Artivion, Inc.: payments to clinicians
Artivion, Inc.'s payments to clinicians rose 49% in 2025, to $670,444 across 805 people. Consulting fees was the largest category at 39%, then travel and lodging (28%). The largest single recipient (Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery), Michigan) received $64,485.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $670,444 | 2,075 | 805 |
| 2024 | $449,908 | 1,638 | 641 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shinichi Fukuhara, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Ann Arbor, MI | $64,485 |
| 2 | Marc W. Gerdisch, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Indianapolis, IN | $30,463 |
| 3 | Fernando Fleischman, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Los Angeles, CA | $29,154 |
| 4 | Basel Ramlawi, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Wynnewood, PA | $22,582 |
| 5 | William Frederic Northrup III, M.D. | Surgery | White Bear Lake, MN | $21,052 |
| 6 | Wilson Y. Szeto, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Philadelphia, PA | $20,864 |
| 7 | Arminder Singh Jassar, MD | Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $20,446 |
| 8 | Kyle Eudailey | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Birmingham, AL | $18,038 |
| 9 | William Brinkman, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Plano, TX | $16,894 |
| 10 | S. Christopher Malaisrie, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Chicago, IL | $14,890 |
| 11 | Eric E. Roselli, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cleveland, OH | $14,304 |
| 12 | Frank R. Arko III, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $10,300 |
| 13 | Jaye Alexander Weston | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Dallas, TX | $9,808 |
| 14 | V Sreenath Reddy, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Nashville, TN | $8,961 |
| 15 | Jordan P. Bloom, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Boston, MA | $8,867 |
| 16 | Michael Scott Halbreiner, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Pittsburgh, PA | $8,675 |
| 17 | Elbert Eugene Williams III, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | New York, NY | $5,944 |
| 18 | Hiroo Takayama, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | New York, NY | $5,873 |
| 19 | Joseph Bavaria, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Allentown, PA | $5,850 |
| 20 | Rochus Ken-Ichi Voeller, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | St. Paul, MN | $5,492 |
| 21 | Mario Castillo-Sang, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Edgewood, KY | $5,360 |
| 22 | Mark David Peterson, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Phoenix, AZ | $5,281 |
| 23 | Nimesh D. Desai, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Philadelphia, PA | $5,276 |
| 24 | Alexander Angelo Brescia, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Saint Louis, MO | $5,119 |
| 25 | Peter A. Knight, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Rochester, NY | $4,976 |
| 26 | Geoffrey Answini | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Cincinnati, OH | $4,774 |
| 27 | Shinya Unai, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cleveland, OH | $4,714 |
| 28 | Reed D. Quinn, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Greeley, CO | $4,230 |
| 29 | Marko Boskovski, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | San Francisco, CA | $3,798 |
| 30 | Fenton McCarthy, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Albuquerque, NM | $3,652 |
| 31 | Keith Blaine Allen, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Kansas City, KS | $3,563 |
| 32 | Katherine Brooks Harrington, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Plano, TX | $3,490 |
| 33 | Todd Christopher Crawford, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Kansas City, KS | $3,442 |
| 34 | Korie Candis Jones, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | New Orleans, LA | $3,441 |
| 35 | Christopher Ryan Burke, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Seattle, WA | $3,382 |
| 36 | Vinod H. Thourani, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Marietta, GA | $3,272 |
| 37 | Ashok Kumar Coimbatore Jeyakumar, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Miami, FL | $2,964 |
| 38 | Kenneth Richard Hassler, DO | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Ann Arbor, MI | $2,915 |
| 39 | John Mantzouranis Trahanas, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Nashville, TN | $2,893 |
| 40 | Ismail El-Hamamsy | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | New York, NY | $2,889 |
| 41 | Muhammad Aftab, M.B.,B,S, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Aurora, CO | $2,682 |
| 42 | Sergio Alejandro Carrillo Melendez, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Columbus, OH | $2,430 |
| 43 | Juan Pablo Umana, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Miami, FL | $2,428 |
| 44 | Terry Shih, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Bend, OR | $2,366 |
| 45 | Bernardo Curi Mendes, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $2,359 |
| 46 | George John Arnaoutakis, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Gainesville, FL | $2,348 |
| 47 | Erol Belli, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Jacksonville, FL | $2,338 |
| 48 | John J. Nigro, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | San Diego, CA | $2,325 |
| 49 | Luis A. Sanchez, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $2,300 |
| 50 | Mark A. Farber, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,300 |
| 51 | Awad El-Ashry, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Charleston, SC | $2,276 |
| 52 | Bradley A. Wolf, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Memphis, TN | $2,220 |
| 53 | Thomas George Caranasos, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Naples, FL | $2,177 |
| 54 | Suyog A. Mokashi, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Philadelphia, PA | $2,161 |
| 55 | Stephen Michael Spindel, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | New Orleans, LA | $2,161 |
| 56 | Modesto Jose Colon, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Phoenix, AZ | $2,137 |
| 57 | Joseph William Turek | Surgery | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,132 |
| 58 | Andres Jose Jadue Tobar, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Charleston, WV | $2,119 |
| 59 | Tracy Renee Geoffrion, M.D. | Surgery | Milwaukee, WI | $2,067 |
| 60 | Scott A. Buchanan, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Portland, ME | $2,038 |
| 61 | Fernando Ramirez Del Val, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Houston, TX | $2,003 |
| 62 | Himanshu Jagdish Patel, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Ann Arbor, MI | $2,000 |
| 63 | Puja Kachroo, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Saint Louis, MO | $2,000 |
| 64 | Jeffrey Brooks Gibson, MD | Surgery | Nashville, TN | $1,940 |
| 65 | Jennifer M. Abelson, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Olympia, WA | $1,904 |
| 66 | Sarah Eapen, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cleveland, OH | $1,900 |
| 67 | John Michael Smith, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cincinnati, OH | $1,820 |
| 68 | Sukgu Michael Han, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $1,800 |
| 69 | Megan C. Leary, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Allentown, PA | $1,800 |
| 70 | William James Gibson, D.O. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Kansas City, MO | $1,795 |
| 71 | Rachel Elizabeth Heneghan, MD | Surgery | Boise, ID | $1,759 |
| 72 | Redmond Burke, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Miami, FL | $1,750 |
| 73 | Jason A. Shofnos, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Denver, CO | $1,748 |
| 74 | John Russell Davis, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Kansas City, MO | $1,699 |
| 75 | Marijan Koprivanac, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cleveland, OH | $1,646 |
| 76 | Michael Edward Hall, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Jackson, MS | $1,600 |
| 77 | Quynh Nguyen Feikes, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Las Vegas, NV | $1,598 |
| 78 | Lindsey Leigh Saint, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Springfield, IL | $1,538 |
| 79 | Marvin Douglas Atkins Jr., MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Houston, TX | $1,501 |
| 80 | George Makdisi, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Tucson, AZ | $1,477 |
| 81 | Stephanie Elizabeth Helmer, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Albany, NY | $1,458 |
| 82 | Michael G. Moront, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Toledo, OH | $1,418 |
| 83 | Pasala Sankaran Ravichandran, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Portland, OR | $1,409 |
| 84 | Luca Vricella | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Chicago, IL | $1,404 |
| 85 | Miroslav Peychev Peev, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Chicago, IL | $1,402 |
| 86 | John Gregory Markley, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Columbia, MO | $1,384 |
| 87 | Glenn D. Egrie, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | San Francisco, CA | $1,355 |
| 88 | Abdulrhman S. Elnaggar, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Hershey, PA | $1,328 |
| 89 | Tung Van Vu, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Mobile, AL | $1,316 |
| 90 | Panayotis Vardas | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Boston, MA | $1,303 |
| 91 | Scott E. Kasner, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Vascular Neurology | Philadelphia, PA | $1,300 |
| 92 | Jerome Keith Manson, M.D. | Surgery | San Diego, CA | $1,291 |
| 93 | Teng C. Lee, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | San Francisco, CA | $1,284 |
| 94 | John P. Sutton III, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Columbia, SC | $1,284 |
| 95 | Amjad Q. Syed, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Elkhart, IN | $1,277 |
| 96 | Brett Fraser Duncan, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Omaha, NE | $1,264 |
| 97 | Andreas Polycarpou, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Minneapolis, MN | $1,262 |
| 98 | Juan Jose Gallegos Jr., MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Huntsville, AL | $1,261 |
| 99 | Christian Shults, MD | Surgery | Washington, DC | $1,230 |
| 100 | Hossein Shayan, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Upland, CA | $1,224 |
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