Karl Illig
Vascular Surgery · Tampa, FLNPI 1023053303
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (36.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Merit Medical Systems Inc accounts for 79.5% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $19,504, 6.4 times the $3,037 reported in 2019. Among vascular surgery clinicians in FL 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 98 payments — averaging $392.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$31K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Artegraft Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$903
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$475
- Medistim USA, Inc.$423
- plus $1K from 6 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $4503.09 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.
- Medistim USA, Inc.$47K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$33K
- Cook Research Incorporated$4K
- Medtronic$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,72530%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,92036%
- Travel & lodging$6,99518%
- Food & beverage$5,85415%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 21 | $30,595 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 30 | $2,632 |
| Artegraft Inc. | 3 | $2,445 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $903 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 10 | $475 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 2 | $423 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $324 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 8 | $308 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $146 |
| Amgen | 2 | $138 |
| Phraxis, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $31 |
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.
- HeRO Graft$7,857
- Surfacer Inside-Out Catheter$7,796
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$846
- MiraQ$423
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$418
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$386
- ENDURANT IIS$365
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$245
- ANASTOCLIP$238
- Endurant$144
- HawkOne$133
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with PROPATEN Bioactive Surface$131
- KRYSTEXXA$125
- FLIXENE$123
- Wrapsody Stent Graft$109
- Chameleon$106
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$101
How this compares
$38,494 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 385 vascular surgery providers in Florida.
Other vascular surgery in Tampa
- Charles BaileyTampa$162K
- Murray ShamesTampa$144K
- K Dean ArnaoutakisTampa$115K
- Halim YammineTampa$92K
- Charles BriggsTampa$90K
- Diego AyoTampa$68K
- Martin BackTampa$43K
- Samuel TapperStuart$1.3M
- Mariano ArosemenaBradenton$472K
- Manuel Perez IzquierdoOrlando$302K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.