Harry Donias, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · West Monroe, LANPI 1568440394
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $10,075 of the $13,037 with a category attached, or 77.3%. Medtronic accounts for 91.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,274 and has fallen 94.5% since, to $289 in 2025.
Across 84 payments — averaging $155.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- Abiomed$721
- Edwards Lifesciences$189
- Johnson & Johnson$76
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$55
- Penumbra, Inc.$20
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,07577%
- Travel & lodging$7776%
- Food & beverage$2,12516%
- Gifts$600%
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(2 entities) | 49 | $11,976 |
| Abiomed | 23 | $721 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $189 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $76 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $55 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- HawkOne$6,866
- TurboHawk$2,600
- Protege EverFlex$1,300
- IN.PACT Admiral$147
How this compares
$13,037 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 75 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Louisiana.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pentoxifylline | 23 | $556 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 75 | $522 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 33 | $122 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $90 |
| Spironolactone | 11 | $68 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 22 | $62 |
| Furosemide | 15 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in West Monroe
- Richard GitterMetairie$1.5M
- Emily CassidyBaton Rouge$1.3M
- David AllieLafayette$666K
- Vern KellerLafayette$394K
- Aditya BansalNew Orleans$140K
- Daniel BecklesLake Charles$80K
- Nicholas LeblancBaton Rouge$70K
- Sarah AhmadMonroe$58K
- Imtiaz KhanBaton Rouge$42K
- Robert DewittAlexandria$38K
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.