Alejandro Torres
Pediatric Cardiology · New York, NYNPI 1508833567
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 57.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $22,986 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $247 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in NY 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 168 payments — averaging $401.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$39K
- Abbott$15K
- Medtronic$7K
- Abiomed$5K
- B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.$1K
- Philips North America LLC$366
- plus $110 from 3 others
Across 71 payments — averaging $8598.46 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$604K
- Abbott$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$30,62545%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,8007%
- Travel & lodging$25,93338%
- Food & beverage$4,8897%
- Education$1,2002%
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 | 78 | $38,627 |
| Abbott | 31 | $14,651 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 39 | $7,439 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $5,221 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 7 | $1,033 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $366 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $24 |
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$32,097
- ABSORB$8,200
- Absorb GT1$5,400
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$5,368
- Impella$5,221
- HARMONY$3,900
- Melody$1,639
- AMPLATZER$518
- AMPLATZER Occluders$343
- Azurion 7 B20$339
How this compares
$67,447 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 147 pediatric cardiology providers in New York.
Other pediatric cardiology in New York
- Barry LoveNew York$164K
- Ellis RochelsonNew York$37K
- Achiau LudomirskyNew York$30K
- Teresa LeeNew York$22K
- Robert PassNew York$13K
- Matthew CrystalNew York$12K
- Oliver BarryNew York$7K
- Jeffrey DaytonNew York$7K
- Manu VarmaNew York$6K
- Erika Berman-RosenzweigNew York$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.