Brian Hummel
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Fort Myers, FLNPI 1417999079
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $84,308 of the $128,926 with a category attached, or 65.4%. Medtronic accounts for 93.6% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $57,608 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $286 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 173 payments — averaging $745.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$121K
- Edwards Lifesciences$7K
- Cook Medical LLC$636
- Abbott$486
- Abiomed$204
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$105
- plus $213 from 7 others
Across 54 payments — averaging $9766.92 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.
- Medtronic$525K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,1564%
- Speaking & faculty fees$84,30865%
- Travel & lodging$35,05327%
- Food & beverage$4,4093%
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) | 120 | $120,613 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 14 | $6,670 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 12 | $636 |
| Abbott | 10 | $486 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $204 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $105 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 3 | $53 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$70,659
- CoreValve Evolut$46,858
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$5,966
- Achieve$294
- Cook Medical Zenith$290
- Impella$137
- Mitra Clip system$124
- MitraClip$119
- Cook Medical Thoracic$117
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$106
How this compares
$128,926 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Fort Myers
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.