Fernando Fleischman, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Los Angeles, CANPI 1760654883
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 51.0% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic 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 564 payments — averaging $1078.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$311K
- Bolton Medical Inc$128K
- Edwards Lifesciences$73K
- Artivion, Inc.$56K
- Cook Incorporated$20K
- Medtronic$10K
- plus $11K from 11 others
Across 65 payments — averaging $4765.92 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$169K
- Artivion, Inc.$86K
- Bolton Medical Inc$55K
- Abbott$31
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$331,45854%
- Speaking & faculty fees$178,68429%
- Travel & lodging$70,29512%
- Food & beverage$22,7964%
- Education$5,1341%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 243 | $310,541 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 101 | $128,048 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 90 | $73,110 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 44 | $56,481 |
| Cook Incorporated | 14 | $19,526 |
| Medtronic | 24 | $9,743 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 29 | $4,951 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 2 | $4,620 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 8 | $633 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $148 |
| Centerline Biomedical Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Amgen | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 1 | $122 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $59 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $50 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Sanofi | 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.
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$127,560
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$72,435
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$53,851
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$52,894
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$31,814
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$29,818
- GORE VIATORR TIPS Endoprosthesis$28,500
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$27,825
- Product in Development$25,849
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$22,158
- C3 Delivery System$21,750
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$19,780
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$18,597
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$18,219
- Cook$12,538
- Relay Plus$12,192
- Valiant Captivia$7,597
- Zenith Alpha$7,193
- Grafts$6,077
- Relay Grafts$6,022
How this compares
$608,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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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 Los Angeles
- Harmik SoukiasianLos Angeles$577K
- Jay LeeLos Angeles$462K
- Raymond LeeLos Angeles$291K
- Bryan BurtLos Angeles$138K
- Harold TabaieLos Angeles$120K
- Richard SheminLos Angeles$112K
- Anthony KimLos Angeles$66K
- Jonathan PraegerLos Angeles$60K
- Craig BakerLos Angeles$58K
- Thomas FogartyPortola Valley$3.7M
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.