Ian Sarembock
Interventional Cardiology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1922198613
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $88,233 of the $98,090 with a category attached, or 90.0%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 48.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $28,021 and has fallen 62.3% since, to $10,575 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 124 payments — averaging $791.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$48K
- Medtronic$44K
- Abbott$3K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$27
- plus $41 from 3 others
Across 50 payments — averaging $3357.37 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.
- Abbott$95K
- Edwards Lifesciences$72K
- Boston Scientific$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$88,23390%
- Grants$4951%
- Travel & lodging$5,9206%
- Food & beverage$3,4414%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 39 | $48,015 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 51 | $44,092 |
| Abbott | 21 | $2,857 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $1,750 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $1,308 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $27 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$27,900
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$25,000
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$8,385
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$4,672
- Watchman$4,059
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$4,000
- Mitra Clip system$2,136
- Product in Development$1,750
- LOTUS EDGE$1,590
- CoreValve Evolut$1,233
- Resolute$160
- MitraClip$157
- 3F$124
How this compares
$98,090 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 256 interventional cardiology providers in Ohio.
Other interventional cardiology in Cincinnati
- Timothy HenryCincinnati$605K
- John CorlCincinnati$390K
- Santiago GarciaCincinnati$360K
- Joseph ChooCincinnati$224K
- Dean KereiakesCincinnati$139K
- Puvi SeshiahCincinnati$81K
- Raviteja GuddetiCincinnati$68K
- Satya ShreenivasCincinnati$47K
- Amer SayedCincinnati$31K
- Zaid AlirhayimCincinnati$28K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.