Igor Gregoric
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Houston, TXNPI 1043308844
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,514 of the $7,389 with a category attached, or 61.1%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Transmedics, Inc. at 38.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,170 and has fallen 90.1% since, to $314 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $5,866.
Across 63 payments — averaging $117.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Transmedics, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$565
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$373
- Medtronic$327
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$285
- plus $520 from 5 others
Across 77 payments — averaging $4560.06 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.
- Medtronic$223K
- Abbott$75K
- Artivion, Inc.$53K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,87639%
- Food & beverage$4,51461%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Transmedics, Inc. | 1 | $2,876 |
| Abbott | 25 | $2,443 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $565 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 3 | $373 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $327 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 10 | $285 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $282 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 4 | $142 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $69 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$2,876
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$556
- ADVISOR$319
- HeartMate$261
- FLOSEAL$245
- HeartMate Touch$181
- AVEIR$167
- Agilis HisPro$153
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$149
- HeartWare HVAD$146
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$141
- SwiftSet$128
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$125
- LOTUS EDGE$124
How this compares
$7,389 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Houston
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
- Danny RamzyHouston$527K
- Randall WolfHouston$283K
- Min KimHouston$185K
- Marc MoonHouston$142K
- Ismael Salas de ArmasHouston$121K
- Shawn GrothHouston$110K
- Mahesh RamchandaniHouston$110K
- Gabriel LoorHouston$106K
- Mara AntonoffHouston$104K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.