Cornelius Davis
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Houston, TXNPI 1528037975
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 130 payments — averaging $57.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$1K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$599
- Philips North America LLC$554
- Terumo Medical Corporation$545
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5998%
- Travel & lodging$84711%
- Food & beverage$6,08781%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 49 | $1,685 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 31 | $1,408 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 13 | $1,391 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $599 |
| Philips North America LLC | 8 | $554 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 6 | $545 |
| Abbott | 9 | $466 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $205 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $148 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $99 |
| Stryker | 1 | $37 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$1,132
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$546
- TR Band$258
- Torus Stent Graft System$143
- Optitorque$138
- StarClose SE vascular closure system$124
- Tack Endovascular System$121
- Glidesheath$120
- FFRct$118
- IGT Devices Und$117
- VARITHENA$116
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$113
- Supera peripheral stent system$109
How this compares
$7,533 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Houston
- Michael ReardonHouston$2.7M
- Robert RipleyHouston$817K
- Danny RamzyHouston$620K
- Marc MoonHouston$476K
- Wayne HofstetterHouston$469K
- Eric PedenHouston$465K
- Gabriel LoorHouston$410K
- Igor GregoricHouston$359K
- Thomas MacgillivrayHouston$330K
- Min KimHouston$326K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.