Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

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.

SAMY ABDOU
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SAMY ABDOU

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
4647 ZION AVE, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92120-2507
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SAMY ABDOU,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

8

payments

$372,200

payment total

2

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
8 $372K

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
CYPHER MIS SCREW SYSTEM

device

$272K
LINEUM POSTERIOR CERVICAL

device

$272K
POLARIS POSTERIOR SPINAL SYSTEM

device

$272K
AFFIX

device

$100000.0
† 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
May 14, 2018 $75,033 CYPHER MIS SCREW SYSTEM POLARIS POSTERIOR SPINAL SYSTEM LINEUM POSTERIOR CERVICAL Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $71,899 LINEUM POSTERIOR CERVICAL POLARIS POSTERIOR SPINAL SYSTEM CYPHER MIS SCREW SYSTEM Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $71,198 POLARIS POSTERIOR SPINAL SYSTEM LINEUM POSTERIOR CERVICAL CYPHER MIS SCREW SYSTEM Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $54,070 POLARIS POSTERIOR SPINAL SYSTEM CYPHER MIS SCREW SYSTEM LINEUM POSTERIOR CERVICAL Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $25,000 AFFIX Royalty or License NUVASIVE, INC. M.A.X. Technologies
Aug 13, 2018 $25,000 AFFIX Royalty or License NUVASIVE, INC. M.A.X. Technologies
Nov 13, 2018 $25,000 AFFIX Royalty or License NUVASIVE, INC. M.A.X. Technologies
May 9, 2018 $25,000 AFFIX Royalty or License NUVASIVE, INC. M.A.X. Technologies
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.