Kelli Summers, MD
Vascular Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1255865242
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,160 of the $4,427 with a category attached, or 71.4%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 45.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,238 and has fallen 72.2% since, to $621 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $4,548.
Across 82 payments — averaging $53.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$607
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$385
- Truvic Medical, Inc.$221
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$196
- Boston Scientific$170
- plus $856 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,16071%
- Education$1,26729%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 11 | $1,992 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 17 | $607 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 11 | $385 |
| Truvic Medical, Inc. | 5 | $221 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 13 | $196 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $170 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $143 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $119 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 3 | $106 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $87 |
| Stryker | 1 | $42 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 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.
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$1,243
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$549
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$245
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$156
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$156
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$138
- STRATAFIX$137
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$134
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with PROPATEN Bioactive Surface$127
How this compares
$4,427 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 65 vascular surgery providers in Louisiana.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 17 | $191 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 12 | $105 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in New Orleans
- Claudie SheahanNew Orleans$25K
- Amit ChawlaNew Orleans$24K
- Godfrey ParkersonNew Orleans$17K
- Samuel VictoriaNew Orleans$14K
- Waldemar SternberghNew Orleans$11K
- Estela BrookeNew Orleans$6K
- Genevieve HayekNew Orleans$4K
- Tapash PalitNew Orleans$3K
- Taylor SmithNew Orleans$3K
- Joseph GiaimoNew Orleans$3K
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.