Cook Medical LLC: payments to clinicians
4,109 clinicians received $632,127 from Cook Medical LLC in 2025; Surgery, Vascular Surgery is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (82%) was food and beverage, then travel and lodging (18%). The largest single recipient (Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Alabama) received $7,799.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $632,127 | 10,960 | 4,109 |
| 2024 | $581,323 | 10,049 | 3,867 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venkatesh Perumal Krishnasamy, M.D. | Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology | Birmingham, AL | $7,799 |
| 2 | Kendal M. Endicott | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Falls Church, VA | $6,001 |
| 3 | Brian Thomas Schuler, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | York, PA | $5,235 |
| 4 | Gerardo Gonzalez-Guardiola, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Frisco, TX | $3,165 |
| 5 | Jason Tin Aye Lee, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Palo Alto, CA | $2,658 |
| 6 | Nolan C. Cirillo-Penn, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Rochester, MN | $2,250 |
| 7 | Brittany Diane Fraser, MD, MS | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Columbia, SC | $2,245 |
| 8 | Kenneth Tran, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Palo Alto, CA | $2,229 |
| 9 | Katherine McMackin, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Sicklerville, NJ | $2,143 |
| 10 | Aimee K. Armstrong, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology | Columbus, OH | $2,100 |
| 11 | Sreekumar Madassery, M.D. | Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology | Chicago, IL | $2,090 |
| 12 | Eugene C. Rajaratnam, M.D. | Urology | Palmdale, CA | $2,084 |
| 13 | Shang A. Loh, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $2,052 |
| 14 | Lisa Foley Bennett, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Denver, CO | $1,985 |
| 15 | Frances Dang, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Orange, CA | $1,966 |
| 16 | Roberto Giorgio Aru, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $1,961 |
| 17 | Andi Peshkepija, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Detroit, MI | $1,914 |
| 18 | Chandler Long, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Durham, NC | $1,901 |
| 19 | Scott Orzech Quarrier, M.D. | Urology | Rochester, NY | $1,876 |
| 20 | Karan Garg, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | New York, NY | $1,874 |
| 21 | Michol Alexis Cooper, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Wesley Chapel, FL | $1,861 |
| 22 | Lars Stangenberg, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Providence, RI | $1,859 |
| 23 | Joseph V. Lombardi, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Pomona, NJ | $1,824 |
| 24 | Nathan Michael Droz, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $1,795 |
| 25 | Sagar S. Gandhi, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Greenville, SC | $1,654 |
| 26 | Saadat Shariff, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Hackensack, NJ | $1,641 |
| 27 | Bjoern Dominik Suckow, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Lebanon, NH | $1,639 |
| 28 | Vicente Orozco -Sevilla, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Houston, TX | $1,638 |
| 29 | Samuel Chand Tyagi, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Lexington, KY | $1,626 |
| 30 | Noah Canvasser, M.D. | Urology | Sacramento, CA | $1,607 |
| 31 | Mark A. Farber, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Chapel Hill, NC | $1,542 |
| 32 | Mark Andrew Gromski, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Indianapolis, IN | $1,492 |
| 33 | David A. Woodrum, M.D. | Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology | Rochester, MN | $1,487 |
| 34 | Kelli Xenia Gross, M.D. | Urology | South Jordan, UT | $1,457 |
| 35 | Camille Whittington Graham, M.D., M.S. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Columbia, SC | $1,456 |
| 36 | Darren B. Schneider, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $1,411 |
| 37 | Jill E. Elwing, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Saint Louis, MO | $1,393 |
| 38 | Zachary Chadnick, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Sumter, SC | $1,361 |
| 39 | Grace Jen Wang, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $1,360 |
| 40 | Anthony Hung Chau, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Orange, CA | $1,359 |
| 41 | William Michael Atallah, M.D., M.P.H. | Urology | Brooklyn, NY | $1,319 |
| 42 | Mohammad Anwar Khasawneh, MBBS | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Rochester, MN | $1,309 |
| 43 | Margaret A. Knoedler, M.D. | Urology | Madison, WI | $1,302 |
| 44 | Ryan William King, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Lexington, KY | $1,262 |
| 45 | Kenneth J Chang, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Newport Beach, CA | $1,239 |
| 46 | Christopher John Smolock, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Astoria, NY | $1,231 |
| 47 | Raja Ramaswamy, MD | Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology | Indianapolis, IN | $1,225 |
| 48 | Abhitabh Patil, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | St Petersburg, FL | $1,220 |
| 49 | Sara Lauren Zettervall, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Seattle, WA | $1,213 |
| 50 | Merve Ozen, MD | Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology | Scottsdale, AZ | $1,209 |
| 51 | Andrew Barleben, M.D., M.P.H. | Surgery | Orange, CA | $1,206 |
| 52 | Judy A. Trieu, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Chapel Hill, NC | $1,199 |
| 53 | Michael Jeffrey Wilderman, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Hackensack, NJ | $1,199 |
| 54 | Nathan Liang | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,196 |
| 55 | Clayton Joseph Brinster, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Chicago, IL | $1,190 |
| 56 | Kristina A. Giles-Magnifico, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Scarborough, ME | $1,186 |
| 57 | Thomas Chi, MD | Urology | Birmingham, AL | $1,128 |
| 58 | Elsie Gyang Ross, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | San Diego, CA | $1,123 |
| 59 | Natalie Danielle Cosgrove, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Orlando, FL | $1,121 |
| 60 | Taylor Orton, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Idaho Falls, ID | $1,110 |
| 61 | Scott Safir, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Mineola, NY | $1,107 |
| 62 | Harshit S. Khara, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Danville, PA | $1,101 |
| 63 | Aleem Mirza, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Orlando, FL | $1,101 |
| 64 | Sriharan Sivalingam, MD | Urology | Cleveland, OH | $1,094 |
| 65 | Ann Catherine Gaffey, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | La Jolla, CA | $1,073 |
| 66 | Agustin Sibona, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Newport Beach, CA | $1,071 |
| 67 | Michael Nooromid, M.D. | Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $1,066 |
| 68 | Yana Etkin, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | New Hyde Park, NY | $1,059 |
| 69 | Joseph Anthony Veys, MD | Urology | Dalton, GA | $1,057 |
| 70 | Arthur C. Lee, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Gainesville, FL | $1,051 |
| 71 | Zachary James Wanken, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Saint Louis, MO | $1,049 |
| 72 | William Jhonghoon Yoon, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Skokie, IL | $1,048 |
| 73 | Neel Anand Mansukhani, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Chicago, IL | $1,043 |
| 74 | Landy Vanessa Luna Diaz, M.D | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | El Paso, TX | $1,038 |
| 75 | Michael E. Watts, MD | Emergency Medicine | Winchester, VA | $1,037 |
| 76 | Carlos Fares Bechara, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Maywood, IL | $1,033 |
| 77 | Shahab A. Toursavadkohi, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Baltimore, MD | $1,023 |
| 78 | Andrew Scott Kimball, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Grand Rapids, MI | $1,020 |
| 79 | Kei Yamada, M.D. | Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology | Atlanta, GA | $1,019 |
| 80 | Saurabh Gupta, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Madison Heights, MI | $1,013 |
| 81 | Uzma Siddiqui | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Chicago, IL | $1,008 |
| 82 | Michael Elliot Sternberg, DO, MS | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Gastonia, NC | $1,007 |
| 83 | Timothy Chilton, DO | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Denver, CO | $1,006 |
| 84 | Austen Daniel Slade, M.D. | Urology | Boise, ID | $1,004 |
| 85 | Federico E. Parodi, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Cleveland, OH | $997.57 |
| 86 | Ansermo Lester Arthur, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Aiken, SC | $995.22 |
| 87 | Javairiah Fatima, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Danbury, CT | $982.83 |
| 88 | Dean Jared Yamaguchi, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | New Orleans, LA | $978.60 |
| 89 | Andrew Charles Storm, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Winston Salem, NC | $974.79 |
| 90 | Zain Shahid, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Gainesville, FL | $970.39 |
| 91 | Andres Fajardo, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Indianapolis, IN | $960.77 |
| 92 | Adam Tanious, MD, MMSC, RPVI | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Charleston, SC | $954.52 |
| 93 | Rohit Vikram Tejwani, MD | Urology | Stanford, CA | $953.39 |
| 94 | W Anthony Lee, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Boca Raton, FL | $950.42 |
| 95 | Jean Bismuth, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Houston, TX | $912.55 |
| 96 | Kelechi Akuma, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Bay Shore, NY | $907.84 |
| 97 | Micheal T. Ayad, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Miami Beach, FL | $905.09 |
| 98 | Babak Abai, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Philadelphia, PA | $891.64 |
| 99 | Rafael Miguel Bustamante, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $890.83 |
| 100 | Vincent J. Flanders, MD | Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology | Indianapolis, IN | $885.10 |
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