Bryan Kramer
Vascular Surgery · Denver, CONPI 1942290721
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. at 49.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,417 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $17 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $4,981.
Across 56 payments — averaging $62.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$2K
- Endologix LLC$818
- Medtronic$162
- Cvrx, Inc.$159
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$142
- Johnson & Johnson$78
- plus $418 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,50043%
- Food & beverage$1,99757%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 10 | $1,720 |
| Endologix LLC | 5 | $818 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $162 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $142 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $78 |
| Abbott | 1 | $61 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Derma Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Misonix Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Centerline Biomedical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- VALVULOTOM$1,608
- Ovation$735
- ALTO$243
- Barostim Neo System$159
- AFX$143
How this compares
$3,497 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 66 vascular surgery providers in Colorado.
Other vascular surgery in Denver
- Brandon Roy-GarlandDenver$190K
- Lisa BennettDenver$30K
- Stephen AnnestDenver$28K
- Omar MubarakDenver$22K
- Alexander LeungDenver$21K
- Alan SynnDenver$16K
- Charles FoxDenver$11K
- Timothy ChiltonDenver$10K
- Barbara MelendezDenver$7K
- Rebecca UrDenver$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.