James Gramm
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Olympia Fields, ILNPI 1124084900
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $382,720 of the $385,520 with a category attached, or 99.3%. Paragonix Technologies, Inc. accounts for 90.0% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $294,708 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $5,175 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IL 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 93 payments — averaging $4145.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$347K
- Abbott$35K
- Baxter Healthcare$2K
- Covidien LP$800
- Johnson & Johnson$453
- Boehringer Ingelheim$159
- plus $195 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$382,72099%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4150%
- Travel & lodging$1,6470%
- Food & beverage$7380%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 31 | $346,958 |
| Abbott | 36 | $34,645 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $2,310 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $800 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $453 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $159 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $69 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $40 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $33 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System$288,665
- SherpaCool Box$288,665
- CTS Canister Box$288,400
- MEDIGUIDE$16,900
- Cardiovascular- Research only$7,770
- SJM MASTERS SERIES$5,175
- Masters Mechanical Heart Valve$4,800
- FLOSEAL$1,320
- TISSEEL$990
- LigaSure$415
- Shipper Box$132
How this compares
$385,520 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Olympia Fields
- James TuchekOlympia Fields$17K
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Andrew ArndtWinfield$206K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$193K
- Syed HussainKankakee$142K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.