Ethan Brovman, MD
Anesthesiology · Boston, MANPI 1376885442
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 24.4% of the total. Among anesthesiology clinicians in MA 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 129 payments — averaging $47.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$534
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$520
- Pfizer$371
- AstraZeneca$266
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,85447%
- Food & beverage$3,21153%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 19 | $1,479 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $1,182 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $534 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 2 | $520 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $371 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $266 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $222 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $193 |
| Amgen | 8 | $192 |
| Bayer | 9 | $159 |
| Masimo Corporation | 4 | $155 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $113 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $105 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $77 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $76 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $68 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $50 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $46 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $43 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- CoreValve Evolut$861
- EVOQUE$314
- WATCHMAN Access System$179
- SET and rainbow SET$102
How this compares
$6,065 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,585 anesthesiology providers in Massachusetts.
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 anesthesiology in Boston
- Douglas ShookBoston$267K
- Robert YongBoston$231K
- Michael DambraBoston$194K
- Robert TruogBoston$172K
- Mary Ellen McCannBoston$140K
- Stanton ShernanBoston$136K
- Edgar RossBoston$129K
- Sadeq QuraishiBoston$107K
- James PhilipBoston$56K
- Feroze Ud Din MahmoodBoston$51K
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.