Atricure, Inc.: payments to clinicians
Atricure, Inc. paid 10,846 clinicians in 2025, $5,042,330 in all. Most of it (58%) was consulting fees, then food and beverage (28%). The largest single recipient (Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery), California) received $157,614.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,042,330 | 28,904 | 10,846 |
| 2024 | $4,868,057 | 28,861 | 9,734 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gansevoort Hurlbut Dunnington Jr., M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Saint Helena, CA | $157,614 |
| 2 | Eric William Schneeberger, M.D. | General Practice | Warsaw, KY | $147,022 |
| 3 | Nitesh Sood, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Fall River, MA | $127,833 |
| 4 | Andrew James Sherman, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Tampa, FL | $123,082 |
| 5 | Kevin J. Makati, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Lutz, FL | $114,574 |
| 6 | Mario G. Gasparri, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Milwaukee, WI | $111,637 |
| 7 | Christopher Scott Mings, PA, ATC | Physician Assistant | Fort Pierce, FL | $110,256 |
| 8 | Marc W. Gerdisch, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Indianapolis, IN | $107,027 |
| 9 | Trisha L. Wilcox, APNP | Nurse Practitioner | Milwaukee, WI | $88,070 |
| 10 | Robert C. Lyons, M.D. | Surgery | Ypsilanti, MI | $74,997 |
| 11 | Justin Van Meeteren, DO | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Kansas City, MO | $71,166 |
| 12 | Lizabeth O'Connor, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Everett, MA | $67,191 |
| 13 | Gregory D. Rushing, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Columbus, OH | $66,050 |
| 14 | Armin Kiankhooy, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Saint Helena, CA | $60,204 |
| 15 | David John Caparrelli, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Manchester, NH | $60,185 |
| 16 | Pouya Hemmati, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Rogers, AR | $56,676 |
| 17 | Curtis C. Quinn, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Charleston, SC | $49,909 |
| 18 | Eric M. Hoenicke, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Austin, TX | $49,254 |
| 19 | Tara Underwood Mudd, MSN, APRN, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner | Louisville, KY | $47,928 |
| 20 | Gianluca Torregrossa, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Chicago, IL | $44,737 |
| 21 | Kathleen H. McMichael, PA | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Clearwater, FL | $44,217 |
| 22 | Eric Jason Okum, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Columbus, OH | $42,777 |
| 23 | Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Kansas City, KS | $41,572 |
| 24 | Juleidy Conde Turnipseed, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Charlotte, NC | $40,080 |
| 25 | Randall Kevin Wolf, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Houston, TX | $39,674 |
| 26 | Kent E. Morris, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Louisville, KY | $37,450 |
| 27 | John M. Edwards III, CRNA | Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | Lexington, KY | $34,487 |
| 28 | Melissa Anne Griffin, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Los Angeles, CA | $34,313 |
| 29 | David B. Delurgio, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Atlanta, GA | $32,893 |
| 30 | Murtaza Yousuf Dawood, M.D. | Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $32,257 |
| 31 | Patrick McCarthy, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Chicago, IL | $32,146 |
| 32 | Sunita Kaur Boparai, AGACNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care | Los Angeles, CA | $30,559 |
| 33 | Brett Timothy Starr, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Hickory, NC | $28,904 |
| 34 | Chad Robbins Brodt, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | East Palo Alto, CA | $28,508 |
| 35 | Steven Michael Peterson, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Louisville, KY | $27,293 |
| 36 | Edward G. Soltesz, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cleveland, OH | $26,258 |
| 37 | David Z. Rose, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Tampa, FL | $26,146 |
| 38 | V Sreenath Reddy, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Nashville, TN | $25,994 |
| 39 | Chigozirim Ekeke, M.D | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Ann Arbor, MI | $25,730 |
| 40 | Rebeccah Lanan Brown, MD | Surgery, Pediatric Surgery | Cincinnati, OH | $25,583 |
| 41 | Robert J. Obermeyer, M.D. | Surgery, Pediatric Surgery | Norfolk, VA | $25,256 |
| 42 | Olugbenga Tokunbo Okusanya, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Philadelphia, PA | $24,185 |
| 43 | Zain Khalpey, M.D., MRCS | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Tucson, AZ | $23,376 |
| 44 | Ali Khoynezhad, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Long Beach, CA | $22,556 |
| 45 | Ibrahim Sultan, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cherry Hill, NJ | $22,081 |
| 46 | Elissa Castor | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Pittsburgh, PA | $21,341 |
| 47 | Eric F. Buch, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Los Angeles, CA | $20,748 |
| 48 | Helenmari L. Merritt, D.O. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Omaha, NE | $20,147 |
| 49 | Amber Melvin Edwards, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Nashville, TN | $19,487 |
| 50 | Pablo Federico Ruda Vega, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cleveland, OH | $19,358 |
| 51 | Smit C. Vasaiwala, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Maywood, IL | $18,610 |
| 52 | Lisa E. McMahon, M.D. | Surgery, Pediatric Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | $18,516 |
| 53 | David W. Newton, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Savannah, GA | $18,056 |
| 54 | Frank Manetta, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | New Hyde Park, NY | $18,008 |
| 55 | Yoaav S. Krauthammer, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Phoenix, AZ | $17,460 |
| 56 | David Morris Notrica, MD | Surgery, Pediatric Surgery | Phoenix, AZ | $17,340 |
| 57 | Matthew C. Henn, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Columbus, OH | $17,301 |
| 58 | Niv Ad, M.D. | Specialist | Takoma Park, MD | $17,033 |
| 59 | Daniel L. Miller, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Marietta, GA | $16,881 |
| 60 | Chase Robert Brown, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Philadelphia, PA | $16,688 |
| 61 | John Michael Smith, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cincinnati, OH | $16,681 |
| 62 | John W. Difiore, MD | Surgery, Pediatric Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $16,032 |
| 63 | Ahmed Romeya, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Kansas City, MO | $15,581 |
| 64 | Bryan Kyle Houseman, D.O., ATC | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma | Manchester, NH | $15,220 |
| 65 | William Joseph Meadors, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Lexington, KY | $14,849 |
| 66 | Faraz Kerendi, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Austin, TX | $14,464 |
| 67 | Ankit Dhamija, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Stony Brook, NY | $14,024 |
| 68 | Jonathan Alexander Yang, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Austin, TX | $13,772 |
| 69 | Theodore Wright, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Lexington, KY | $13,693 |
| 70 | Peyman Benharash, MD | Surgery | Los Angeles, CA | $13,658 |
| 71 | John C. Ofenloch, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Clearwater, FL | $11,920 |
| 72 | Andreas Kamlot, MD | Surgery | Danville, CA | $11,489 |
| 73 | Gabriel E. Mena, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Houston, TX | $11,176 |
| 74 | Ralph James Damiano Jr., MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Saint Louis, MO | $10,986 |
| 75 | Ammar M.H. Killu, MBBS | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Rochester, MN | $10,260 |
| 76 | Zayd Adnan Eldadah, MD, PHD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Washington, DC | $10,145 |
| 77 | Michael Gary Link, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Galloway, NJ | $10,064 |
| 78 | Julian Guitron-Roig, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Cincinnati, OH | $9,793 |
| 79 | Chadwick William Stouffer, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Jacksonville, FL | $9,720 |
| 80 | Kyle Richard Patchen, AG-ACNP-BC, FNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Toledo, OH | $9,635 |
| 81 | Ashkan Ehdaie, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | West Hollywood, CA | $9,529 |
| 82 | Lisa Marie Campbell, AGNP | Nurse Practitioner | Saint Louis, MO | $9,375 |
| 83 | John Dean Klemperer, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Bangor, ME | $8,888 |
| 84 | Kevin Edward Hodges | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Chicago, IL | $8,752 |
| 85 | Michael William Kasten, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Edgewood, KY | $8,720 |
| 86 | Leighanne Michelle Meade, ARNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Jacksonville, FL | $8,349 |
| 87 | Lawrence S. Lee, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Orlando, FL | $7,773 |
| 88 | James Gabriels, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Manhasset, NY | $7,722 |
| 89 | Nitish Badhwar, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Stanford, CA | $7,590 |
| 90 | Fadi Munir Khoury, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Mesa, AZ | $7,446 |
| 91 | Joshua Suah Chung, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | West Hollywood, CA | $7,246 |
| 92 | Courtney Lynn Maxey-Jones, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Johnson City, NY | $7,000 |
| 93 | Jonathan David Kraut, M.D. | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Charlotte, NC | $6,967 |
| 94 | Benjamin Craig Taylor, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Columbus, OH | $6,759 |
| 95 | Tomomi Oka, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Burlingame, CA | $6,581 |
| 96 | Ryan J. Leonberg, P.A.-C | Physician Assistant | Butler, PA | $6,378 |
| 97 | Arash Aryana, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Sacramento, CA | $6,000 |
| 98 | Marcelo C. Dasilva, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Orlando, FL | $5,821 |
| 99 | Jason Manuel Souza, MD | Plastic Surgery | Columbus, OH | $5,721 |
| 100 | Jesse Lee Madden, M.D. MS | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Winston Salem, NC | $5,659 |
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