Dennis Kim
Pediatric Cardiology · Atlanta, GANPI 1194775254
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (50.9%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 80.7% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,192 and has fallen 95.3% since, to $624 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in GA 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 66 payments — averaging $253.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$14K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$386
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$112
- Renata Medical, Inc.$80
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$75
- plus $97 from 4 others
Across 45 payments — averaging $11,438 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$498K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,00030%
- Travel & lodging$8,51951%
- Food & beverage$3,22819%
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) | 24 | $13,509 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 26 | $2,487 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 6 | $386 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Renata Medical, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Gilead | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$16,746 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 64 pediatric cardiology providers in Georgia.
Other pediatric cardiology in Atlanta
- Jay PatelAtlanta$4K
- Stephanie WechslerAtlanta$2K
- James KuoAtlanta$2K
- Simran JanduAtlanta$1K
- Shriprasad DeshpandeAtlanta$1K
- Yinn Khurn OoiAtlanta$1K
- Robert VincentAtlanta$441
- Rida ShahidAtlanta$316
- Timothy SlesnickAtlanta$235
- Fred RodriguezAtlanta$227
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.