Jihad Kaouk, MD
Urology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1447299375
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $173,450 of the $234,377 with a category attached, or 74.0%. Vascular Technology, Inc. accounts for 68.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $158,778 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $12,452 in 2025. Among urology clinicians in OH 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 91 payments — averaging $2575.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vascular Technology, Inc.$161K
- Intuitive Surgical$70K
- Medtronic$3K
- Lazarus 3d$291
- Conmed Corporation$169
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$141
- plus $68 from 2 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $42,006 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$462K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$38,00016%
- Speaking & faculty fees$173,45074%
- Travel & lodging$2,6021%
- Food & beverage$4,3252%
- Education$16,0007%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vascular Technology, Inc. | 5 | $161,400 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 58 | $69,565 |
| Medtronic | 21 | $2,744 |
| Lazarus 3d | 2 | $291 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $169 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $141 |
| EDAP Technomed Inc | 1 | $48 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$56,261
- DA VINCI SP$12,950
- Pre-Sure$291
- SILS$142
- 24FR BIPLR COAG ELECTRDE, STERILE, PKG/6$141
- AIRSEAL$109
- AccuVac$103
How this compares
$234,377 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 485 urology providers in Ohio.
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.
Other urology in Cleveland
- Howard GoldmanCleveland$721K
- Sriharan SivalingamCleveland$276K
- Sandip VasavadaCleveland$263K
- Ruben OlivaresCleveland$184K
- Raymond RackleyCleveland$152K
- Petar BajicCleveland$149K
- Jorge Gutierrez AcevesCleveland$90K
- Kenneth AngermeierCleveland$69K
- Roger KhouriCleveland$57K
- Xinyuan ZhangCleveland$51K
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.