Wael Barsoum, MD

• Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholar, 2007
• CCF Innovations Award 2004, 2006, 2007

Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists collaborate with industry to advance medical breakthroughs. These partnerships help commercialize discoveries for public benefit while maintaining scientific integrity. To ensure transparency and minimize potential bias, Cleveland Clinic reviews these relationships and publicly discloses when physicians/scientists receive significant compensation for consulting, serve in fiduciary roles, receive royalties, or hold equity interests related to their work. We manage potential conflicts through approval processes, annual reporting, and targeted management plans.

As of 2019-09-19, Dr. Barsoum has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below.

Equity Dr. Barsoum owns stock or stock options in the following companies for activities as a founder, inventor, discoverer, developer:

• Custom Orthopaedic Solutions

Right to Future Distribution of Cleveland Clinic Financial Interest. Dr. Barsoum may receive future financial benefits from the Cleveland Clinic for inventions or discoveries commercialized through the companies shown below:

• Custom Orthopaedic Solutions
• Zimmer, Inc.
• Exactech, Inc.

Consulting and/or Speaking. Dr. Barsoum receives fees of $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) as a paid consultant, speaker or as a member of an advisory committee for the following companies:

• Beyond Limits, Inc.
• Stryker Corporation

Royalty Payments. Dr. Barsoum receives or has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries commercialized through the companies shown below:

• Custom Orthopaedic Solutions
• Stryker Corporation
• Exactech, Inc.
• Zimmer, Inc.

Public Health Service-Reportable Financial Conflicts of Interest. Cleveland Clinic scientists and physicians engage in basic, translational and clinical research activities, working to solve health problems, enhance patient care and improve quality of life for patients. Interactions with industry are essential to bringing the researchers' discoveries to the public, but can present the potential for conflicts of interest related to their research activities. Click here to view a listing of instances where Cleveland Clinic has identified a Public Health Service (PHS)-Reportable Financial Conflict of Interest and has put measures in place to ensure that, to the extent possible, the design, conduct and reporting of the research is free from bias.

* Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists subscribe to the guidance presented in the PhRMA Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals and the AdvaMed Code of Ethics on Interactions with Health Care Professionals. As such, gifts of substantial value are generally prohibited.