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BRUCE TJADEN
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BRUCE TJADEN

Listed Specialty: Surgery
6400 FANNIN ST, SUITE 2850, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-5389
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DR. BRUCE TJADEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

43

payments

$5,816

payment total

7

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
Travel and Lodging
 7 $2,072
Food and Beverage
 34 $1,927
Honoraria
 1 $1,750
Education
 1 $66

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†
CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $1,907
TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $1,449
VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE

device

 $1,199
VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $533
COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH

device

 $209
ENDURANT

device

 $149
COOK MEDICAL AAA

device

 $119
AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL

device

 $109
VASCULAR GRAFT

device

 $66
FLEXITOUCH

device

 $28
ACTITOUCH

device

 $28
ENTRE

device

 $28
EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $26
HI-TORQUE COMMAND GUIDE WIRE

device

 $20
† 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
Jan 23, 2018 $1,750 CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Honoraria W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. BRYN MAWR COMMUNICATIONS LLC
Mar 9, 2018 $646 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $638 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $268 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $217 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $179 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $168 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $146 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $142 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 14, 2018 $140 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $125 COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Jun 12, 2018 $119 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jun 2, 2018 $112 CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $111 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 21, 2018 $109 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $109 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $89 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $84 COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jan 17, 2018 $66 VASCULAR GRAFT Education W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. ELSEVIER OFFICE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
Feb 15, 2018 $41 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $41 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $39 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $37 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $36 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $35 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $32 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 23, 2018 $32 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
May 14, 2018 $31 CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $28 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Mar 6, 2018 $26 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $22 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $21 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $21 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
May 2, 2018 $20 HI-TORQUE COMMAND GUIDE WIRE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 1, 2018 $20 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $19 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $18 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $17 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $16 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $14 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $13 CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $12 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $5 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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