Alok Sharma
Interventional Cardiology · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1750542049
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (34.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cardiovascular Systems Inc. at 29.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,387 and has fallen 93.2% since, to $636 in 2025.
Across 167 payments — averaging $128.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$6K
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Medtronic$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Abiomed$346
- plus $568 from 4 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $13,375 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.
- Gentuity, LLC$161K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,30034%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9004%
- Travel & lodging$5,90728%
- Food & beverage$7,29834%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 12 | $6,288 |
| Boston Scientific | 55 | $6,202 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 29 | $3,195 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 31 | $3,046 |
| Abbott | 29 | $1,760 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $346 |
| Gentuity, LLC | 2 | $265 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,793
- Diamondback Peripheral$3,759
- CoreValve Evolut$2,012
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,748
- Diamondback Coronary$1,239
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System$1,146
- LOTUS EDGE$984
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$252
- Gentuity HF-OCT Imaging System$190
- Vis-Rx Prime$190
- 3F$175
- PK Papyrus$143
- Pulsar$143
- PRO-Kinetic Energy$143
- Astron; Pulsar; AstronPulsar$143
- Orsiro$143
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$141
- SYNERGY$140
- SYMPLICITY G3$128
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$127
How this compares
$21,405 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 84 interventional cardiology providers in Minnesota.
Other interventional cardiology in Minneapolis
- Emmanouil BrilakisMinneapolis$548K
- Wesley PedersenMinneapolis$493K
- Michael ManolesMinneapolis$201K
- Jay TraverseMinneapolis$198K
- Robert WilsonMinneapolis$176K
- Yale WangMinneapolis$168K
- Steven RohMinneapolis$67K
- Stefan BertogMinneapolis$64K
- Konstantinos VoudrisMinneapolis$46K
- Michael MooneyMinneapolis$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.