Nuwellis, Inc.: payments to clinicians
133 clinicians received $175,647 from Nuwellis, Inc. in 2025; Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (60%) was speaking and faculty fees, then consulting fees (34%). The largest single recipient (Nurse Practitioner, California) received $57,140.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $175,647 | 182 | 133 |
| 2024 | $186,044 | 239 | 168 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joyce Sandra Khremian, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner | Los Angeles, CA | $57,140 |
| 2 | Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Naperville, IL | $48,625 |
| 3 | John Lynn Jefferies Jr., M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Memphis, TN | $30,000 |
| 4 | Amin A. Yehya, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Norfolk, VA | $9,512 |
| 5 | Sean Pinney, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | New York, NY | $7,000 |
| 6 | Sitaramesh Emani, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Cincinnati, OH | $5,120 |
| 7 | Maria Virginia Devita, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | New York, NY | $2,400 |
| 8 | Jennifer Ann Cowger, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Detroit, MI | $2,100 |
| 9 | Dana Young Fuhrman, DO | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 |
| 10 | Steven G. Coca, D.O., M.S. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| 11 | Kyle Merrill, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Iowa City, IA | $509.63 |
| 12 | Umesh K. Gidwani, MD, MS | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | New York, NY | $346.23 |
| 13 | Kara Short, CRNP | Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics | Birmingham, AL | $283.45 |
| 14 | Brynna L. Van Wyk, ARNP | Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics | Iowa City, IA | $240.44 |
| 15 | Salar Syed Badruddin, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Tampa, FL | $177.46 |
| 16 | Lawrence D. Spack, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Orlando, FL | $174.92 |
| 17 | Jose Alfonso Decamps-Solano | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Orlando, FL | $174.92 |
| 18 | Augustine Enyinna Agocha, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Tampa, FL | $169.33 |
| 19 | Jamia Washington | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Lutz, FL | $169.33 |
| 20 | Jorge A. Ramirez, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Orlando, FL | $164.04 |
| 21 | Sybil D. Crain, NP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Spartanburg, SC | $154.17 |
| 22 | Estefania Rodriguez Ballestas, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Orlando, FL | $154.17 |
| 23 | Farhan Siddiqui, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Spartanburg, SC | $154.17 |
| 24 | Tamara L. Tackett, NP | Nurse Practitioner | Spartanburg, SC | $154.17 |
| 25 | Hunter Wallace Harrison | Physician Assistant | Greenville, SC | $154.17 |
| 26 | Stuart Frederick Reynolds, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Spartanburg, SC | $154.16 |
| 27 | Khaled Abdelmagid, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology | Orlando, FL | $152.20 |
| 28 | Frank William Ayestaran Cassani, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Tampa, FL | $152.20 |
| 29 | Glenda Lee Martinez, ARNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Orlando, FL | $152.20 |
| 30 | Valerie M. Panzarino, MD | Pediatrics | Tampa, FL | $152.20 |
| 31 | Taylor Ann Kress, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Medical | Tampa, FL | $152.20 |
| 32 | Mark Anthony Stephens, MD, MPH | Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | Lexington, KY | $152.20 |
| 33 | Marc Patrick Underhill, M.D. | Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology | Orlando, FL | $152.20 |
| 34 | Nicole M. Slone, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Orlando, FL | $152.20 |
| 35 | Astrid Dayanara Soto-Ruiz, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Daytona Beach, FL | $152.20 |
| 36 | Kayleah Cumpian, MD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Orlando, FL | $152.20 |
| 37 | Pablo Gomez III, M.D. | Urology, Pediatric Urology | Orlando, FL | $152.20 |
| 38 | Jason Burnham | Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics | Indianapolis, IN | $151.44 |
| 39 | Ellen Marie Cody, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Milwaukee, WI | $151.44 |
| 40 | Kera Elizabeth Luckritz, DO | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Ann Arbor, MI | $151.44 |
| 41 | Amy E. Strong, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Iowa City, IA | $151.44 |
| 42 | Stephanie Peters, CPNP-AC | Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics | Columbus, OH | $151.44 |
| 43 | Nirav Y. Raval, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Tampa, FL | $149.96 |
| 44 | Amulya Rajagopal | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Clearwater, FL | $149.95 |
| 45 | Geraldo A. Ramos, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | St. Petersburg, FL | $149.95 |
| 46 | James Dennis Odum Jr., MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Kansas City, MO | $125.00 |
| 47 | Lindsey Marie Gordon, DO | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Columbia, SC | $125.00 |
| 48 | Tennille N. Webb, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Birmingham, AL | $125.00 |
| 49 | Monica Tucci Cramer, D.O. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Columbia, SC | $125.00 |
| 50 | David J. Askenazi, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Birmingham, AL | $124.99 |
| 51 | David Seth Cooper, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Cincinnati, OH | $112.22 |
| 52 | Rabia Siddiqi Khan, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology | Iowa City, IA | $110.25 |
| 53 | Michael George Michalopulos, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Iowa City, IA | $110.25 |
| 54 | Lyndsay A. Harshman, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Iowa City, IA | $110.25 |
| 55 | Lindsey Justice, RN, CNP | Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics | Cincinnati, OH | $89.78 |
| 56 | Patricia L. Raimer, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Akron, OH | $89.78 |
| 57 | Michael Joseph Martinez, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | New York, NY | $89.78 |
| 58 | Jonathan Jakob Khoubian, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Los Angeles, CA | $89.78 |
| 59 | Michael Peter Kim, D.O. | Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine | Los Angeles, CA | $89.78 |
| 60 | Steven A. Haley, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Dallas, TX | $88.83 |
| 61 | Roderick H. Tung, MD | Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Chicago, IL | $75.00 |
| 62 | James Oware Ampadu, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Columbia, SC | $36.86 |
| 63 | Vidya Sagar, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Clearwater, FL | $36.57 |
| 64 | Michael T. Oszczakiewicz, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Beaumont, TX | $34.75 |
| 65 | Atul Poudel, MD | Pediatrics | Lubbock, TX | $33.84 |
| 66 | Keith G. Anderson, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | Germantown, TN | $33.03 |
| 67 | Cailyn Hereen Rood, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 68 | Julia Kathryn Weld, DO | Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 69 | Kavita Mistry | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 70 | Taylor Smith | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 71 | Peta-Maree Ann Alexander, MBBS | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 72 | Victoria Habet, D.O. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 73 | Lisa E. Klosterboer, CPNP AC/PC | Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 74 | Jason S. Kerstein | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 75 | Laura Elizabeth Mahoney, PA | Physician Assistant | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 76 | Erin Marie Eggers, RN MSN CPNP | Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 77 | Sarah Goldberg, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 78 | Lee Patrick Ferguson, MBCHB | Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 79 | Lauren Roach, M.D. | Pediatrics | Atlanta, GA | $30.48 |
| 80 | Elizabeth R. Pace, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 81 | Bryan D. Siegel, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 82 | Valerie K. Bailey, NP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 83 | Ravi Thiagarajan, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 84 | Kathryn Restaino, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 85 | John Nagi Kheir, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 86 | Katherine Teresa Whelan, MSN, RN, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 87 | Oltea Shahini, APRN, CPNP-PC | Nurse Practitioner | San Francisco, CA | $30.48 |
| 88 | Douglas Burton Atkinson, MD | Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 89 | Diana Leslie Geisser, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 90 | Amandeep Sehra, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Washington, DC | $30.48 |
| 91 | Edward Aloysius Horgan III, P.A. | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 92 | Ben D. Albert, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 93 | Whitney A. Parks, CPNP-AC | Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics, Critical Care | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 94 | Christopher Valle | Internal Medicine, Adult Congenital Heart Disease | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 95 | Jun Sasaki, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $30.48 |
| 96 | Katie Elaine Thompson, NP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Roswell, GA | $30.34 |
| 97 | Priya Verghese, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Chicago, IL | $29.92 |
| 98 | Lakhmir S. Chawla, MD | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Washington, DC | $29.36 |
| 99 | Anita Tambay Perez | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Charleston, SC | $28.27 |
| 100 | Jeffrey Clay Fletcher Jr., D.O. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | San Antonio, TX | $27.15 |
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