Karim Halazun, MD
Transplant Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1326208976
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 73.0% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $21,227, more than ten times the $203 reported in 2019.
Across 37 payments — averaging $755.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$20K
- Transmedics, Inc.$6K
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$397
- Medtronic$185
- Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical)$179
- Intuitive Surgical$143
- plus $454 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5005%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,01850%
- Travel & lodging$8,51630%
- Food & beverage$3,93214%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $20,420 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 6 | $6,187 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $397 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $185 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $179 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $143 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $111 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 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.
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial)$15,758
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$6,187
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$4,585
- SherpaPak$397
- LIVERguard$397
- LUNGguard$397
- BaroGuard$397
- PancreasPak$397
- Signia$167
- Da Vinci Surgical System$127
- OCALIVA$123
- IMFINZI$111
How this compares
$27,965 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 72 transplant surgery providers in New York.
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 transplant surgery in New York
- Kishore IyerNew York$95K
- Jason HawksworthNew York$91K
- Parissa TabrizianNew York$74K
- Lloyd RatnerNew York$32K
- Hautien LiouNew York$31K
- Myron SchwartzNew York$27K
- Ron ShapiroNew York$16K
- Gabriel GondolesiNew York$15K
- Lewis TepermanNew York$13K
- Babak OrandiNew York$10K
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.