Daniel Watson
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Columbus, OHNPI 1790784791
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $729,428 of the $946,463 with a category attached, or 77.1%. Medtronic accounts for 79.8% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $519,091 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $21,022 in 2022. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 752 payments — averaging $1258.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$755K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$180K
- Boston Scientific$8K
- Corcym Inc$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,8001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$729,42877%
- Travel & lodging$196,22921%
- Food & beverage$10,0071%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 514 | $755,149 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 233 | $180,436 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $7,878 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $3,000 |
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.
- CoreValve Evolut$732,788
- Perceval$180,514
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$17,635
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$7,800
How this compares
$946,463 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Columbus
- Eric OkumColumbus$637K
- Desmond DsouzaColumbus$487K
- Peter KneuertzColumbus$115K
- Gregory RushingColumbus$91K
- Jefferson LyonsColumbus$72K
- Nahush MokadamColumbus$69K
- Bryan WhitsonColumbus$64K
- Matthew HennColumbus$56K
- Robert MerrittColumbus$49K
- Maziar KhorsandiColumbus$44K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.