Ahmad Zeeshan, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Orlando, FLNPI 1336292010
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abiomed accounts for 87.6% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $66,411 and has fallen 83.9% since, to $10,664 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL 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 220 payments — averaging $384.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$74K
- Bolton Medical Inc$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Transmedics, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$779
- plus $2K from 13 others
Across 43 payments — averaging $2116.83 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$62K
- Abbott$18K
- Medtronic$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,0002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$47,10056%
- Travel & lodging$18,66722%
- Food & beverage$16,92120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 126 | $74,150 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 13 | $2,877 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 18 | $2,021 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 1 | $1,669 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,134 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $779 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 8 | $522 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 9 | $442 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $324 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $129 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $101 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $82 |
| Stryker | 3 | $56 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $27 |
| Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Briohealth Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Impella$67,087
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$1,669
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,165
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$849
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$676
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$469
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$392
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$384
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$335
- Relay Grafts$249
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$237
- CARDIOHELP$220
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$172
- ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM$172
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$151
- Barostim Neo System$150
- VITALFLOW CONSOLE$145
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$137
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$137
- Grafts$131
How this compares
$84,687 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Orlando
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Kevin AccolaOrlando$313K
- Lawrence LeeOrlando$252K
- Marcelo DasilvaOrlando$150K
- Farid GharagozlooOrlando$61K
- Michael HannaOrlando$52K
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.