Carissa Webster Lake, MD
Vascular Surgery · West Hartford, CTNPI 1134448269
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,350 of the $4,597 with a category attached, or 72.9%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 52.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,613 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $38 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in CT, where the typical reported total is $7,252.
Across 75 payments — averaging $61.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$566
- Medtronic$383
- Philips North America LLC$304
- Cook Medical LLC$253
- Penumbra, Inc.$150
- plus $541 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,24827%
- Food & beverage$3,35073%
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. | 20 | $2,401 |
| Abbott | 13 | $566 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $383 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $304 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 12 | $253 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $144 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $121 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $43 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $33 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 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.
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,011
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$418
- Indigo$150
- Penumbra Ruby Coil$150
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$150
- C3 Delivery System$148
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$147
- EKOSONIC$144
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$121
- Kerecis Omega3 Surgibind$121
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$121
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$121
- HawkOne$109
How this compares
$4,597 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 82 vascular surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 West Hartford
- Uwe FischerNew London$941K
- Paul GagneDarien$766K
- Naiem NassiriNew Haven$348K
- Lee GoldsteinStratford$272K
- Mohiuddin CheemaHartford$228K
- Bauer SumpioNew Haven$205K
- Javairiah FatimaDanbury$152K
- Bart MuhsOld Saybrook$66K
- Jonathan BowmanDarien$53K
- Maria LitzendorfManchester$51K
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.