Frank Sellke, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Providence, RINPI 1457304859
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $22,300 of the $27,282 with a category attached, or 81.7%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 35.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $12,014 and has fallen 91.5% since, to $1,021 in 2025.
Across 58 payments — averaging $470.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$10K
- Stryker$9K
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- BD$1K
- Medtronic$797
- Abbott$276
- plus $214 from 2 others
Across 28 payments — averaging $1250.66 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.
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$27K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$9K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,30082%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4502%
- Travel & lodging$2,2908%
- Food & beverage$2,2428%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 6 | $9,667 |
| Stryker | 9 | $8,512 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 14 | $6,444 |
| BD | 7 | $1,371 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 18 | $797 |
| Abbott | 2 | $276 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $82 |
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.
- DALL-MILES$6,600
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$2,853
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$1,242
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$933
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$928
- NA$906
- COLORADO NEEDLE$800
- CoreValve Evolut$579
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$450
- Epic$276
- Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate System$132
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Rhode Islandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 Providence
- Abbas AbbasProvidence$134K
- Ashraf SabeProvidence$24K
- Mark CunninghamProvidence$12K
- Haley LeesleyProvidence$11K
- Laura ScrimgeourProvidence$9K
- Hana AjouzProvidence$4K
- Kaushik MandalProvidence$3K
- Anthony MoultonProvidence$1K
- Siyamek Neragi-MiandoabProvidence$1K
- Arun SinghProvidence$249
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.