Chiranjiv Virk, MD
Vascular Surgery · Shreveport, LANPI 1285897132
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
20 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 55.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,373 and has fallen 80.7% since, to $459 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $96.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$1K
- Penumbra, Inc.$264
- Cook Medical LLC$213
- GE HealthCare$185
- Inari Medical, Inc.$157
- plus $1K from 14 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $2632.84 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.
- Phraxis, Inc.$11K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,38949%
- Food & beverage$3,52451%
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. | 28 | $3,800 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $1,271 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $264 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $213 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $185 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $140 |
| Okami Medical, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $100 |
| Phraxis, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $92 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $87 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $62 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $48 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $39 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 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.
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,165
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$951
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$547
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$532
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$333
- Indigo System$264
- TurboHawk$173
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$157
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$157
- ENDURANT IIS$148
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$142
- LOBO$135
- Cook Medical AFEN$124
- Artis Q ceiling$123
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$101
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$101
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$101
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$101
- GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft$100
How this compares
$6,913 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 65 vascular surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 Shreveport
- Paul PerkowskiShreveport$41K
- Miles SugarShreveport$4K
- Stephen WhiteShreveport$3K
- Fredrick KnightShreveport$942
- Milton SlocumShreveport$610
- Robert BarrettShreveport$557
- Charles KnightShreveport$333
- Michael Conners IiiBaton Rouge$70K
- Gregory CrenshawMetairie$67K
- James CravenBaton Rouge$65K
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.