Athar Qureshi
Pediatric Cardiology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1376636662
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $255,003 of the $383,101 with a category attached, or 66.6%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 56.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $132,300 and has fallen 66.2% since, to $44,708 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology 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 400 payments — averaging $957.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$215K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$136K
- B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.$14K
- Abiomed$7K
- Abbott$6K
- Onocor, LLC$3K
- plus $654 from 2 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $16,825 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$347K
- Medtronic$5K
- Abbott$819
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$89,36423%
- Speaking & faculty fees$255,00367%
- Travel & lodging$26,3017%
- Food & beverage$9,4332%
- Other$3,0001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 275 | $215,017 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 79 | $136,278 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 16 | $14,497 |
| Abiomed | 13 | $7,195 |
| Abbott | 7 | $6,460 |
| Onocor, LLC | 1 | $3,000 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $451 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 4 | $203 |
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.
- HARMONY$199,675
- GORE CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder$67,105
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$49,414
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$31,676
- Impella$6,520
- MELODY TPV$6,309
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$6,000
- MULTI-SNARE$4,825
- CP STENT$4,725
- ONO RETRIEVAL DEVICE$4,723
- Melody$4,493
- ONO$3,000
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$341
- Azur CX Detachable$134
- AMPLATZER Occluders$111
- AMPLATZER AMULET$110
How this compares
$383,101 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 126 pediatric cardiology providers in Ohio.
Other pediatric cardiology in Cleveland
- Peter AzizCleveland$32K
- Animesh TandonCleveland$20K
- Martin BocksCleveland$16K
- Patcharapong SuntharosCleveland$14K
- John LozierCleveland$8K
- Edgard BendalyCleveland$8K
- Jill ShivapourCleveland$3K
- Chris SnyderCleveland$2K
- Iqbal El AssaadCleveland$2K
- Malek YamanCleveland$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.