Ancora Heart, Inc.: payments to clinicians
Ancora Heart, Inc.'s payments to clinicians rose 56% in 2025, to $213,013 across 247 people. Consulting fees was the largest category at 46%, then travel and lodging (31%). The largest single recipient (Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, California) received $42,150.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $213,013 | 488 | 247 |
| 2024 | $136,893 | 679 | 290 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David C. Lim, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Stockton, CA | $42,150 |
| 2 | Gregg W. Stone, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | New York, NY | $36,000 |
| 3 | Ulrich Peter Jorde, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | New York, NY | $28,536 |
| 4 | Sean Pinney, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | New York, NY | $21,787 |
| 5 | Dominick Vincent Bufalino, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Downers Grove, IL | $8,868 |
| 6 | Harsh B. Golwala, MD | Internal Medicine | Mechanicsburg, PA | $7,769 |
| 7 | Jason Foerst, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Roanoke, VA | $6,006 |
| 8 | Mark Reisman, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New York, NY | $3,249 |
| 9 | Martin Bert Leon, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New York, NY | $3,213 |
| 10 | Peter M. Eckman | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Minneapolis, MN | $3,192 |
| 11 | Brian L. Walton, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Waco, TX | $2,943 |
| 12 | Jacob Abraham, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Portland, OR | $2,900 |
| 13 | Kendra Janel Grubb, M.D. | Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $2,850 |
| 14 | John Carl Gurley, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Lexington, KY | $2,345 |
| 15 | Brian Matthew Stegman, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | St Cloud, MN | $2,163 |
| 16 | John T. Saxon, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Charlottesville, VA | $1,707 |
| 17 | Feroze-Ud-Din Mahmood, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Boston, MA | $1,502 |
| 18 | Daniel Howard Steinberg, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Charleston, SC | $1,296 |
| 19 | Andrew R. Leventhal, M.D., PH.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Lexington, KY | $1,144 |
| 20 | Brandon M. Jones, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Portland, OR | $988.76 |
| 21 | Mark Christian Bieniarz, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Albuquerque, NM | $931.63 |
| 22 | Mehrdad Seilanian Toosi, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Atlanta, GA | $906.64 |
| 23 | John Rohland Kotter, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Lexington, KY | $713.55 |
| 24 | Kamran Ijaz Muhammad, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Tulsa, OK | $712.91 |
| 25 | Rishi Puri, MD, PHD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Cleveland, OH | $702.27 |
| 26 | Shmuel Chen, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New York, NY | $700.00 |
| 27 | Miguel Pinilla Vera, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Pittsburgh, PA | $687.30 |
| 28 | Rohit R. Amin, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Pensacola, FL | $687.05 |
| 29 | Adam B. Greenbaum, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Atlanta, GA | $511.76 |
| 30 | Gerin Rachel Stevens, MD, PHD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | New York, NY | $460.83 |
| 31 | Christine J. Chung, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Seattle, WA | $437.23 |
| 32 | Peter Stevens Fail, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Houma, LA | $435.48 |
| 33 | Logan Leigh Vincent, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Portland, OR | $419.59 |
| 34 | Kumar Satya, MBBS, MRCP | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Hackensack, NJ | $393.83 |
| 35 | John Lisko III | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Atlanta, GA | $392.38 |
| 36 | Georg Burkhard Mackensen, M. D., PH.D. | Anesthesiology | Seattle, WA | $385.82 |
| 37 | James M. McCabe, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Boston, MA | $385.82 |
| 38 | Richard Cheng, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Los Angeles, CA | $383.14 |
| 39 | Yousif Ahmad, MD, PHD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | San Francisco, CA | $379.31 |
| 40 | Jessica Atkins | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Charleston, SC | $370.52 |
| 41 | Nicholas Stephen Amoroso, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Pawleys Island, SC | $370.52 |
| 42 | Brian Allan Houston, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Charleston, SC | $370.52 |
| 43 | Pradyumna E. Tummala, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Atlanta, GA | $362.31 |
| 44 | Johannes Karl-Friedrich Steiner, MD | Internal Medicine | Portland, OR | $354.12 |
| 45 | Sunghan Yoon | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Hackensack, NJ | $350.68 |
| 46 | David Joseph Silber, DO | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Hackensack, NJ | $350.68 |
| 47 | Daniel Eric Westerdahl, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Portland, OR | $347.66 |
| 48 | James Otis Mudd, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Spokane, WA | $344.96 |
| 49 | Luis David Meggo Quiroz, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Tulsa, OK | $342.42 |
| 50 | Jonathan Douglas Hansen, MD, MPH | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Spokane, WA | $312.77 |
| 51 | Bruce Rutkin, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Manhasset, NY | $311.80 |
| 52 | Vidang P. Nguyen, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Portland, OR | $297.50 |
| 53 | Ali A. Valika, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Elmhurst, IL | $287.66 |
| 54 | Farooq Hameed Sheikh, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Washington, DC | $279.40 |
| 55 | Richa Gupta, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Nashville, TN | $279.40 |
| 56 | Yashasvi Chugh | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Minneapolis, MN | $277.95 |
| 57 | Meegan Marie Mangum, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Portland, OR | $275.76 |
| 58 | Michael William Fong, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Los Angeles, CA | $263.32 |
| 59 | James Oware Ampadu, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Columbia, SC | $246.66 |
| 60 | Gregory Helmer, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Edina, MN | $242.31 |
| 61 | Stephen Miller, ACNP | Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care | Knoxville, TN | $229.45 |
| 62 | Daniel Frank Pauly, , M.D., PH.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Roanoke, VA | $227.53 |
| 63 | R Todd Drexel, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Coon Rapids, MN | $215.34 |
| 64 | Sunu Samuel Thomas, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Seattle, WA | $214.75 |
| 65 | April Stempien-Otero, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Seattle, WA | $214.75 |
| 66 | Gabriel T. Sayer, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | New York, NY | $214.62 |
| 67 | Mohamed Azeem Latib, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Bronx, NY | $189.63 |
| 68 | Edwin Ho, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | The Bronx, NY | $189.63 |
| 69 | Michael Christian Divita, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New York, NY | $186.64 |
| 70 | Steven Chase Stroud, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Tulsa, OK | $185.71 |
| 71 | Eugene Chung, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Cincinnati, OH | $185.67 |
| 72 | Maurice Buchbinder, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Encinitas, CA | $179.36 |
| 73 | Victoria Lc Grise, ARNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Pensacola, FL | $178.27 |
| 74 | Sergey Kachur, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Pensacola, FL | $178.27 |
| 75 | Mark Andrew Grise, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Pensacola, FL | $178.27 |
| 76 | Paul Andrew Tamburro, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Pensacola, FL | $178.27 |
| 77 | Mark S. Rosenberg, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Pensacola, FL | $178.27 |
| 78 | Angela Suarez, ARNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Pensacola, FL | $178.27 |
| 79 | Thomas Andrew Girton, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Adult Health | Roanoke, VA | $175.98 |
| 80 | Arieh Fox, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | New York, NY | $169.47 |
| 81 | Matthew Cagliostro | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | New York, NY | $169.47 |
| 82 | Thomas E. Waggoner I, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Tucson, AZ | $165.78 |
| 83 | Juvel-Lou P. Velasco, CRNP | Nurse Practitioner | Baltimore, MD | $165.78 |
| 84 | Amin F. Rahmatullah, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Minneapolis, MN | $165.45 |
| 85 | Carrie A. Loper, PA | Physician Assistant | Atlanta, GA | $163.82 |
| 86 | Negin Akbarshahi Bauer, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Medical | Atlanta, GA | $163.82 |
| 87 | Julia Irene McDonald, PAC | Physician Assistant, Medical | Canton, GA | $163.82 |
| 88 | Marie Scarlette Mupada Rivas, CNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Atlanta, GA | $163.82 |
| 89 | Abbey E. Nix Gilbert, P.A. | Physician Assistant, Medical | Lawrenceville, GA | $163.82 |
| 90 | Allison G. Dupont, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Atlanta, GA | $158.87 |
| 91 | Whitney McMullan Whiteley | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Dallas, TX | $158.11 |
| 92 | Elizabeth Marie Brown, AGACNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care | Dallas, TX | $158.11 |
| 93 | Niksad Abraham, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Gonzales, LA | $155.04 |
| 94 | Norman Joseph Deumite, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Baton Rouge, LA | $155.04 |
| 95 | Koteswara R. Pothineni, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Baton Rouge, LA | $155.04 |
| 96 | Sarah Katherine Gandy, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Baton Rouge, LA | $155.04 |
| 97 | Heather Saunders Wade, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Baton Rouge, LA | $155.04 |
| 98 | Jorge Alejandro Castellanos, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Baton Rouge, LA | $155.04 |
| 99 | John Edward McLachlan Jr., M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Baton Rouge, LA | $155.04 |
| 100 | John Cullen Gulotta, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Baton Rouge, LA | $155.04 |
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