Duke Cameron, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Baltimore, MDNPI 1336107689
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (50.7%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 46.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,851 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $368 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MD 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 16 payments — averaging $1315.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$10K
- Medtronic$7K
- Z-medica, LLC$3K
- Artivion, Inc.$986
- Bolton Medical Inc$248
- Boston Scientific$123
- plus $107 from 1 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $2003.06 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.
- Artivion, Inc.$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,77513%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,50021%
- Grants$2,19910%
- Travel & lodging$10,67451%
- Food & beverage$9024%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $9,753 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $7,057 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $2,775 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $986 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 4 | $248 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $123 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
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
$21,050 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 65 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Maryland.
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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 Baltimore
- Leonid BelyayevBaltimore$162K
- Neri CohenBaltimore$36K
- Nicholas KarisBaltimore$24K
- Douglas AndersonBaltimore$23K
- Stephen BroderickBaltimore$19K
- Siamak DahiBaltimore$17K
- Joseph ForbessBaltimore$13K
- Richard BattafaranoBaltimore$13K
- Howard MasseyBaltimore$12K
- Eric KrauseBaltimore$11K
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.