Daniela Molena, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · New York, NYNPI 1336152487
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $169,975 of the $220,773 with a category attached, or 77.0%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astrazeneca UK Limited at 47.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $73,625, more than ten times the $185 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in NY 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 186 payments — averaging $1186.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$105K
- Johnson & Johnson$33K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$30K
- AstraZeneca$15K
- Intuitive Surgical$10K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$9K
- plus $20K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$169,97577%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,1145%
- Grants$3,5342%
- Travel & lodging$30,89714%
- Food & beverage$6,2533%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 53 | $104,950 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 19 | $32,509 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 18 | $29,873 |
| AstraZeneca | 48 | $14,503 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 18 | $9,734 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 2 | $9,071 |
| Merck | 2 | $5,960 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $5,090 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $4,453 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $4,321 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 1 | $116 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $70 |
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.
- Echelon Flex$31,190
- IMFINZI$16,369
- DERMABOND$13,888
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$12,253
- PROLENE$9,595
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$9,595
- Enseal$9,475
- Enseal X1$9,475
- Da Vinci Surgical System$9,138
- TAGRISSO$8,347
- ECHELON FLEX CST System$7,070
- OPDIVO$5,090
- BIOPATCH$3,030
- CONTOUR$3,030
- Harmonic$1,372
- STRATAFIX$1,263
- EXALT$638
- SPYGLASS$425
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$425
- CoreValve Evolut$375
How this compares
$220,773 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 383 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New York.
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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 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in New York
- Aubrey GallowayNew York$5.7M
- Gilbert TangNew York$842K
- Michael ZervosNew York$811K
- Elias ZiasNew York$465K
- Isaac GeorgeNew York$395K
- Eugene GrossiNew York$350K
- Costas BizekisNew York$321K
- Brendon StilesNew York$314K
- Arnar GeirssonNew York$218K
- Andrea WolfNew York$157K
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.