Jeffrey Lau
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Honolulu, HINPI 1629056320
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biom'up SA at 55.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,808 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $82 in 2023.
Across 73 payments — averaging $173.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biom'up SA$7K
- Medtronic$840
- Corcym Inc$625
- Livanova USA, Inc.$607
- Abbott$603
- Edwards Lifesciences$549
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $1994.42 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$12K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,00039%
- Travel & lodging$1,52812%
- Food & beverage$6,04348%
- Education$921%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biom'up SA | 9 | $7,074 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $840 |
| Corcym Inc | 7 | $625 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 8 | $607 |
| Abbott | 6 | $603 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 8 | $549 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $526 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $500 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $220 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $199 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $198 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $136 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $118 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $114 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $98 |
| Galt Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $82 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $74 |
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.
- HEMOBLAST$7,004
- Perceval$553
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$288
- CoreValve Evolut$283
- AMPLATZER Occluders$253
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$233
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$226
- HemoBlast Bellows$198
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$188
- Mitra Clip system$147
- Simulus$143
- CentriMag$141
- Impella$136
- Avalus$129
- Yupelri$124
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$118
- SternaLock Blu$116
- Vascular Lithotripsy$109
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Hawaiito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Honolulu
- Taryne ImaiHonolulu$114K
- Jonathan PhilpottHonolulu$84K
- Peter TsaiHonolulu$51K
- Nicholas DangHonolulu$19K
- Dean NakamuraHonolulu$11K
- Jeffrey WuHonolulu$9K
- Ayman Abdul GhaniHonolulu$8K
- Jama JahanyarHonolulu$6K
- Eric ChungHonolulu$2K
- Tracy DorheimHonolulu$953
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.