Abbott Laboratories: payments to clinicians
Abbott Laboratories paid 71,890 clinicians in 2025, $36,210,338 in all. Consulting fees was the largest category at 31%, then food and beverage (26%). The largest single recipient (Neurological Surgery, Wyoming) received $540,413.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $36,210,338 | 264,322 | 71,890 |
| 2024 | $34,265,304 | 291,808 | 74,286 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudio A. Feler, MD | Neurological Surgery | Cheyenne, WY | $540,413 |
| 2 | Robert Alpern, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | New Haven, CT | $406,891 |
| 3 | Steven Harris Materetsky, M.D. | Pediatrics | Hackensack, NJ | $290,000 |
| 4 | Ganesh Keshav Thirunavukkarasu, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Lexington, KY | $220,000 |
| 5 | Michael Craig Delaughter, M.D., PH.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Bedford, TX | $211,541 |
| 6 | Steven M. Falowski, M.D. | Neurological Surgery | Fountain Hill, PA | $200,274 |
| 7 | Atman Shah | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Chicago, IL | $176,157 |
| 8 | Dennis J. Sheehan, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Redwood City, CA | $147,675 |
| 9 | Kevin James Croce, MD, PHD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Chestnut Hill, MA | $114,078 |
| 10 | Devi Gopinath Nair, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Jonesboro, AR | $112,390 |
| 11 | Mansour Razminia, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Palos Heights, IL | $108,328 |
| 12 | Ezequiel Jesus Molina, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Atlanta, GA | $107,567 |
| 13 | Hayder Dhafir Hashim, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Washington, DC | $107,246 |
| 14 | Damian E. Grovas-Abad, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | San Juan, PR | $106,423 |
| 15 | Timothy Ray Deer, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Charleston, WV | $106,266 |
| 16 | Mohit K. Turagam, M.D | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | New York, NY | $103,213 |
| 17 | Rosemarie Lajara, MD | Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | Plano, TX | $100,923 |
| 18 | Brian G. De Rubertis, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | New York, NY | $98,634 |
| 19 | Stephen Little, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Houston, TX | $95,453 |
| 20 | Himanshu Agarwal, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Omaha, NE | $93,925 |
| 21 | Derron Wilson, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Carmel, IN | $93,041 |
| 22 | Jacqueline Soicher Weisbein, D.O. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Napa, CA | $89,909 |
| 23 | Bhakti Bipin Paul, MD | Internal Medicine | Raleigh, NC | $88,923 |
| 24 | Nishant Sethi, M.D | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Scranton, PA | $86,127 |
| 25 | Srikanth A. Sundaram, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Littleton, CO | $85,481 |
| 26 | Pankaj Mehta, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Killeen, TX | $85,374 |
| 27 | Kiran V. Patel, MD, DABA, DAPM | Anesthesiology | New York, NY | $85,333 |
| 28 | Rahul Navin Doshi, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Los Angeles, CA | $85,049 |
| 29 | Thomas Joseph Forbes, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology | Detroit, MI | $80,672 |
| 30 | Sanjeev Gulati, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Miami, FL | $79,608 |
| 31 | Francis Joseph Zidar, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Austin, TX | $77,860 |
| 32 | Edris Aman, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Sacramento, CA | $77,249 |
| 33 | Brock J. Cookman, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Lincoln, NE | $76,594 |
| 34 | Matthew Raymond Summers, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Norfolk, VA | $74,132 |
| 35 | Pradeep Yadav, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Atlanta, GA | $74,059 |
| 36 | Juan F. Granada, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Houston, TX | $73,212 |
| 37 | Bradley D. Vilims, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Lakewood, CO | $72,327 |
| 38 | Elliott J. Elias, MD, MPH | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Miami, FL | $71,223 |
| 39 | James E. Ip, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | New York, NY | $69,411 |
| 40 | Jacob S. Koruth, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | New York, NY | $68,749 |
| 41 | Jason Roland Wollmuth, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Portland, OR | $68,444 |
| 42 | Isis Mahamid Abu Mouch | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New York, NY | $68,182 |
| 43 | Andrea Soares, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Sacramento, CA | $67,849 |
| 44 | George Edward Manoukian, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Shenandoah, TX | $67,656 |
| 45 | Ziad Anwar Ali, MD DPHIL | Internal Medicine | New York, NY | $67,054 |
| 46 | Hursh Naik, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Avondale, AZ | $63,764 |
| 47 | Henry Tsai, M.D. | Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | Huntington Beach, CA | $63,688 |
| 48 | Gagan Deep Singh, M.D. | Emergency Medicine | Santa Clara, CA | $63,660 |
| 49 | Vinod H. Thourani, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Marietta, GA | $62,713 |
| 50 | Joshua Ari Cohen, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Norfolk, VA | $62,429 |
| 51 | Shelley A. Hall, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Dallas, TX | $62,187 |
| 52 | Anne Meredith Kroman, D.O., PHD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Charleston, SC | $61,191 |
| 53 | Scott William Lundgren, DO | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Omaha, NE | $60,986 |
| 54 | Matthew J. Price, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | La Jolla, CA | $60,930 |
| 55 | Philip Thaler Levy, MD | Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | Boston, MA | $60,848 |
| 56 | Manreet Kaur Kanwar, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Chicago, IL | $60,744 |
| 57 | Dale Yoo, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | McKinney, TX | $60,479 |
| 58 | Chun Hwang, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Provo, UT | $58,801 |
| 59 | Anita W. Asgar, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Chicago, IL | $58,656 |
| 60 | David Michael Dickerson, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Evanston, IL | $58,315 |
| 61 | Kunjan A. Bhatt, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Austin, TX | $57,267 |
| 62 | Usman Rasheed Siddiqui, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Winter Park, FL | $55,032 |
| 63 | Bruce A. Samuels, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Beverly Hills, CA | $54,438 |
| 64 | Aaron Asa King, M.D. | Family Medicine | San Antonio, TX | $52,957 |
| 65 | Erik Joshua Altman, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Garden City, NY | $52,921 |
| 66 | Ramtin Agah, M.D. | Specialist | Mountain View, CA | $52,575 |
| 67 | Roderick H. Tung, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Chicago, IL | $51,396 |
| 68 | Gregory Fontana, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Thousand Oaks, CA | $51,354 |
| 69 | Benjamin C. Sun, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Minneapolis, MN | $50,933 |
| 70 | Peter Faries, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | New York, NY | $50,820 |
| 71 | Dudley Byron Holt, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology | Austin, TX | $50,620 |
| 72 | Vinayak Nilkanth Bapat, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Minneapolis, MN | $50,219 |
| 73 | Rushad Firdos Marfatia, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Chicago, IL | $50,025 |
| 74 | Helen L. Baron, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | Rancho Mirage, CA | $49,445 |
| 75 | Stavros G. Drakos, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Salt Lake City, UT | $49,348 |
| 76 | Jorge Orlando Diaz, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Lake Mary, FL | $49,100 |
| 77 | Duane Sidney Pinto, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Boston, MA | $48,956 |
| 78 | Liviu Klein, MD, MS | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | San Francisco, CA | $48,807 |
| 79 | John Gilbert, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | Fullerton, CA | $48,771 |
| 80 | Carol H. Wysham, MD | Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | Spokane, WA | $48,486 |
| 81 | Denis G. Patterson, DO | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Reno, NV | $48,266 |
| 82 | Ryan K. Kaple, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Hackensack, NJ | $48,159 |
| 83 | Richard H. Hongo, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | San Francisco, CA | $48,117 |
| 84 | Jonathan Grinstein | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Chicago, IL | $47,288 |
| 85 | Megha Prasad, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | New York, NY | $46,880 |
| 86 | Andrew J. Sauer, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Lees Summit, MO | $46,781 |
| 87 | Barbara Hirsch, MD | Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | Manhasset, NY | $46,503 |
| 88 | Bassem Mounir Chehab, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Wichita, KS | $45,989 |
| 89 | Jennifer Ann Tremmel, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Stanford, CA | $45,961 |
| 90 | Gregg W. Stone, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | New York, NY | $45,678 |
| 91 | Yoel R. Vivas, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Delray Beach, FL | $45,662 |
| 92 | Jerry Estep, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Houston, TX | $45,565 |
| 93 | Hussam Salaheddin Abuissa, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Omaha, NE | $45,282 |
| 94 | Mun K. Hong, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Cooperstown, NY | $45,140 |
| 95 | Emmanouil Stylianos Brilakis, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Minneapolis, MN | $44,712 |
| 96 | Larry Kurt Midyett, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology | Overland Park, KS | $44,663 |
| 97 | Francis E. Marchlinski, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Philadelphia, PA | $44,412 |
| 98 | John David Corl, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Cincinnati, OH | $44,357 |
| 99 | Dipak P. Shah, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Southfield, MI | $44,081 |
| 100 | Akash Makkar, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Phoenix, AZ | $43,845 |
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