Bassam Omari
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lynwood, CANPI 1528078425
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.7% of the total across 122 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 27.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,044 and has fallen 58.4% since, to $850 in 2025.
Across 122 payments — averaging $64.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Abiomed$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$661
- Atricure, Inc.$468
- Davol Inc.$436
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5227%
- Food & beverage$7,28393%
- Education$501%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 47 | $2,135 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $1,695 |
| Abbott | 13 | $1,087 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $661 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 12 | $468 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $436 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $349 |
| Solventum Corporation | 3 | $172 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $168 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $100 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $100 |
| Stryker | 2 | $73 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $72 |
| Amgen | 2 | $56 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $43 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Impella$1,608
- Epic$451
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$366
- CoreValve Evolut$323
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$240
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$196
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$189
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$165
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$164
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$158
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$158
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$155
- RibFix Blu$141
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$127
- SternaLock 360$100
How this compares
$7,855 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Lynwood
- Thomas FogartyPortola Valley$3.7M
- Steven GundryPalm Springs$1.6M
- Armin KiankhooySaint Helena$941K
- Ara KlijianMurrieta$916K
- Gregory FontanaThousand Oaks$875K
- Gansevoort DunningtonSaint Helena$764K
- Wilson TsaiWalnut Creek$680K
- Fernando FleischmanLos Angeles$608K
- Harmik SoukiasianLos Angeles$577K
- Ali KhoynezhadLong Beach$476K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.