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ALI ABOUFARES
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ALI ABOUFARES

Listed Specialty: Interventional Cardiology
115 E 57TH ST, SUITE 1240, NEW YORK, NY, 10022-2049
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DR. ALI ABOUFARES,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

76

payments

$2,778

payment total

17

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
Food and Beverage
 74 $2,298
Education
 2 $480

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†
EVLT

device

 $480
VARITHENA

drug

 $407
CLOSUREFAST

device

 $330
REPATHA

drug

 $219
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $178
GENERAL ATHERECTOMY

device

 $147
ENTRESTO

drug

 $146
CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $125
ELIQUIS

drug

 $124
PRADAXA

drug

 $116
COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX

device

 $115
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $112
CLARIVEIN

device

 $81
XARELTO

drug

 $60
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $36
DABRA LASER SYSTEM

device

 $26
EKOSONIC

device

 $23
METACROSS

device

 $21
BRILINTA

drug

 $20
CHANTIX

drug

 $20
SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM

device

 $12
† 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
Dec 31, 2018 $240 EVLT Education ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $240 EVLT Education ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $195 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $150 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $125 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $118 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $116 PRADAXA Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $115 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Oct 25, 2018 $112 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $105 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Mar 20, 2018 $104 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $36 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $34 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $29 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $28 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $26 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Nov 21, 2018 $26 DABRA LASER SYSTEM Food and Beverage RA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $24 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $24 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 16, 2018 $24 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 26, 2018 $24 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $23 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $23 EKOSONIC Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $23 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $23 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $23 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $22 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 24, 2018 $22 CLARIVEIN Food and Beverage VASCULAR INSIGHTS, LLC
Jul 11, 2018 $22 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $22 CLARIVEIN Food and Beverage VASCULAR INSIGHTS, LLC
Jun 27, 2018 $21 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 31, 2018 $21 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $21 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Sep 13, 2018 $21 METACROSS Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Oct 24, 2018 $20 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jul 11, 2018 $20 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
May 30, 2018 $20 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Aug 2, 2018 $20 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $20 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $19 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $19 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 7, 2018 $19 CLARIVEIN Food and Beverage VASCULAR INSIGHTS, LLC
Mar 7, 2018 $19 CLARIVEIN Food and Beverage VASCULAR INSIGHTS, LLC
Jul 24, 2018 $19 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $19 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 8, 2018 $19 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Sep 17, 2018 $19 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $18 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $18 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $18 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $18 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $17 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 1, 2018 $17 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $16 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $16 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $15 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $15 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $14 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $13 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $13 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $12 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $12 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $12 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 18, 2018 $12 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Mar 31, 2018 $12 SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 10, 2018 $12 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $9 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $8 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $8 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 20, 2018 $7 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 29, 2018 $7 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 30, 2018 $7 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 16, 2018 $6 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 28, 2018 $6 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 2, 2018 $5 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 28, 2018 $4 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.