John Dimaio
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Plano, TXNPI 1124082904
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 91 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 54.7% of the total.
Across 91 payments — averaging $104.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$5K
- Medtronic$988
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$906
- Artivion, Inc.$510
- Atricure, Inc.$281
- Vascular Graft Solutions Inc$169
- plus $1K from 14 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $23,632 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.
- Vascular Graft Solutions Inc$94K
- Novartis$24K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,533100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 48 | $5,216 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $988 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 6 | $906 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $510 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $281 |
| Vascular Graft Solutions Inc | 1 | $169 |
| Abbott | 2 | $167 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $156 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $130 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $121 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $87 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $85 |
| Merck | 1 | $81 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $61 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $15 |
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.
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$724
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$661
- Avalus$369
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$335
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$335
- Jotec Products$195
- VEST$169
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$164
- APOLLOTM$162
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$151
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$151
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$151
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$148
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$147
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$146
- EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$145
- ONYX FRONTIER$142
- ENSITE$137
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$134
- SWAN-GANZ CCOMBO V$133
How this compares
$9,533 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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- Gary JettPlano$277K
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- Katherine HarringtonPlano$182K
- Timothy GeorgePlano$146K
- Gregory MessnerPlano$112K
- Michael MackPlano$97K
- Fred LeePlano$92K
- Robert SmithPlano$55K
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.