Christopher Meduri
Interventional Cardiology · Atlanta, GANPI 1487829156
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 75.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $62,559 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $220 in 2025.
Across 166 payments — averaging $496.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$62K
- Admedus Corporation$8K
- Medtronic$6K
- Abbott$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$772
- plus $416 from 4 others
Across 107 payments — averaging $9956.19 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.
- Boston Scientific$712K
- Medtronic$319K
- Abbott$34K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,77526%
- Speaking & faculty fees$37,40045%
- Travel & lodging$18,06222%
- Food & beverage$5,1506%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 45 | $62,492 |
| Admedus Corporation | 2 | $8,000 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 35 | $5,996 |
| Abbott | 23 | $2,547 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 53 | $2,165 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 2 | $772 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $199 |
| Arrow Interventional, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $56 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$40,882
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$20,825
- CoreValve Evolut$1,768
- Mitra Clip system$1,589
- MitraClip System$247
- Catheter - GuideLiner$139
- APOLLOTM$128
- GENERAL - STENTS$125
How this compares
$82,387 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 218 interventional cardiology providers in Georgia.
Other interventional cardiology in Atlanta
- William NicholsonAtlanta$1000K
- David KandzariAtlanta$982K
- Pradeep YadavAtlanta$656K
- Adam GreenbaumAtlanta$238K
- Wissam JaberAtlanta$222K
- Katherine KunkelAtlanta$189K
- James StewartAtlanta$174K
- Pratik SandesaraAtlanta$165K
- Chandanreddy DevireddyAtlanta$121K
- Prashant KaulAtlanta$109K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.