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RALPH J DAMIANO
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RALPH J DAMIANO

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
4921 PARKVIEW PL, STE 8A, SAINT LOUIS, MO, 63110-1032
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DR. RALPH DAMIANO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

44

payments

$15,818

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
Consulting
 1 $10,450
Food and Beverage
 35 $2,685
Travel and Lodging
 7 $1,683
Education
 1 $1,000

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $11,670
INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE

device

 $1,144
AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL

device

 $1,000
MITRAL RING - MEMO 3D RECHORD

device

 $1,000
CARDIOBLATE

device

 $289
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $284
CRYOFLEX

device

 $213
ACC2 CARDIAC CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $194
GENERAL STENTS

device

 $157
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $152
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $129
ARTIS Q

device

 $122
AVALUS

device

 $107
3F

device

 $100
OSTENE

device

 $92
ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION

device

 $84
ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $84
CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PHYSIO II ANNULOPLASTY RING

device

 $69
IGT UNDIVIDED

device

 $68
TISSEEL

drug

 $19
ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM

device

 $10
† 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 17, 2018 $10,450 No Listed Product Consulting EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jul 24, 2018 $1,000 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL MITRAL RING - MEMO 3D RECHORD Education LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $589 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 10, 2018 $429 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Oct 23, 2018 $321 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Nov 28, 2018 $168 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Oct 19, 2018 $164 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 2, 2018 $157 GENERAL STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 15, 2018 $152 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $142 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 4, 2018 $142 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 24, 2018 $129 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 27, 2018 $125 CRYOFLEX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 28, 2018 $123 CARDIOBLATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 29, 2018 $122 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 13, 2018 $122 ARTIS Q Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
May 22, 2018 $122 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $110 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 26, 2018 $110 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 29, 2018 $110 ACC2 CARDIAC CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $107 AVALUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $100 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $92 OSTENE Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Mar 28, 2018 $84 ACC2 CARDIAC CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $69 CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PHYSIO II ANNULOPLASTY RING Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jul 10, 2018 $68 IGT UNDIVIDED Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Oct 24, 2018 $65 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 23, 2018 $63 CARDIOBLATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $60 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 30, 2018 $49 CARDIOBLATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 28, 2018 $41 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 13, 2018 $27 CARDIOBLATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 27, 2018 $23 CRYOFLEX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $21 CRYOFLEX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $20 CRYOFLEX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $19 TISSEEL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Sep 27, 2018 $18 CRYOFLEX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $16 CARDIOBLATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Nov 7, 2018 $11 CARDIOBLATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $10 ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Apr 2, 2018 $6 CRYOFLEX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.