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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

ALEJANDRO TORRES
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ALEJANDRO TORRES

Listed Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology
COLUMBIA UNVERSITY DEPARTMENT PEDIATRICS, 3959 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY, 10032
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DR. ALEJANDRO TORRES,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

24

payments

$10,672

payment total

3

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
 4 $7,950
Travel and Lodging
 7 $1,892
Food and Beverage
 13 $830

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†
ABSORB GT1

device

 $3,100
ABSORB

device

 $2,850
MELODY

device

 $2,500
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $2,000
IMPELLA

device

 $127
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $95
† 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 9, 2018 $2,850 ABSORB Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 9, 2018 $2,175 ABSORB GT1 Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Jan 29, 2018 $2,000 No Listed Product Consulting MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $925 ABSORB GT1 Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Jan 18, 2018 $696 MELODY Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $379 MELODY Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $346 MELODY Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $201 MELODY Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $188 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $175 MELODY Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $127 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Apr 26, 2018 $78 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $67 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $67 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $63 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $59 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $50 COREVALVE EVOLUT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $45 COREVALVE EVOLUT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $43 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $41 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $37 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $35 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $19 MELODY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $8 MELODY 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.