John Pool, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Newark, DENPI 1134338114
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (56.8%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 59.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $25,895 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $86 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in DE 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 197 payments — averaging $214.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$25K
- Medtronic$15K
- Abiomed$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$547
- Abbott$264
- Intact Vascular, Inc.$175
- plus $263 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,12512%
- Grants$5,50013%
- Travel & lodging$5091%
- Food & beverage$7,11317%
- Education$24,00057%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 15 | $25,153 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 143 | $14,679 |
| Abiomed | 13 | $1,166 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 14 | $547 |
| Abbott | 4 | $264 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $175 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $76 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$42,247 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 23 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Delaware.
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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 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Newark
- Brian NamNewark$28K
- Charles MulliganNewark$14K
- Li ZhangNewark$11K
- Thomas BauerNewark$8K
- Ray BlackwellNewark$4K
- Alain AsherNewark$3K
- Michael SanusiNewark$2K
- Ahmad KhanNewark$2K
- Joseph CosticNewark$2K
- Fernando GarziaRehoboth Beach$28K
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.