 DBM SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 7, 2018 $139 VAULT C Food and Beverage PRECISION SPINE, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $135 AVIATOR AERO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 2, 2018 $132 PULSE LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $129 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Travel and Lodging LIFE SPINE, INC.
May 30, 2018 $115 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 24, 2018 $112 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Food and Beverage LIFE SPINE, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $108 VISIONAIRE CUTTING GUIDES HIPSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $96 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GS SOLUTIONS, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $91 ALIF PLATE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 31, 2018 $88 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $84 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Travel and Lodging LIFE SPINE, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $84 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Aug 1, 2018 $84 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Jul 30, 2018 $82 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Food and Beverage LIFE SPINE, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $56 ALLOGRAFT DBM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 9, 2018 $53 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Jul 8, 2018 $42 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $39 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Travel and Lodging LIFE SPINE, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $38 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 2, 2018 $36 VITOSS BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 1, 2018 $36 COHERE VUEPOINT LESSRAY MODULUS BENDINI Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $34 NAUTILUS, PROLIFT, TIBOW Food and Beverage LIFE SPINE, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $32 BIO4 XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 2, 2018 $31 OASYS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 22, 2018 $28 VITOSS BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 16, 2018 $28 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 12, 2018 $27 OASYS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 23, 2018 $26 AVS TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 8, 2018 $21 BIO4 SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 26, 2018 $20 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 1, 2018 $20 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 28, 2018 $19 BIO4 VITOSS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 2, 2018 $19 NONE SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 23, 2018 $16 XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 26, 2018 $16 BIO4 SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 2, 2018 $15 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $13 BIO4 SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 18, 2018 $12 BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 17, 2018 $12 DBM VITOSS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 15, 2018 $12 VITOSS BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $12 VITOSS BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 22, 2018 $11 DBM VITOSS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 20, 2018 $11 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $10 BIO4 SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 22, 2018 $10 DBM NAVIGATOR Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 22, 2018 $10 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $8 BIO4 SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 14, 2018 $8 BIO4 XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 6, 2018 $3 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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