Cara Pozolo
Vascular Surgery · Nellis Afb, NVNPI 1427583848
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $8,679 of the $11,458 with a category attached, or 75.7%. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,177, more than ten times the $132 reported in 2019.
Across 112 payments — averaging $102.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$1K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- plus $3K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,19019%
- Food & beverage$8,67976%
- Education$5885%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 17 | $1,621 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 11 | $1,600 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 9 | $1,503 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $1,461 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 23 | $1,414 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $1,085 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $667 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 5 | $511 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 7 | $449 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $245 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $146 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Abbott | 1 | $130 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $94 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $18 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,877
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,463
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,411
- RUBY Coil$859
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$809
- Indigo System$557
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$510
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$414
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$317
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$317
- ENDURANT IIS$311
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$261
- ANGIO-SEAL$238
- VenaSeal$225
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$179
- EKOSONIC$164
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$152
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$145
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$145
- ELUVIA$142
How this compares
$11,458 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 28 vascular surgery providers in Nevada.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $6,585 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Nellis Afb
- Danielle DombrowskiNellis Afb$7K
- George PliagasLas Vegas$211K
- Ashanga YatawattaReno$78K
- Sai KottapalliLas Vegas$53K
- Eddy LuhLas Vegas$34K
- Earl CottrellLas Vegas$30K
- Bruce HirschfeldLas Vegas$28K
- Issa MirmehdiNorth Las Vegas$17K
- Alvancin LouisLas Vegas$17K
- Thelinh NguyenReno$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.