Cara Ann East
Interventional Cardiology · Dallas, TXNPI 1770530420
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 898 payments — averaging $3316.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1.8M
- Amgen$429K
- Eli Lilly$337K
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$160K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$144K
- Novo Nordisk AS$53K
- plus $102K from 16 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $10,906 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.
- Eli Lilly$71K
- Novartis$27K
- Novartis Pharma AG$184
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 52 | $1,753,079 |
| Amgen | 40 | $429,345 |
| Eli Lilly | 39 | $337,289 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 185 | $159,979 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 314 | $143,941 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 74 | $53,304 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 75 | $37,939 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 56 | $31,250 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg | 16 | $23,381 |
| Regeneron | 3 | $7,875 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $229 |
| Kaneka Medical America LLC | 1 | $181 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 12 | $174 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $151 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $128 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $72 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $63 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $42 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $36 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $28 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,978,511 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 686 interventional cardiology providers in Texas.
Other interventional cardiology in Dallas
- Robert StolerDallas$8.2M
- James ChoiDallas$5.2M
- Byung ParkDallas$735K
- Anthony BavryDallas$359K
- Donald WurzburgDallas$341K
- Tony DasDallas$263K
- Zachary RosolDallas$257K
- Srinivasa PotluriPlano$5.1M
- Neal KleimanHouston$4.8M
- Juan GranadaHouston$4.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.