Alejandro Bribriesco
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Cleveland, OHNPI 1245493733
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $938,000 of the $967,590 with a category attached, or 96.9%. Paragonix Technologies, Inc. accounts for 99.3% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $589,739, more than ten times the $138 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) 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 193 payments — averaging $5013.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$961K
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Davol Inc.$615
- Johnson & Johnson$301
- Atricure, Inc.$166
- Medtronic$160
- plus $517 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$938,00097%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,0001%
- Travel & lodging$15,4782%
- Food & beverage$3,5240%
- Education$1,4390%
- Gifts$4,1480%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 137 | $961,181 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 30 | $4,650 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $615 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $301 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $166 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $160 |
| Michigan Critical Care Consultants, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $147 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $92 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $78 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $30 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 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.
How this compares
$967,590 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Cleveland
- 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
- Pablo Ruda VegaCleveland$98K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.