Caitlin Hicks
Vascular Surgery · Baltimore, MDNPI 1356607139
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 46.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $23,842 and has fallen 71.3% since, to $6,836 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in MD 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 284 payments — averaging $310.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$41K
- Cook Incorporated$25K
- Cook Medical LLC$6K
- Medtronic$5K
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$2K
- plus $6K from 15 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $21,553 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.
- Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc.$89K
- Shape Memory Medical Inc.$34K
- Medtronic$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,23835%
- Speaking & faculty fees$29,65534%
- Travel & lodging$14,36916%
- Food & beverage$12,74214%
- Education$380%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 99 | $41,292 |
| Cook Incorporated | 14 | $25,008 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 89 | $6,092 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 37 | $4,985 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $2,463 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $2,013 |
| Sonavex, Inc. | 2 | $1,600 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 17 | $1,412 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $1,353 |
| Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc. | 2 | $760 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $400 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $207 |
| Abbott | 1 | $77 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $59 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $58 |
| Orpyx Medical Technologies US Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $40 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 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.
- Zenith Alpha$14,803
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$11,756
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$11,564
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$10,688
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$5,130
- Zenith Spiral-Z$4,503
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$3,439
- Zilver PTX$2,983
- VALVULOTOM$2,349
- Zenith$2,247
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$2,182
- ADVANCE$2,100
- ADVANCED WOUND CARE$2,013
- ENDURANT IIS$1,669
- EchoMark$1,600
- EchoSure$1,600
- Product in Development$1,388
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,369
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$1,096
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$916
How this compares
$88,042 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 104 vascular surgery providers in Maryland.
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.
Other vascular surgery in Baltimore
- Shahab ToursavadkohiBaltimore$76K
- Frank CriadoBaltimore$52K
- Khanjan NagarshethBaltimore$33K
- Saurabh GuptaBaltimore$31K
- Paul LucasBaltimore$27K
- Brajesh LalBaltimore$25K
- Rishi KundiBaltimore$14K
- James BlackBaltimore$14K
- Christopher AbularrageBaltimore$13K
- Omar KarimBaltimore$8K
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.