Grayson Wheatley
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Nashville, TNNPI 1083615934
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $768,714 of the $899,599 with a category attached, or 85.5%. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. accounts for 76.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TN 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 815 payments — averaging $1103.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$692K
- Johnson & Johnson$189K
- Medtronic$16K
- Bolton Medical Inc$2K
- Synthes USA Products LLC$916
- Biom'up SA$351
- plus $50 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$768,71485%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,5002%
- Travel & lodging$101,55911%
- Food & beverage$15,8262%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 674 | $692,139 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 106 | $188,529 |
| Medtronic | 19 | $16,105 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 7 | $1,509 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 6 | $916 |
| Biom'up SA | 2 | $351 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $50 |
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.
- VISTASEAL$346,369
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$239,571
- EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human)$196,752
- SURGICEL Family of Absorbable Hemostats$175,621
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix$140,027
- ETHICON$129,752
- STRATAFIX$121,131
- DERMABOND Portfolio$102,657
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix Family of Products$75,894
- MATRIXRIB$71,325
- EVARREST$63,768
- DERMABOND$18,330
- Valiant Navion$11,457
- Surgicel Powder$6,042
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$5,814
- ACTIS$4,380
- EMPHASYS$4,380
- Kincise$4,380
- Velys$4,380
- Valiant Captivia$3,093
How this compares
$899,599 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 115 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Tennessee.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Nashville
- V ReddyNashville$760K
- Clayton KaiserNashville$124K
- Sreekumar SubramanianNashville$98K
- Erin GillaspieNashville$95K
- Amber EdwardsNashville$83K
- Caitlin DemarestNashville$33K
- Henry ToddNashville$28K
- Swaroop BommareddiNashville$26K
- Ali IrshadNashville$20K
- Brian LimaNashville$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.