Duc Pham, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, ILNPI 1326054669
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (37.3%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 42.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $43,856 and has fallen 68.7% since, to $13,745 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IL 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 256 payments — averaging $447.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$49K
- Abbott$29K
- Abiomed$21K
- Bolton Medical Inc$11K
- Transmedics, Inc.$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- plus $1K from 11 others
Across 105 payments — averaging $4007.03 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.
- Medtronic$252K
- Transmedics, Inc.$87K
- Abbott$48K
- Briohealth Solutions, Inc.$20K
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$13K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,22818%
- Speaking & faculty fees$42,65037%
- Travel & lodging$38,13833%
- Food & beverage$13,41512%
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) | 48 | $48,921 |
| Abbott | 100 | $28,549 |
| Abiomed | 54 | $21,052 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 6 | $10,882 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 3 | $2,030 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 13 | $1,505 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 16 | $484 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $271 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $172 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| My01 Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $125 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Briohealth Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $27 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $8 |
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.
- HeartWare HVAD$32,176
- Impella$18,844
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$12,250
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$7,840
- CardioMEMS HF System$3,128
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$2,030
- Mitra Clip system$1,400
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$1,263
- PASCAL$215
- MitraClip$197
- MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR$193
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$173
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$167
- Perceval$161
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$156
- CARDIOMEMS$151
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$133
- Protek Duo$128
- COSEAL$125
- PREVELEAK$125
How this compares
$114,431 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Warfarin Sodium | 12 | $137 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Chicago
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- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$193K
- Husam BalkhyChicago$129K
- Christopher SalernoChicago$124K
- Gillian AlexChicago$97K
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.