Joseph Whitlark, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · State College, PANPI 1760461180
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $93,577 of the $109,569 with a category attached, or 85.4%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. at 56.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $75,331 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $2,043 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 113 payments — averaging $969.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$62K
- Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc$19K
- Johnson & Johnson$13K
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Biocomposites Inc$4K
- Curetis USA Inc.$2K
- plus $5K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$93,57785%
- Travel & lodging$9,7799%
- Food & beverage$3,1993%
- Education$3,0003%
- Gifts$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 1 | $62,115 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 18 | $18,727 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 45 | $13,181 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 21 | $4,892 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $3,650 |
| Curetis USA Inc. | 1 | $1,600 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $1,560 |
| Noah Medical Corporation | 4 | $1,225 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $1,019 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $994 |
| Body Vision Medical Inc. | 2 | $166 |
| Novocure Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Stryker | 1 | $101 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $90 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $19 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Monarch Platform$73,936
- ALIYA SYSTEM$18,466
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,442
- Stimulan$3,650
- MONARCH$1,693
- IMFINZI$930
- RESOLUTION CLIP$662
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$239
- LungVision$145
- 1788$101
How this compares
$109,569 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 State College
- Joseph BavariaAllentown$1.7M
- Basel RamlawiWynnewood$1.1M
- Patrick RossWynnewood$956K
- Mark AndersonPhiladelphia$527K
- Scott GoldmanWynnewood$354K
- Frank BowenCamp Hill$310K
- Michael AckerPhiladelphia$271K
- Wilson SzetoPhiladelphia$252K
- Inderpal SarkariaPittsburgh$248K
- Nimesh DesaiPhiladelphia$203K
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.