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SONIA RAMAMOORTHY
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SONIA RAMAMOORTHY

Listed Specialty: Surgery
3855 HEALTH SCIENCES DR, MAIL CODE 0987, LA JOLLA, CA, 92093-0987
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DR. SONIA RAMAMOORTHY,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

30

payments

$22,210

payment total

6

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 $16,200
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $4,000
Food and Beverage
 26 $1,461
Travel and Lodging
 1 $550

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†
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $16,215
ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $16,215
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $8,622
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY CURVED INTRALUMINAL STAPLER

device

 $8,468
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $8,422
STRATAFIX

device

 $8,000
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $4,491
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $770
ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS

device

 $422
4-K

device

 $24
FLOSEAL

drug

 $20
† 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 14, 2018 $8,200 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER ECHELON FLEX STAPLER ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY CURVED INTRALUMINAL STAPLER Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 21, 2018 $8,000 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY STRATAFIX Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. ABRSLR CORP
Aug 15, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $550 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging COVIDIEN LP
Aug 15, 2018 $300 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $116 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Feb 23, 2018 $113 ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY CURVED INTRALUMINAL STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $113 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $102 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $80 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $69 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $65 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $53 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $53 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $50 ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY CURVED INTRALUMINAL STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $38 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $38 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $35 ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY CURVED INTRALUMINAL STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $35 ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY CURVED INTRALUMINAL STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $35 ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY CURVED INTRALUMINAL STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $31 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $26 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Mar 19, 2018 $20 FLOSEAL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
May 22, 2018 $15 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Dec 13, 2018 $13 4-K Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $12 4-K Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $6 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $6 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.