Cordis US Corp.: payments to clinicians
2,068 clinicians received $1,293,404 from Cordis US Corp. in 2025; Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (64%) was consulting fees, then speaking and faculty fees (14%). The largest single recipient (Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, North Carolina) received $632,637.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,293,404 | 3,827 | 2,068 |
| 2024 | $1,104,785 | 2,448 | 1,538 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George L. Adams, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Garner, NC | $632,637 |
| 2 | Sameh Sayfo | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Plano, TX | $53,292 |
| 3 | Aloke Virmani Finn, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Baltimore, MD | $53,157 |
| 4 | Brian C. Kolski, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Orange, CA | $40,587 |
| 5 | Jimmy Lee Kerrigan, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Nashville, TN | $36,629 |
| 6 | Tony S. Das, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Dallas, TX | $32,893 |
| 7 | Matthew J. Price, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | La Jolla, CA | $20,471 |
| 8 | Margaret Bridget McEntegart, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New York, NY | $18,603 |
| 9 | Mohamed Badreldin Elshazly, M.D | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Lake Mary, FL | $15,408 |
| 10 | Mahmoud Malas, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | La Jolla, CA | $15,050 |
| 11 | Hayder Dhafir Hashim, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Washington, DC | $14,897 |
| 12 | Ehrin J. Armstrong, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Englewood, CO | $14,591 |
| 13 | Erin Heather Murphy, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Charlotte, NC | $13,659 |
| 14 | Rhian Elizabeth Davies, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | York, PA | $13,136 |
| 15 | Joseph McNeill Bumgarner, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Raleigh, NC | $12,784 |
| 16 | Eric Alexander Secemsky, MD, MSC | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Boston, MA | $12,304 |
| 17 | John M. Lasala, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Saint Louis, MO | $12,140 |
| 18 | Marie-France Poulin | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Boston, MA | $11,445 |
| 19 | Hannah I. Chaudry, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Lebanon, NH | $10,932 |
| 20 | Kevin J. Makati, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Lutz, FL | $10,884 |
| 21 | Mahesh Namburu Raju, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Downers Grove, IL | $10,873 |
| 22 | Mark James Goodwin, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Naperville, IL | $9,348 |
| 23 | William J. Nicholson, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Atlanta, GA | $8,800 |
| 24 | Michael Fred Stiefel, MD | Neurological Surgery | Atlanta, GA | $7,227 |
| 25 | Martin Bert Leon, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New York, NY | $6,500 |
| 26 | Donald E. Cutlip, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Boston, MA | $5,996 |
| 27 | Sanjaya Kumar Gupta, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Kansas City, MO | $5,885 |
| 28 | Bret N. Wiechmann, MD | Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology | Gainesville, FL | $5,361 |
| 29 | Santhosh J. Mathews, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Bradenton, FL | $5,183 |
| 30 | David E. Kandzari, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Atlanta, GA | $4,796 |
| 31 | Peter A. Schneider, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Honolulu, HI | $3,678 |
| 32 | David Gregory Brabham, DO | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Amarillo, TX | $3,675 |
| 33 | Foluso A. Fakorede, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Cleveland, MS | $3,540 |
| 34 | Jeffrey G. Carr, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Tyler, TX | $3,169 |
| 35 | Mark D. Metzl, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Evanston, IL | $3,139 |
| 36 | Sonya S. Noor, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Buffalo, NY | $3,111 |
| 37 | Jennifer Ann Tremmel, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Stanford, CA | $2,932 |
| 38 | Abdulhakeem Saleh A Alghamdi | Neurological Surgery | Jacksonville, FL | $2,811 |
| 39 | Jon C. George, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Philadelphia, PA | $2,749 |
| 40 | Lee A. Fox, M.D. | Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology | Jupiter, FL | $2,656 |
| 41 | Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Scottsdale, AZ | $1,993 |
| 42 | Christopher J. Lesar, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Chattanooga, TN | $1,871 |
| 43 | Dwijesh Bhupendrakumar Patel, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Raleigh, NC | $1,625 |
| 44 | Joyce Lu, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Fremont, CA | $1,601 |
| 45 | Juan Pastor-Cervantes, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Hollywood, FL | $1,600 |
| 46 | Daniel Burkhoff, MD PHD | Health Educator | Saddlebrook, NJ | $1,590 |
| 47 | Alan Ching-Yuen Yeung, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Stanford, CA | $1,538 |
| 48 | Martyn Knowles, MD | Surgery | Raleigh, NC | $1,500 |
| 49 | Joshua Nassir Hernandez, MD | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Lancaster, OH | $1,393 |
| 50 | Allen Jeremias, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | E Setauket, NY | $1,373 |
| 51 | Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Kansas City, KS | $1,337 |
| 52 | Abdul Baqi, MD | Internal Medicine | Detroit, MI | $1,322 |
| 53 | Kathir Selvan Subramanian, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1,250 |
| 54 | Henry Cusnir, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Plantation, FL | $1,250 |
| 55 | Mauricio G. Cohen, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Miami, FL | $1,200 |
| 56 | Chizoba Joakin Ezepue, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Vascular Neurology | Bridgeton, MO | $1,166 |
| 57 | Arber Kodra, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New York, NY | $1,122 |
| 58 | Tai Pham | Internal Medicine | Sacramento, CA | $1,100 |
| 59 | Anan Tawil, MBBS | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | Corvallis, OR | $1,080 |
| 60 | Vin Shen Ban, MD | Neurological Surgery | Newark, NJ | $1,032 |
| 61 | Andrew James Brenyo, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Rock Hill, SC | $1,000 |
| 62 | Pradeep Krishnan Nair, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Houma, LA | $965.21 |
| 63 | Varinder Singh Phangureh, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | San Leandro, CA | $960.00 |
| 64 | Abid Christopher Mogannam, M.D., M.B.A. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | San Jose, CA | $960.00 |
| 65 | Ripal Tarun Gandhi, M.D. | Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology | Miami, FL | $862.59 |
| 66 | Craig Michael Walker, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Houma, LA | $793.22 |
| 67 | Mohamed Azeem Latib, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Bronx, NY | $790.00 |
| 68 | David Day Song, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New York, NY | $782.86 |
| 69 | Matthew Joseph Comstock, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Tulsa, OK | $755.49 |
| 70 | Michael D. Ingegno, M.D. | Surgery, Vascular Surgery | San Leandro, CA | $700.00 |
| 71 | Amit Hooda, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New York, NY | $696.97 |
| 72 | Rebecca Jane Mueller, MD | Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology | Bridgeton, MO | $656.77 |
| 73 | Ramzan Muhammad Zakir, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | New Brunswick, NJ | $648.97 |
| 74 | David Christopher Metzger, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Kingsport, TN | $600.00 |
| 75 | Robert E. Beasley, MD | Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology | Miami, FL | $589.25 |
| 76 | Mayer Rashtian, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Pasadena, CA | $567.47 |
| 77 | Zarina Sharalaya | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Frisco, TX | $553.97 |
| 78 | Jasvindar Singh, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Saint Louis, MO | $547.98 |
| 79 | Rajiv Seth Swamy, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Sanford, NC | $531.75 |
| 80 | Samer Abbas, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | East Chicago, IN | $518.59 |
| 81 | Mehdi Hassan Shishehbor, DO | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Castro Valley, CA | $518.39 |
| 82 | Mustanser Mahmood Badar, MD, MPH, RPVI | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Albany, NY | $507.75 |
| 83 | Garrett B. Wong, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Sacramento, CA | $505.99 |
| 84 | Vishal Kapur, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | New York, NY | $505.63 |
| 85 | Anil K. Gehi, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Chapel Hill, NC | $497.31 |
| 86 | Matthew S. Baker, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Chapel Hill, NC | $497.30 |
| 87 | Arvind S. Nirula, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Fountain Valley, CA | $495.04 |
| 88 | Swathi Sathyanarayana Rao, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Columbia, SC | $489.33 |
| 89 | Wilbur Knowlton Freeman III, DO | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Phoenix, AZ | $479.74 |
| 90 | Katelyn R. Freeman, NP | Nurse Practitioner | Phoenix, AZ | $475.07 |
| 91 | Jonathan Chong Hsu, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | San Diego, CA | $473.44 |
| 92 | Benjamin Jenny, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Mesa, AZ | $469.52 |
| 93 | Santiago Andres Garcia, MD | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Cincinnati, OH | $450.00 |
| 94 | Andrea Soares, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Sacramento, CA | $431.67 |
| 95 | Faisal Fiazuddin Syed, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Sanford, NC | $430.85 |
| 96 | Claudio Bonometti, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Las Vegas, NV | $420.89 |
| 97 | Nicholas Hendricks, MD | Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology | Miami Lakes, FL | $395.83 |
| 98 | David Zhiqiang Lan, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Germantown, TN | $379.15 |
| 99 | Awad Javaid, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | San Antonio, TX | $361.38 |
| 100 | Bosede Adesola Afolabi, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Tampa, FL | $356.42 |
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