Kareem Ibrahim, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Clark, NJNPI 1760771653
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (38.4%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 78.7% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,750 and has fallen 94.7% since, to $200 in 2025.
Across 116 payments — averaging $131.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$12K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$783
- Davol Inc.$499
- Medtronic$366
- Medela LLC$317
- Abiomed$147
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,90726%
- Food & beverage$5,86438%
- Education$5,50036%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 69 | $12,028 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 8 | $783 |
| Davol Inc. | 7 | $499 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $366 |
| Medela LLC | 2 | $317 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $147 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $139 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $136 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Stryker | 1 | $127 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $117 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $103 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $91 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $83 |
| BD | 1 | $71 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $59 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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$10,992
- AERO Stent & del system$350
- AEROMini Fully Covered Tracheobronchial Stent$339
- Signia$331
- Art. 101030215 Thopaz+ Chest Drainage$306
- Impella$147
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$136
- 1788$127
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$114
- IMFINZI$103
- ALIYA SYSTEM$103
How this compares
$15,285 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 129 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Jersey.
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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 Clark
- Atiq RehmanCherry Hill$503K
- Mark RussoNew Brunswick$219K
- Leonard LeeHackensack$143K
- Adam ArnofskyEnglewood$132K
- Igor GosevNewark$118K
- Kourosh AsgarianNeptune$93K
- James McPhersonPennington$93K
- Katherine WoodNewark$83K
- George BatsidesNew Brunswick$71K
- Yuji KakuCamden$57K
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.