James Kitchen, MD
Vascular Surgery · Huntington, WVNPI 1336300375
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
17 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 32.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,176 and has fallen 77.3% since, to $494 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in WV, where the typical reported total is $5,101.
Across 58 payments — averaging $82.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$966
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$710
- Cook Medical LLC$706
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$179
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$155
- plus $525 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,49752%
- Food & beverage$2,30348%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 10 | $1,559 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $966 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 6 | $710 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 13 | $706 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $179 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $150 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $57 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $56 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $51 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $36 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,128
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$773
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$557
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$557
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$557
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$557
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$179
- Zenith$166
- ELUVIA$150
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface$146
- Zilver PTX$126
- Cook$110
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$103
How this compares
$4,800 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 32 vascular surgery providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cilostazol | 22 | $335 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 14 | $61 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Huntington
- Constantinos ConstantinouHuntington$4K
- Shadi Abu HalimahCharleston$38K
- Dean WickelTriadelphia$30K
- Lakshmikumar PillaiMorgantown$20K
- John CampbellCharleston$12K
- Pamela ZimmermanMorgantown$11K
- Andrew LeeCharleston$11K
- Vardhan ReddyWeirton$11K
- John AdeniyiBridgeport$10K
- Ibrahim Abou SalehMorgantown$9K
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.