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TORSTEN P VAHL
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TORSTEN P VAHL

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
177 FORT WASHINGTON AVE, 5TH FLOOR, 5C-501, NEW YORK, NY, 10032-3733
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DR. TORSTEN VAHL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

46

payments

$15,961

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
Consulting
 5 $8,700
Food and Beverage
 32 $2,480
Travel and Lodging
 7 $2,280
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $2,000
Honoraria
 1 $500

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†
PERCLOSE PROGLIDE SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE SYSTEM

device

 $3,000
PROSTAR XL SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $3,000
STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

device

 $3,000
ABSORB

device

 $2,950
ABSORB GT1

device

 $2,750
ARTIS Q.ZEN

device

 $2,316
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $1,682
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $1,513
OPTOWIRE

device

 $577
OPTOMONITOR

device

 $577
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $562
ARTIS PHENO

device

 $175
WATCHMAN

device

 $168
IMPELLA

device

 $143
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $55
SOMATOM FLASH

device

 $40
RESOLUTE

device

 $31
† 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
Apr 9, 2018 $2,950 ABSORB Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 26, 2018 $2,000 ARTIS Q.ZEN Promotional Speaking/Other SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $2,000 PERCLOSE PROGLIDE SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE SYSTEM PROSTAR XL SURGICAL SYSTEM STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 18, 2018 $1,925 ABSORB GT1 Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Jul 10, 2018 $1,000 PERCLOSE PROGLIDE SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE SYSTEM PROSTAR XL SURGICAL SYSTEM STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 27, 2018 $825 ABSORB GT1 Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Nov 7, 2018 $579 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $516 COREVALVE EVOLUT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 23, 2018 $500 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Honoraria OPSENS INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $351 COREVALVE EVOLUT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $316 ARTIS Q.ZEN Travel and Lodging SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $271 COREVALVE EVOLUT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $183 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Mar 1, 2018 $175 ARTIS PHENO Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $164 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Mar 15, 2018 $162 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 25, 2018 $156 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $143 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jun 22, 2018 $143 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 1, 2018 $142 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $129 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $126 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Nov 14, 2018 $119 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 20, 2018 $112 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 4, 2018 $92 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $86 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $83 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $77 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Food and Beverage OPSENS INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $71 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $64 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $57 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 14, 2018 $55 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Mar 16, 2018 $41 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Mar 16, 2018 $41 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 13, 2018 $41 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 13, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Mar 16, 2018 $35 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Oct 27, 2018 $31 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $29 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 11, 2018 $27 SOMATOM FLASH Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $26 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Mar 22, 2018 $25 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 22, 2018 $25 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 13, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 12, 2018 $12 SOMATOM FLASH Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $8 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.