Godfrey Parkerson, MD
Vascular Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1245659549
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $11,277 of the $16,922 with a category attached, or 66.6%. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 31.2% of the total.
Across 235 payments — averaging $72.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$3K
- Cook Medical LLC$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$813
- Centinel Spine, LLC$787
- plus $4K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,64433%
- Food & beverage$11,27767%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 54 | $5,279 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 45 | $2,863 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 45 | $2,278 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 13 | $1,399 |
| Stryker | 6 | $813 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $787 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $627 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 4 | $396 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 4 | $371 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 8 | $312 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $263 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 11 | $256 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $187 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $181 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $160 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $133 |
| Abbott | 1 | $109 |
| Truvic Medical, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $83 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $46 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $40 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| BD | 1 | $17 |
| Argon Medical Devices, 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.
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$1,659
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,441
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$945
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$919
- PRODISC L$741
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$733
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$733
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$733
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$617
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$590
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$456
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$368
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$368
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$354
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$331
- Ellipsys$309
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$289
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$287
- Endurant$284
- Indigo System$275
How this compares
$16,922 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 65 vascular surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $11,440 |
| Cilostazol | 23 | $320 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 35 | $286 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 14 | $131 |
| Alprazolam | 19 | $16 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in New Orleans
- Claudie SheahanNew Orleans$25K
- Amit ChawlaNew Orleans$24K
- Samuel VictoriaNew Orleans$14K
- Waldemar SternberghNew Orleans$11K
- Estela BrookeNew Orleans$6K
- Kelli SummersNew Orleans$4K
- Genevieve HayekNew Orleans$4K
- Tapash PalitNew Orleans$3K
- Taylor SmithNew Orleans$3K
- Joseph GiaimoNew Orleans$3K
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.