Abiomed: payments to clinicians
Abiomed's payments to clinicians fell 39% in 2025, to $5,488,327 across 25,725 people. Most of it (59%) was food and beverage, then consulting fees (27%). The largest single recipient (Transplant Surgery, Florida) received $86,822.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,488,327 | 69,505 | 25,725 |
| 2024 | $8,926,990 | 57,720 | 23,436 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott C. Silvestry, MD | Transplant Surgery | Orlando, FL | $86,822 |
| 2 | Daniel H. Raess, M.D, | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Boxford, MA | $69,600 |
| 3 | Amir K. Kaki, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Detroit, MI | $63,079 |
| 4 | Gaston Alberto Cudemus Deseda, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine | Naples, FL | $54,845 |
| 5 | Mark B. Anderson, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Philadelphia, PA | $46,069 |
| 6 | Robert Lee Salazar, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Kingwood, TX | $45,551 |
| 7 | Rajiv Tayal, M.D., M.P.H | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Fredericksburg, VA | $42,234 |
| 8 | Jason Roland Wollmuth, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Portland, OR | $40,808 |
| 9 | Nir Ayalon, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Boston, MA | $39,663 |
| 10 | Rebecca Isabel Clark Chester, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Scottsdale, AZ | $36,344 |
| 11 | Georges Chahoud, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Saint Louis, MO | $35,937 |
| 12 | Edward G. Soltesz, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cleveland, OH | $35,384 |
| 13 | Rajan Amish Patel, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Charlottesville, VA | $35,355 |
| 14 | Daniel Abraham Feldman, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Portland, OR | $32,236 |
| 15 | Aasim Afzal, M.D | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Plano, TX | $29,956 |
| 16 | Bindu Akkanti, M.D | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Houston, TX | $29,661 |
| 17 | Mir Babar Basir, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Detroit, MI | $29,156 |
| 18 | Daniel Goldstein, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Bronx, NY | $28,393 |
| 19 | Navin Kumar Kapur, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Baltimore, MD | $26,860 |
| 20 | Jacob Abraham, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Portland, OR | $26,368 |
| 21 | Stephen K. Kidd, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Saint Cloud, MN | $26,042 |
| 22 | Peter M. Eckman | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Minneapolis, MN | $25,283 |
| 23 | Raymond Manho Yau, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Albuquerque, NM | $24,467 |
| 24 | Raymond Churk-Yin Lee, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Los Angeles, CA | $24,450 |
| 25 | Aniket Shitalkumar Rali, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Nashville, TN | $23,055 |
| 26 | Brian Douglas Sherman, MD | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Oxnard, CA | $22,828 |
| 27 | Alexander George Truesdell, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Falls Church, VA | $21,712 |
| 28 | Nima Aghili, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Lakewood, CO | $21,627 |
| 29 | Daniel L. Herr, MD | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Hilton Head Island, SC | $20,946 |
| 30 | Courtney Lynn Maxey-Jones, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Johnson City, NY | $20,674 |
| 31 | Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Houston, TX | $20,608 |
| 32 | Zhen-Yu Michael Tong, M.D., M.B.A. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cleveland, OH | $19,504 |
| 33 | Elias A. Zias, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | New York, NY | $19,146 |
| 34 | Robin Miller, ACNP-BC, MSN | Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care | Portland, OR | $18,841 |
| 35 | Kanika Pravin Mody, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Hackensack, NJ | $18,435 |
| 36 | Alan L. Gass, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | East Meadow, NY | $18,405 |
| 37 | John Zaki, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Houston, TX | $18,381 |
| 38 | Raghad Houfdhi Said, MD | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Hackensack, NJ | $18,015 |
| 39 | Sara Negrotto, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Knoxville, TN | $17,839 |
| 40 | Eddy Jose Gutierrez, MD | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Jacksonville, FL | $16,165 |
| 41 | Jessica K. Heimes, DO | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Kansas City, KS | $14,575 |
| 42 | Sanah Christopher, MBBS | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Richmond, VA | $14,563 |
| 43 | Christiano C. Caldeira, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Largo, FL | $14,469 |
| 44 | Aditya Satish Bharadwaj, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Loma Linda, CA | $14,400 |
| 45 | Esther Vorovich, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Chicago, IL | $13,594 |
| 46 | Robert Saeid Farivar, MD, PHD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Boise, ID | $13,580 |
| 47 | Christopher Lawrance, M.D. | Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $13,460 |
| 48 | Akil I. Loli, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Phoenix, AZ | $13,279 |
| 49 | Jerome Cerullo Crowley, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $13,185 |
| 50 | Marc L. Dickstein, M.D. | Anesthesiology | New York, NY | $12,929 |
| 51 | Joann Lindenfeld, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Nashville, TN | $12,871 |
| 52 | Darrell Wu, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Escondido, CA | $12,827 |
| 53 | Hao Tran, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | San Diego, CA | $12,825 |
| 54 | Robert D. Dowling, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cincinnati, OH | $12,795 |
| 55 | Connor Galen O'Brien, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | San Francisco, CA | $12,618 |
| 56 | Theodore L. Schreiber, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Warren, MI | $11,827 |
| 57 | Biykem Bozkurt, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Houston, TX | $11,788 |
| 58 | Rohan Goswami, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Jacksonville, FL | $11,512 |
| 59 | Eric F. Kaiser, MD | Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine | Celebration, FL | $11,303 |
| 60 | Arvind Bhimaraj, M.D., | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Houston, TX | $11,296 |
| 61 | Mosi Kadin Bennett, M.D. PH.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Minneapolis, MN | $10,935 |
| 62 | Alexandra J. Lansky, MD | Specialist, Research Study | New Haven, CT | $10,800 |
| 63 | Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Stanford, CA | $10,678 |
| 64 | Jane Elizabeth Wilcox, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Chicago, IL | $10,671 |
| 65 | Anahat K. Dhillon, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Los Angeles, CA | $10,585 |
| 66 | Ioana Dumitru, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Tampa, FL | $10,505 |
| 67 | Nir Uriel, M.D | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | New York, NY | $10,375 |
| 68 | Marloe Prince, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Kingwood, TX | $10,356 |
| 69 | Adam Laertes Gottula | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | San Antonio, TX | $10,330 |
| 70 | Balaram Anandamurthy, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | New York, NY | $9,777 |
| 71 | William W. Oneill, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Naples, FL | $9,762 |
| 72 | Aakash Shah, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Baltimore, MD | $9,389 |
| 73 | Daniel T. Engelman, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Springfield, MA | $9,383 |
| 74 | Ersilia M. Defilippis, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | New York, NY | $9,375 |
| 75 | Yuriy Dudiy, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Hackensack, NJ | $9,356 |
| 76 | Timothy Jacob George, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Plano, TX | $8,910 |
| 77 | Brian David Weiss, MD | Surgery, Surgical Critical Care | Columbus, OH | $8,795 |
| 78 | Bassem Mounir Chehab, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Wichita, KS | $8,528 |
| 79 | Manreet Kaur Kanwar, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Chicago, IL | $8,462 |
| 80 | Marwan F. Jumean, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Houston, TX | $8,189 |
| 81 | Michael K. Essandoh, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine | Columbus, OH | $8,107 |
| 82 | Ankitkumar Kirankumar Patel, M.D., M.P.H. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Glen Ridge, NJ | $8,001 |
| 83 | Allen D. Hamdan, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Boston, MA | $7,974 |
| 84 | Pedro Arturo Villablanca Spinetto, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Detroit, MI | $7,745 |
| 85 | Thom G. A. Dahle, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Saint Cloud, MN | $7,637 |
| 86 | Haroon Ahmed Faraz, M.D | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Teaneck, NJ | $7,636 |
| 87 | Yousif Ahmad, MD, PHD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | San Francisco, CA | $7,600 |
| 88 | Ajay Mohan Patel, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Bakersfield, CA | $7,323 |
| 89 | Josue Chery, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Atlanta, GA | $7,104 |
| 90 | Joyce W. Wald, DO | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Philadelphia, PA | $6,974 |
| 91 | Juan C. Machannaford, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Dallas, TX | $6,489 |
| 92 | Andrea Stuart, PA | Physician Assistant | Hackensack, NJ | $6,255 |
| 93 | Carlos Leon Alviar Restrepo, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Gainesville, FL | $6,227 |
| 94 | Kunal D. Kotkar, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Saint Louis, MO | $6,103 |
| 95 | Casey Miller | Nurse Practitioner | Atlanta, GA | $5,886 |
| 96 | Daniel Burkhoff, MD PHD | Health Educator | Saddlebrook, NJ | $5,643 |
| 97 | Ramesh Mazhari, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Washington, DC | $5,349 |
| 98 | Ahmad Zeeshan, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Orlando, FL | $5,245 |
| 99 | Song Li, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Dallas, TX | $5,185 |
| 100 | Adam David Devore | Internal Medicine | Durham, NC | $5,032 |
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