Kristen Carter
Physician Assistant · Stamford, CTNPI 1962818161
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 235 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 86.4% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among physician assistant clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 235 payments — averaging $24.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Johnson & Johnson$241
- Edwards Lifesciences$181
- Pfizer$80
- Boston Scientific$75
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$67
- plus $150 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,830100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 210 | $5,035 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $241 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $181 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $80 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $75 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $67 |
| Abbott | 3 | $52 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $33 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
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.
How this compares
$5,830 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,795 physician assistant providers in Connecticut.
Other physician assistant in Stamford
- Lubna LatifStamford$13K
- Gary SpinnerBridgeport$119K
- Jordan MarcouTrumbull$44K
- Mary ElliottGuilford$43K
- Christopher ThompsonGroton$42K
- Michael LalondeNew Haven$35K
- Kristine LaneMiddletown$30K
- Kathryn MidgleyNew Haven$28K
- Richard MoroPlainfield$25K
- Janine TedescoDarien$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.