Elizabeth David, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Aurora, CONPI 1578714333
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (37.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 38.3% of the total.
Across 60 payments — averaging $508.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$12K
- Medtronic$8K
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Covidien LP$3K
- Genentech, Inc.$257
- Genentech USA, Inc.$63
- plus $60 from 2 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $17,400 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,56138%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,12030%
- Grants$670%
- Travel & lodging$4,75116%
- Food & beverage$1,8546%
- Education$3,14810%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $11,690 |
| Medtronic | 23 | $8,113 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 21 | $6,957 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $3,360 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 3 | $257 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $40 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
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.
- TAGRISSO$7,533
- IMFINZI$4,028
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,794
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- Signia$1,314
- LigaSure$415
- TECENTRIQ$161
How this compares
$30,499 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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 Aurora
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
- Thomas ReeceAurora$110K
- Joseph ClevelandAurora$85K
- Jay PalAurora$79K
- Jordan HoffmanAurora$72K
- John MitchellAurora$52K
- Michael FirstenbergAurora$46K
- Muhammad AftabAurora$42K
- Nicholas TemanAurora$35K
- Jessica RoveAurora$32K
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.