Jonathan Philpott
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Honolulu, HINPI 1457353229
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $76,114 of the $83,632 with a category attached, or 91.0%. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 93.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $62,331 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $110 in 2025.
Across 109 payments — averaging $767.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$79K
- Medtronic$4K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$571
- Edwards Lifesciences$324
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$137
- Abiomed$133
- plus $184 from 4 others
Across 99 payments — averaging $1588.18 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$117K
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$22K
- Atricure, Inc.$17K
- Transmedics, Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$76,11491%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,5003%
- Travel & lodging$2,0772%
- Food & beverage$2,9414%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 77 | $78,547 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $3,736 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 9 | $571 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $324 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $133 |
| Abbott | 1 | $80 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $67 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$11,622
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$11,475
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$7,281
- HeartWare HVAD$2,630
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$897
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$327
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$269
- C3 Delivery System$187
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$173
- Endurant$169
- Valiant Captivia$147
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$142
- Sherpacool$137
- Shipper$137
- Canister$137
- Impella$107
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
- Peter TsaiHonolulu$51K
- Nicholas DangHonolulu$19K
- Jeffrey LauHonolulu$13K
- 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.