Brian Nam, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Newark, DENPI 1275509937
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $20,500 of the $28,038 with a category attached, or 73.1%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 85.1% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $19,008 and has fallen 92.4% since, to $1,451 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in DE 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 63 payments — averaging $445.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$24K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$849
- Davol Inc.$205
- BD$169
- Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc$167
- plus $546 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,2138%
- Speaking & faculty fees$450%
- Travel & lodging$3,05511%
- Food & beverage$2,2108%
- Education$20,50073%
- Gifts$150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 31 | $23,855 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $2,246 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $849 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $205 |
| BD | 2 | $169 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $167 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $118 |
| Stryker | 1 | $75 |
| Merck | 2 | $58 |
| Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $16 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Olympus America 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$23,497
- IMFINZI$2,213
- Monarch Platform$642
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$246
- ALIYA SYSTEM$144
- LINX Reflux Management System$120
- EndoFlip$118
How this compares
$28,038 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 23 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Delaware.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $101 |
| Levofloxacin | 17 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Newark
- John PoolNewark$42K
- Charles MulliganNewark$14K
- Li ZhangNewark$11K
- Thomas BauerNewark$8K
- Ray BlackwellNewark$4K
- Alain AsherNewark$3K
- Michael SanusiNewark$2K
- Ahmad KhanNewark$2K
- Joseph CosticNewark$2K
- Fernando GarziaRehoboth Beach$28K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.