Georges Al-Khoury
Vascular Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1134453616
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,548 of the $3,845 with a category attached, or 66.3%. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 72.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,334 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $409 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $3,795.
Across 28 payments — averaging $137.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$800
- Endologix LLC$142
- Cook Medical LLC$69
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$25
- Globus Medical$17
- plus $13 from 1 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $2459.08 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.$49K
- Philips North America LLC$3K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,54866%
- Food & beverage$1,29834%
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. | 16 | $2,779 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 7 | $800 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $142 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $69 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 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.
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$2,082
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$696
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$696
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$696
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$696
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$185
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$173
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$104
How this compares
$3,845 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 44 | $45,644 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 228 | $2,514 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $74 |
| Prednisone | 24 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Pittsburgh
- Michel MakarounPittsburgh$143K
- Efthymios AvgerinosPittsburgh$120K
- Nathan LiangPittsburgh$81K
- Scott ChapmanPittsburgh$21K
- Catherine GoPittsburgh$21K
- Othman Abdul-MalakPittsburgh$18K
- Samuel SimonePittsburgh$18K
- Amanda PhillipsPittsburgh$18K
- Desiree PiconePittsburgh$12K
- Michael SinghPittsburgh$12K
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.