These Chicago-area doctors received the most payments from drug and device makers

Drug and medical device companies made more than $9 million in non-research payments to 25 Chicago-area doctors in 2015, including payments for consulting fees, grants, royalties and speaking fees. Most of the doctors who received the most non-research payments are surgeons and specialists from large research hospitals, with nine out of the 25 who received the most payments in 2015 getting six-figure totals for the year, according to data from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services. The…