Aaron Clark
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, ILNPI 1245791797
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 86 payments — averaging $77.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$992
- Medtronic$564
- Bolton Medical Inc$293
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$244
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,87428%
- Food & beverage$4,46767%
- Education$2954%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 12 | $1,565 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 22 | $1,487 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 17 | $992 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $564 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $293 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $244 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $215 |
| Helios Cardio Inc | 1 | $210 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $209 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $208 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $168 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $78 |
| Abbott | 2 | $59 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $23 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $19 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$534
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$526
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$501
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$329
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$293
- CARDIAMEND$210
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$193
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$180
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$180
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$166
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$163
- RESTOREFLOW$144
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$140
- ECM Patch,Pouch$139
- Penditure$113
- Octopus$107
- Impella$105
How this compares
$6,635 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Chicago
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$1.8M
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$1.3M
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$1.1M
- Duc PhamChicago$529K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$366K
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Christopher SalernoChicago$212K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Charles CampbellChicago$187K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.