Aaron Kunamalla
Cardiovascular Disease · Boston, MANPI 1477087872
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $80,000 of the $85,522 with a category attached, or 93.5%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 59.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $83,570 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $745 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 72 payments — averaging $1187.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$51K
- Boston Scientific$30K
- Abbott$3K
- Abiomed$441
- Medtronic$167
- Novo Nordisk$125
- plus $477 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$80,00094%
- Travel & lodging$1,6122%
- Food & beverage$3,6124%
- Education$2980%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 12 | $50,606 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $30,426 |
| Abbott | 24 | $3,281 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $441 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $167 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $125 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 5 | $118 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $59 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Opsens Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Novartis | 1 | $29 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- MitraClip$2,283
- Impella$441
- PORTICO$168
- ONYX FRONTIER$161
- NAVITOR$150
- Diamondback Coronary$136
- ENSITE PRECISION$135
- TRICLIP$135
- AVVIGO Guidance System$132
- STINGRAY$101
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$101
How this compares
$85,522 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 750 cardiovascular disease providers in Massachusetts.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 12 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Boston
- Marc SabatineBoston$3.9M
- Elizabeth NabelBoston$2.2M
- Kenneth RosenfieldBoston$1.4M
- James JanuzziBoston$1.1M
- Muthiah VaduganathanBoston$972K
- Joseph LoscalzoBoston$926K
- Sunil KapurBoston$823K
- Paul ZeiBoston$786K
- Paul RidkerBoston$572K
- Ignacio Inglessis-AzuajeBoston$545K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.