Elena Kupershmidt
Surgical · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1073730982
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 419 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.3% of the total. Among surgical clinicians in NY 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 419 payments — averaging $27.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Novartis$642
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$332
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$264
- plus $941 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$11,378100%
- Education$470%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 114 | $4,261 |
| Abbott | 141 | $2,890 |
| Boston Scientific | 79 | $2,095 |
| Novartis | 31 | $642 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 13 | $332 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 8 | $264 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $227 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $196 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $114 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $72 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $58 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $55 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $29 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 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.
- Micra$666
- AVEIR$333
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$326
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$267
- HemoSphere$196
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$145
- TENDRIL$108
How this compares
$11,426 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,544 surgical providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 26 | $153 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Brooklyn
- Walid ElzomorBrooklyn$6K
- Alexa GiordanoBrooklyn$6K
- Lindsay SchweikarthAlbany$324K
- Nicole FeinNew York$225K
- Kenneth RuizNew York$93K
- Terry LinNew York$70K
- Beth PhillipsEast Syracuse$51K
- James DoolittleNew York$46K
- Tanya GeistAmherst$43K
- Irina KommNew York$39K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.