Aimee Armstrong
Pediatric Cardiology · Columbus, OHNPI 1326054560
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $264,313 of the $403,447 with a category attached, or 65.5%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 65.8% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $166,391 and has fallen 56.9% since, to $71,725 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 407 payments — averaging $991.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$266K
- Medtronic$79K
- Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.$15K
- Renata Medical, Inc.$13K
- Abbott$12K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$7K
- plus $12K from 4 others
Across 76 payments — averaging $6631.12 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$405K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$68K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$20K
- Medtronic$7K
- Abbott$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$264,31366%
- Speaking & faculty fees$58,97215%
- Travel & lodging$67,68017%
- Food & beverage$11,2683%
- Education$1,2150%
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 | 181 | $265,547 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 152 | $78,847 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 16 | $14,823 |
| Renata Medical, Inc. | 12 | $13,319 |
| Abbott | 9 | $11,683 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 18 | $7,424 |
| Cook Incorporated | 2 | $6,000 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 10 | $3,028 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 5 | $2,287 |
| Galt Medical | 2 | $488 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$217,592
- HARMONY$38,578
- Melody$31,268
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$25,935
- MINIMA STENT SYSTEM - 6MM$13,222
- MINIMA STENT SYSTEM - 8MM$13,222
- AMPLATZER Occluders$11,607
- NIT-OCCLUD PDA$2,781
- PROFUSION THERAPEUTIC INFUSION NEEDLE$2,100
- Artis pheno$703
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$381
- Cook$102
How this compares
$403,447 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 126 pediatric cardiology providers in Ohio.
Other pediatric cardiology in Columbus
- Kan HorColumbus$272K
- Linda CripeColumbus$66K
- Anna KampColumbus$29K
- Arash SalavitabarColumbus$28K
- Clifford CuaColumbus$18K
- Benjamin BlaisColumbus$5K
- William FogartyColumbus$4K
- Robert GajarskiColumbus$3K
- Rohan KumthekarColumbus$3K
- Amee BigelowColumbus$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.