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KARIM ALAVI
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KARIM ALAVI

Listed Specialty: Colon & Rectal Surgery
67 BELMONT ST, COLORECTAL SURGERY, WORCESTER, MA, 01605-2657
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DR. KARIM ALAVI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

30

payments

$15,464

payment total

10

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Education
 8 $7,689
Consulting
 2 $4,166
Honoraria
 1 $2,000
Travel and Lodging
 7 $1,034
Food and Beverage
 12 $575

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
EVIS EXERA

device

 $6,755
OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES

device

 $6,656
OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES

device

 $6,656
OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES

device

 $6,656
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $4,216
GELPOINT PATH

device

 $2,543
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $1,757
AIRSEAL

device

 $122
XIFAXAN

drug

 $24
ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $18
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $18
XELJANZ

drug

 $17
EXPAREL

drug

 $12
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
May 17, 2018 $4,293 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES Education OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
Apr 26, 2018 $3,788 No Listed Product Consulting OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Jul 26, 2018 $2,000 GELPOINT PATH Honoraria APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
May 17, 2018 $1,263 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES Education OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
Dec 12, 2018 $1,250 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $379 No Listed Product Consulting OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Jun 29, 2018 $364 GELPOINT PATH Travel and Lodging APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
May 17, 2018 $253 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES Education OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
May 17, 2018 $253 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES Education OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
Dec 13, 2018 $186 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $179 GELPOINT PATH Travel and Lodging APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
Nov 9, 2018 $177 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $140 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
May 17, 2018 $126 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES Education OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
May 17, 2018 $126 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES Education OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
May 17, 2018 $126 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES Education OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
May 19, 2018 $122 AIRSEAL Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
May 22, 2018 $99 EVIS EXERA Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $75 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $50 No Listed Product Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Dec 12, 2018 $41 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 9, 2018 $40 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
Nov 9, 2018 $27 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $24 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
Apr 4, 2018 $24 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jan 30, 2018 $18 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jul 27, 2018 $17 XELJANZ Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $12 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
May 9, 2018 $8 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
May 9, 2018 $5 EVIS EXERA OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS SURGICAL ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE AMERICAS
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.