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NEIL I GALINDEZ
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NEIL I GALINDEZ

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
3375 BURNS RD, STE 101, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL, 33410-4349
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DR. NEIL GALINDEZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

47

payments

$5,110

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
Food and Beverage
 34 $2,742
Travel and Lodging
 13 $2,368

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†
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $1,480
AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS

device

 $970
HEARTWARE HVAD

device

 $654
ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM

device

 $286
ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM

device

 $278
WATCHMAN

device

 $242
AFFINITY FUSION

device

 $223
AVALUS

device

 $221
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $197
MOSAIC

device

 $150
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $148
BIOPROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE

device

 $132
TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE

device

 $125
PROFILE 3D

device

 $4
SIMULUS

device

 $2
† 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
Sep 4, 2018 $515 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 30, 2018 $346 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $327 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 7, 2018 $258 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $213 HEARTWARE HVAD Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $209 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $150 MOSAIC Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $148 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 19, 2018 $148 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $145 ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $144 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $142 ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $133 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $132 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 1, 2018 $131 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $125 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 16, 2018 $124 AFFINITY FUSION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $122 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 9, 2018 $120 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 12, 2018 $120 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 8, 2018 $110 AVALUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $103 HEARTWARE HVAD Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $96 BIOPROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 2, 2018 $95 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 30, 2018 $93 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $76 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $70 AVALUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $70 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $69 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $67 AFFINITY FUSION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $60 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $54 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 21, 2018 $52 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 24, 2018 $47 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $40 AVALUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $38 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 27, 2018 $36 BIOPROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 27, 2018 $32 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 24, 2018 $32 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $31 AFFINITY FUSION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 1, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $21 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 4, 2018 $8 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 19, 2018 $7 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $4 PROFILE 3D Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $2 SIMULUS 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.