Edward Gifford, MD
Vascular Surgery · Hartford, CTNPI 1942515408
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.3%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cook Incorporated at 44.3% of the total.
Across 115 payments — averaging $307.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cook Incorporated$16K
- Cagent Vascular Inc$5K
- Philips North America LLC$4K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- plus $5K from 14 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $4726.01 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.
- Vesper Medical$30K
- Philips North America LLC$13K
- Cagent Vascular Inc$11K
- Contego Medical, Inc$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,46918%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,42049%
- Travel & lodging$3,78011%
- Food & beverage$7,67722%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Incorporated | 4 | $15,670 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 12 | $5,180 |
| Philips North America LLC | 9 | $4,050 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 10 | $2,238 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 13 | $1,597 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 15 | $1,460 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 4 | $1,193 |
| Endologix LLC | 8 | $906 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 12 | $863 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $686 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 8 | $356 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $251 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $174 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 3 | $153 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $148 |
| Stryker | 1 | $147 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Zilver PTX$11,170
- Serrantor$4,929
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$2,814
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,820
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,814
- (7881) Ultrasound Und$1,750
- PRODISC L$1,109
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$1,000
- IGT D Peripheral$939
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$901
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$901
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$901
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$442
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$329
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$270
- ENDURANT IIS$266
- C3 Delivery System$264
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$188
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$174
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$165
How this compares
$35,346 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 82 vascular surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $8,360 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 44 | $608 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $100 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 22 | $95 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Hartford
- Mohiuddin CheemaHartford$228K
- Thomas DivinagraciaHartford$25K
- Akhilesh JainHartford$23K
- Owen GlotzerHartford$12K
- James GallagherHartford$3K
- Uwe FischerNew London$941K
- Paul GagneDarien$766K
- Naiem NassiriNew Haven$348K
- Lee GoldsteinStratford$272K
- Bauer SumpioNew Haven$205K
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.