Angela Gucwa
Vascular Surgery · Lanham, MDNPI 1952527590
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,037 of the $4,578 with a category attached, or 66.3%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Penumbra, Inc. at 55.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,964 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $120 in 2023.
Across 88 payments — averaging $52.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$278
- Boston Scientific$271
- Smith+Nephew$242
- Baxter Healthcare$148
- Convatec Inc.$145
- plus $974 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,54134%
- Food & beverage$3,03766%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $2,519 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $278 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $271 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $242 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $148 |
| Convatec Inc. | 7 | $145 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $126 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $121 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 4 | $98 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $90 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $57 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 4 | $55 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $39 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $32 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Stryker | 1 | $15 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Normatec Industries, LP | 1 | $10 |
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
$4,578 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 104 vascular surgery providers in Maryland.
Other vascular surgery in Lanham
- Paul McNeillFrederick$302K
- John MartinAnnapolis$172K
- Caitlin HicksBaltimore$88K
- Shahab ToursavadkohiBaltimore$76K
- Michael OsgoodBel Air$57K
- Jeffrey WangGermantown$53K
- Frank CriadoBaltimore$52K
- Dustin YoonGermantown$36K
- Micah GirottiBel Air$35K
- Khanjan NagarshethBaltimore$33K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.