Alan Markowitz
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Cleveland, OHNPI 1821016916
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,613 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $462 in 2025.
Across 122 payments — averaging $103.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$303
- Artivion, Inc.$260
- Baxter Healthcare$208
- Atricure, Inc.$205
- plus $1K from 16 others
Across 138 payments — averaging $6798.82 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.
- Medtronic$854K
- Artivion, Inc.$76K
- Atricure, Inc.$9K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,74153%
- Food & beverage$5,90447%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 74 | $7,292 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 9 | $3,245 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $303 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 7 | $260 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $208 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $205 |
| Abbott | 1 | $187 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Enablecv Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $120 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $93 |
| Corcym Inc | 3 | $58 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Quest Medical Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $18 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Mosaic$1,842
- Avalus$1,658
- Octopus$409
- Freestyle$286
- Contour 3D$280
- Quantra QPlus System$216
- Epic$187
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$157
- FLOSEAL$154
- Cardioblate$152
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$148
- Penditure$148
- THRUPORT SYSTEMS INTRACLUDE INTRA-AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE$144
- CAPSUREFIX NOVUS MRI SURESCAN$141
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$137
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$137
- Simulus$128
- GIAPREZA$120
- CoreValve Evolut$113
- Venclose Maven Catheter$106
How this compares
$12,645 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Cleveland
- Alejandro BribriescoCleveland$968K
- Alan Marc GillinovCleveland$926K
- Edward SolteszCleveland$835K
- Salil DeoCleveland$419K
- Tomislav MihaljevicCleveland$387K
- Christopher ToweCleveland$370K
- Eric RoselliCleveland$253K
- Cristian BaezaCleveland$237K
- Zhen-Yu TongCleveland$222K
- Sudish MurthyCleveland$120K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.