Amit Chawla, MD
Vascular Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1619291622
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $18,110 of the $24,471 with a category attached, or 74.0%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 49.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,891 and has fallen 59.4% since, to $1,986 in 2025.
Across 270 payments — averaging $90.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$12K
- Medtronic$3K
- Cook Medical LLC$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Endologix LLC$1K
- plus $5K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5802%
- Travel & lodging$5,78224%
- Food & beverage$18,11074%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 108 | $12,065 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 31 | $2,598 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 21 | $1,501 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 24 | $1,351 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 21 | $1,207 |
| Endologix LLC | 4 | $1,033 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 8 | $962 |
| Philips North America LLC | 9 | $484 |
| Truvic Medical, Inc. | 6 | $482 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $397 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 4 | $389 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $250 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $234 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $225 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 2 | $206 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $163 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $158 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 7 | $152 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $146 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Abbott | 2 | $45 |
| Stryker | 1 | $31 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$2,495
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$2,466
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,277
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,207
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$806
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$757
- Valiant Captivia$721
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$673
- Product in Development$580
- ENDURANT IIS$533
- FlowTriever$440
- ClotTriever$440
- Indigo System$424
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$416
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$383
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$363
- Torus Stent Graft System$330
- ENDOCROSS Device$330
- PRODIGY CATHETER$279
- GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft$269
How this compares
$24,471 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 65 vascular surgery providers in Louisiana.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other vascular surgery in New Orleans
- Claudie SheahanNew Orleans$25K
- Godfrey ParkersonNew Orleans$17K
- Samuel VictoriaNew Orleans$14K
- Waldemar SternberghNew Orleans$11K
- Estela BrookeNew Orleans$6K
- Kelli SummersNew Orleans$4K
- Genevieve HayekNew Orleans$4K
- Tapash PalitNew Orleans$3K
- Taylor SmithNew Orleans$3K
- Joseph GiaimoNew Orleans$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.