Faisal Aziz, MD
Vascular Surgery · Hershey, PANPI 1669601332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 61.0% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $20,324 and has fallen 80.3% since, to $4,008 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 162 payments — averaging $366.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$36K
- Medtronic$14K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Convatec Inc.$850
- Endologix LLC$799
- plus $4K from 20 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $15,798 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.
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$63K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5003%
- Speaking & faculty fees$34,92759%
- Grants$2,7005%
- Travel & lodging$8,59314%
- Food & beverage$11,60220%
- Education$440%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 36 | $36,241 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 47 | $14,294 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 12 | $1,746 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 11 | $1,627 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $850 |
| Endologix LLC | 7 | $799 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 6 | $725 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $488 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 8 | $469 |
| Limflow Inc. | 2 | $405 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 7 | $340 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $198 |
| Humacyte Global, Inc. | 2 | $185 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $174 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $167 |
| Abbott | 1 | $121 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $99 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $96 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $66 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- XARELTO$35,503
- IN.PACT Admiral$7,331
- ENDURANT IIS$4,224
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,659
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$943
- AQUACEL Ag Extra$850
- Endurant$817
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$750
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$750
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$742
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$686
- Aptus Heli-FX$455
- Torus Stent Graft System$411
- ENDOCROSS Device$411
- LIMFLOW SYSTEM$405
- Indigo System$393
- Penumbra System$289
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$283
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$247
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$211
How this compares
$59,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 236 vascular surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 32 | $535 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Hershey
- Luke PerryHershey$16K
- Kathleen MarulandaHershey$15K
- Kristine SoHershey$12K
- Darren SchneiderPhiladelphia$569K
- Elizabeth GenovesePhiladelphia$343K
- Shang LohPhiladelphia$306K
- Paul FoleyDoylestown$241K
- Michel MakarounPittsburgh$143K
- Robert MeisnerLebanon$128K
- Vincent DigiovanniMedia$127K
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.