James Russell
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Williamsville, NYNPI 1285165969
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $37,250 of the $52,497 with a category attached, or 71.0%. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 40.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $21,721 and has fallen 73.0% since, to $5,863 in 2025.
Across 217 payments — averaging $241.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$21K
- Medtronic$16K
- Boston Scientific$8K
- Biotronik Inc.$4K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$353
- Abiomed$296
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$37,25071%
- Travel & lodging$4,8839%
- Food & beverage$9,17517%
- Education$1,1892%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 29 | $20,997 |
| Medtronic | 40 | $16,485 |
| Boston Scientific | 37 | $8,049 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 33 | $4,449 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $353 |
| Abiomed | 10 | $296 |
| Novartis | 11 | $284 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $264 |
| Philips North America LLC | 8 | $173 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 5 | $130 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 4 | $126 |
| BD | 3 | $118 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $103 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $93 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $77 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $57 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $31 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $24 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $22 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- ENSITE$1,648
- Micra$514
- Solia$422
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$413
- Watchman$324
- PAMIRA$299
- AMVIA EDGE$299
- Selectra$299
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$217
- Plexa ProMRI$212
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$212
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$207
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$207
- AVEIR$200
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$166
- WATCHMAN Access System$140
- SPRINT QUATTRO SECURE S MRI SURESCAN$134
- SYMPLICITY G3$125
- Rivacor$123
- Acticor$123
How this compares
$52,497 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 214 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in New York.
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Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Williamsville
- Vivek ReddyNew York$14.9M
- Jacob KoruthNew York$3.7M
- Srinivas DukkipatiNew York$2.7M
- Amir AhmadiNew York$789K
- Larry ChinitzNew York$448K
- Felix YangBrooklyn$407K
- James IpNew York$347K
- Stavros MountantonakisManhasset$321K
- Jorge RomeroSyracuse$295K
- Nicholas SkipitarisNew York$293K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.