James Doolittle
Surgical · New York, NYNPI 1861779274
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $30,497 of the $45,815 with a category attached, or 66.6%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 51.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $19,789 and has fallen 65.8% since, to $6,759 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in NY 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 683 payments — averaging $67.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$24K
- Edwards Lifesciences$13K
- Abbott$5K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$714
- Stryker$288
- plus $965 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,56810%
- Travel & lodging$10,45923%
- Food & beverage$30,49767%
- Education$100%
- Other$2821%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 312 | $23,633 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 237 | $12,988 |
| Abbott | 74 | $5,484 |
| Boston Scientific | 18 | $1,743 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 6 | $714 |
| Stryker | 4 | $288 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 6 | $232 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $148 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $142 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $125 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $99 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $52 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
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$14,361
- MitraClip$1,689
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$1,499
- PORTICO$1,075
- PASCAL$1,055
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$778
- APOLLOTM$754
- NAVITOR$747
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$528
- EVOQUE$498
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$448
- ONYX FRONTIER$417
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$311
- RESOLUTE ONYX$275
- CoreValve Evolut$267
- Optis Coronary Imaging System$243
- Carto 3$233
- SYMPLICITY G3$167
- AVVIGO Guidance System$148
- Impella$148
How this compares
$45,815 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,544 surgical providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 18 | $36 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in New York
- Nicole FeinNew York$225K
- Kenneth RuizNew York$93K
- Terry LinNew York$70K
- Irina KommNew York$39K
- Catherine ChoyNew York$24K
- Marianne PistilliNew York$21K
- Ami DalalNew York$16K
- Christopher PrezzanoNew York$14K
- Scott SchneiderNew York$11K
- Amy LuckertNew York$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.