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THOMAS J DESMARAIS
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THOMAS J DESMARAIS

Listed Specialty: Vascular Surgery
1 BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL PLZ, SAINT LOUIS, MO, 63110-1003
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DR. THOMAS DESMARAIS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

19

payments

$1,421

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
Education
 3 $882
Food and Beverage
 16 $539

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†
C3 DELIVERY SYSTEM

device

 $497
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $318
CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $230
CROSSER

device

 $152
LUTONIX

device

 $143
COOK MEDICAL CUSTOM MADE DEVICE

device

 $90
ENDURANT

device

 $81
LIFESTENT

device

 $35
PERCLOSE PROGLIDE SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE SYSTEM

device

 $24
E. LUMINEXX

device

 $15
ULTRAVERSE

device

 $15
RELAY PLUS

device

 $15
† 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 22, 2018 $385 C3 DELIVERY SYSTEM Education W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $318 No Listed Product Education MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $179 CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Education W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $108 LUTONIX CROSSER Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $90 COOK MEDICAL CUSTOM MADE DEVICE Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Aug 11, 2018 $68 C3 DELIVERY SYSTEM Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $34 CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $31 C3 DELIVERY SYSTEM Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $29 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $27 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $24 PERCLOSE PROGLIDE SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 18, 2018 $24 CROSSER Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $20 LUTONIX LIFESTENT CROSSER Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $17 CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $15 LIFESTENT LUTONIX ULTRAVERSE E. LUMINEXX Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $15 RELAY PLUS Food and Beverage BOLTON MEDICAL INC
Jul 8, 2018 $14 C3 DELIVERY SYSTEM Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $13 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $12 ENDURANT 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.