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ANDREAS G SAKOPOULOS
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ANDREAS G SAKOPOULOS

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
6 WOODLAND RD, SUITE #304, SAINT HELENA, CA, 94574-9501
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DR. ANDREAS SAKOPOULOS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

62

payments

$18,675

payment total

12

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
 11 $13,114
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $3,500
Food and Beverage
 48 $2,055
Education
 1 $6

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†
ENDURANT

device

 $17,254
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $194
XARELTO

drug

 $140
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $133
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $127
ENTRESTO

drug

 $120
AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL

device

 $116
EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $105
INNOVA

device

 $102
IRRIGATED ABLATION CATHETERS

device

 $101
DARE TO C.A.R.E.

device

 $65
JETSTREAM

device

 $61
VALIANT CAPTIVIA

device

 $30
ACCULINK CAROTID STENT SYSTEM

device

 $21
ANGIOSEAL

device

 $21
AZUR

device

 $21
OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM

device

 $20
3F

device

 $17
ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM

device

 $15
ABSOLUTE PRO VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM

device

 $14
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $11
IN.PACT ADMIRAL

device

 $5
HAWKONE

device

 $4
† 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 20, 2018 $6,167 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $6,167 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $2,500 ENDURANT Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Opus Cardias Inc
Oct 16, 2018 $1,000 ENDURANT Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Opus Cardias Inc
Apr 22, 2018 $283 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $186 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $149 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $125 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $120 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Dec 6, 2018 $120 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 17, 2018 $118 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Aug 5, 2018 $116 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $111 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 11, 2018 $106 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 5, 2018 $105 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $101 IRRIGATED ABLATION CATHETERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 18, 2018 $95 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $89 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 29, 2018 $83 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 24, 2018 $82 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $75 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $70 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $65 DARE TO C.A.R.E. Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 25, 2018 $49 INNOVA Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 11, 2018 $41 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $40 INNOVA Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 20, 2018 $36 JETSTREAM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 22, 2018 $31 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $28 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $25 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $21 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 6, 2018 $21 ACCULINK CAROTID STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 26, 2018 $21 ANGIOSEAL AZUR Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $20 OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 22, 2018 $20 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $20 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $19 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $19 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $19 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $17 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $16 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $15 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $14 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jan 18, 2018 $14 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $14 ABSOLUTE PRO VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 5, 2018 $14 INNOVA Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 9, 2018 $13 JETSTREAM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 8, 2018 $13 JETSTREAM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 11, 2018 $12 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $11 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Apr 22, 2018 $11 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Food and Beverage KLS-MARTIN L.P.
Jan 11, 2018 $7 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $6 XARELTO Education JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Apr 22, 2018 $6 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $5 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $5 IN.PACT ADMIRAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $4 HAWKONE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $3 ENDURANT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $3 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $3 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $3 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.