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Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
1515 HOLCOMBE BLVD, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-4009
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

41

payments

$35,221

payment total

5

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
 2 $22,000
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $7,700
Travel and Lodging
 13 $4,235
Food and Beverage
 25 $1,286

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†
EXPAREL

drug

 $33,915
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $1,032
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $138
AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL

device

 $109
CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM

device

 $27
† 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
Mar 23, 2018 $11,000 EXPAREL Consulting PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Mar 23, 2018 $11,000 EXPAREL Consulting PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jan 12, 2018 $7,700 EXPAREL Promotional Speaking/Other PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Mar 23, 2018 $1,269 EXPAREL Travel and Lodging PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Mar 23, 2018 $1,175 EXPAREL Travel and Lodging PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jul 31, 2018 $394 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $328 EXPAREL Travel and Lodging PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jan 19, 2018 $324 EXPAREL Travel and Lodging PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Dec 6, 2018 $209 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $200 EXPAREL Travel and Lodging PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Feb 13, 2018 $199 EXPAREL Travel and Lodging PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Aug 10, 2018 $141 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $138 No Listed Product Food and Beverage AURIS HEALTH, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $113 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Feb 14, 2018 $112 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jul 21, 2018 $109 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $93 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $90 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $70 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Mar 23, 2018 $49 EXPAREL Travel and Lodging PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jan 20, 2018 $48 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Feb 13, 2018 $46 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Mar 23, 2018 $45 EXPAREL Travel and Lodging PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jan 20, 2018 $38 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Feb 14, 2018 $33 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Feb 15, 2018 $33 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Feb 13, 2018 $33 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Feb 13, 2018 $30 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jan 27, 2018 $27 CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $27 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jan 20, 2018 $26 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jul 31, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $15 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $15 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $13 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $13 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $10 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Feb 13, 2018 $7 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jan 19, 2018 $3 EXPAREL Travel and Lodging PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
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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.