David Morales
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1407936818
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $140,684 of the $163,183 with a category attached, or 86.2%. Abbott accounts for 74.9% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $51,218 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $267 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 156 payments — averaging $1046.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$122K
- Elutia, Inc.$37K
- Medtronic$3K
- Abiomed$126
- Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical)$119
- Edwards Lifesciences$109
- plus $363 from 7 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $2891.52 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.
- Abbott$8K
- Artivion, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$140,68486%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,5556%
- Travel & lodging$8,9155%
- Food & beverage$4,0302%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 94 | $122,156 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 18 | $37,111 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 31 | $3,199 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $126 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 2 | $119 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $109 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $31 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$53,991
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$48,356
- ECM Patch,Pouch$36,798
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$13,306
- CardioMEMS HF System$4,050
- HeartMate$2,025
- HeartWare HVAD$1,500
- INVOS$185
- Contegra$160
- Simulus$137
- Impella$126
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$109
- CentriMag$101
How this compares
$163,183 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Cincinnati
- Robert AdamsCincinnati$321K
- Louis BrunstingCincinnati$210K
- John SmithCincinnati$153K
- Kathryn O'KeefeCincinnati$123K
- Julian Guitron-RoigCincinnati$85K
- Robert DowlingCincinnati$82K
- Saad HasanCincinnati$35K
- Carmen TugulanCincinnati$32K
- Mohi MitiekCincinnati$25K
- Cristiano SpadaccioCincinnati$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.