Gary Szydlowski, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Dover, DENPI 1164473070
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 31 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $326, more than ten times the $32 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in DE, where the typical reported total is $2,841.
Across 31 payments — averaging $26.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$142
- Abbott$96
- Atricure, Inc.$83
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$75
- Edwards Lifesciences$72
- Stryker$68
- plus $281 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$818100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 7 | $142 |
| Abbott | 4 | $96 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $72 |
| Stryker | 1 | $68 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $60 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $44 |
| BD | 1 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$818 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 23 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Delaware.
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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 Dover
- Paul FedalenDover$4K
- Daniel MarelliDover$4K
- John PoolNewark$42K
- Brian NamNewark$28K
- Fernando GarziaRehoboth Beach$28K
- Charles MulliganNewark$14K
- Li ZhangNewark$11K
- Thomas BauerNewark$8K
- Kurt WehbergMillsboro$5K
- Vincent LotanoLewes$5K
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.