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MICHAEL LIM
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MICHAEL LIM

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
600 N WOLFE ST, DEPT OF NEUROSURGERY MEYER 7-113, BALTIMORE, MD, 21287-0005
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DR. MICHAEL LIM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

63

payments

$66,038

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
Consulting
 4 $23,700
Travel and Lodging
 36 $23,365
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $18,000
Food and Beverage
 21 $973

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

 $34,903
NONE

device

 $11,987
NEURO

device

 $11,215
UNIVERSAL

device

 $6,256
CUSTOM IMPLANTS

device

 $1,230
NEURO FIXATION

device

 $813
HYBRID MMF

device

 $710
OCULOPLASTIC

device

 $710
UNIVERSAL MID-FACE

device

 $710
UNIVERSAL NEURO

device

 $484
DELTA SYSTEM 1.72.2

device

 $357
UNIVERSAL NEURO III

device

 $357
OSPHENA

drug

 $301
DIRECT INJECT

device

 $127
DURAMATRIX

device

 $127
CUSTOMIZED MANDIBLE RECON

device

 $25
ACTIVA

device

 $20
† 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
Mar 16, 2018 $9,500 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Mar 30, 2018 $8,872 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 17, 2018 $8,500 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 11, 2018 $6,783 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $6,500 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 22, 2018 $6,175 UNIVERSAL Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $5,775 NEURO Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 15, 2018 $5,250 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 16, 2018 $917 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 14, 2018 $838 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 20, 2018 $620 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $519 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 30, 2018 $449 CUSTOM IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $440 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Apr 18, 2018 $347 CUSTOM IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $284 OCULOPLASTIC UNIVERSAL MID-FACE NEURO FIXATION NEURO HYBRID MMF Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 10, 2018 $282 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 31, 2018 $251 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 31, 2018 $247 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
May 10, 2018 $243 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 15, 2018 $200 NONE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 15, 2018 $189 NEURO DELTA SYSTEM 1.72.2 UNIVERSAL NEURO III UNIVERSAL NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 18, 2018 $182 OCULOPLASTIC UNIVERSAL MID-FACE NEURO FIXATION NEURO HYBRID MMF Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 15, 2018 $168 NEURO DELTA SYSTEM 1.72.2 UNIVERSAL NEURO III UNIVERSAL NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 31, 2018 $154 CUSTOM IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 17, 2018 $150 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Mar 16, 2018 $150 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Apr 17, 2018 $143 CUSTOM IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 18, 2018 $137 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 18, 2018 $137 OCULOPLASTIC UNIVERSAL MID-FACE NEURO FIXATION NEURO HYBRID MMF Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 30, 2018 $136 CUSTOM IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 30, 2018 $129 NEURO FIXATION NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 15, 2018 $127 UNIVERSAL NEURO DIRECT INJECT DURAMATRIX Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 9, 2018 $116 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 10, 2018 $116 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $103 OSPHENA Food and Beverage DUCHESNAY USA INCORPORATED
Oct 17, 2018 $101 OSPHENA Food and Beverage DUCHESNAY USA INCORPORATED
Nov 14, 2018 $98 OSPHENA Food and Beverage DUCHESNAY USA INCORPORATED
Mar 22, 2018 $81 UNIVERSAL Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 18, 2018 $69 No Listed Product Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 27, 2018 $43 NEURO NEURO FIXATION OCULOPLASTIC HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 9, 2018 $39 No Listed Product Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Dec 9, 2018 $34 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 19, 2018 $30 NEURO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 10, 2018 $30 No Listed Product Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Jul 18, 2018 $29 No Listed Product Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Oct 10, 2018 $29 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $29 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $26 NONE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 10, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Apr 27, 2018 $25 OCULOPLASTIC HYBRID MMF NEURO CUSTOMIZED MANDIBLE RECON UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 10, 2018 $22 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 10, 2018 $22 NEURO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 10, 2018 $21 NEURO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 16, 2018 $20 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $20 NEURO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $19 OCULOPLASTIC NEURO NEURO FIXATION HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $19 OCULOPLASTIC UNIVERSAL MID-FACE NEURO FIXATION NEURO HYBRID MMF Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 27, 2018 $19 No Listed Product Food and Beverage KLS-MARTIN L.P.
Dec 19, 2018 $19 NEURO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 9, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 11, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $11 NONE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.