Desarom Teso, MD
Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1558579565
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,281 and has fallen 54.6% since, to $1,036 in 2025.
Across 71 payments — averaging $63.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$406
- Abbott$136
- Johnson & Johnson$104
- Boston Scientific$98
- plus $444 from 12 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $1953.50 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.
- Endologix LLC$8K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,78240%
- Travel & lodging$66415%
- Food & beverage$1,98644%
- Education$461%
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) | 14 | $2,260 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 19 | $1,030 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $406 |
| Abbott | 2 | $136 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $104 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $98 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $71 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $57 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $53 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Amgen | 2 | $44 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$4,477 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 694 surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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.
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- Abdelrahman NimeriBoston$50K
- Denise GeeBoston$40K
- Matthew HutterBoston$37K
- Barbara BlancoBoston$36K
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.