Bob Kiaii
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Sacramento, CANPI 1700423282
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $139,963 of the $195,053 with a category attached, or 71.8%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 47.6% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CA 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 214 payments — averaging $911.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$93K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$46K
- Medtronic$46K
- Corcym Inc$3K
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$2K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$1K
- plus $4K from 18 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $2895.79 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.
- Abbott$35K
- Medtronic$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$139,96372%
- Speaking & faculty fees$34,87518%
- Travel & lodging$11,1706%
- Food & beverage$8,9465%
- Education$980%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 59 | $92,848 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 32 | $46,264 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 37 | $46,110 |
| Corcym Inc | 16 | $2,560 |
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 1 | $2,160 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 13 | $1,050 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 5 | $989 |
| Abbott | 11 | $870 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $545 |
| Quest Medical Inc. | 1 | $258 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 2 | $240 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $192 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $182 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 4 | $163 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $111 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $80 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $53 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 2 | $50 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 2 | $49 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $30 |
| Medicaroid, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- VISTASEAL$53,049
- STRATAFIX$51,851
- PROLENE$41,687
- DERMABOND$40,168
- Enseal X1$37,966
- Echelon Flex$37,966
- VICRYL$23,194
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$15,045
- DERMABOND PRINEO$12,957
- Avalus$11,025
- Octopus$10,825
- CG Future$8,950
- Mosaic$8,183
- Simulus$5,758
- Perceval$2,833
- ETHIBOND EXCEL$1,000
- COR KNOT$819
- Tendyne Mitral Valve System$523
- CryoFlex$450
- MPS2$258
How this compares
$195,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Sacramento
- Frank SlachmanSacramento$240K
- David CookeSacramento$59K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.