Elsie Ross, MD
Vascular Surgery · San Diego, CANPI 1316237548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cook Incorporated at 44.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $36,896, 3.5 times the $10,689 reported in 2019. Among vascular surgery clinicians in CA 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 115 payments — averaging $685.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cook Incorporated$35K
- Novartis$25K
- Philips North America LLC$9K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$3K
- Cook Medical LLC$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- plus $4K from 17 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $594.35 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.
- Novartis$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,16327%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,09545%
- Travel & lodging$14,95819%
- Food & beverage$7,2929%
- Other$3080%
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 | $34,720 |
| Novartis | 17 | $24,831 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $9,273 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 6 | $2,695 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 26 | $1,808 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $1,176 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 10 | $1,037 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $530 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $329 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $308 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $269 |
| Abbott | 2 | $265 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $239 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $232 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $217 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $187 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $183 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $151 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $118 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $94 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $50 |
| BD | 1 | $21 |
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 Vena$17,980
- ZILVER 518$16,740
- IGT Systems Und$9,232
- LEQVIO$6,912
- AngioVac$1,781
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$867
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$665
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$665
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$665
- Cook$597
- AlphaVac$583
- Zenith Spiral-Z$362
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$349
- MICROMATRIX$308
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$298
- Indigo System$298
- ENDURANT IIS$288
- Endurant$260
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system$257
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$232
How this compares
$78,816 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 519 vascular surgery providers in California.
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 vascular surgery in San Diego
- John LaneSan Diego$212K
- Son DuongFountain Valley$503K
- Venita ChandraPalo Alto$488K
- Sukgu HanLos Angeles$477K
- Leigh Ann ObanionFresno$469K
- Trevor DerderianRancho Mirage$359K
- Karthikeshwar KasirajanPalo Alto$349K
- Johnathon RolloLos Angeles$337K
- Melissa LojaFairfield$272K
- Jason LeePalo Alto$228K
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.