Lakhmir Chawla
Critical Care Medicine · Washington, DCNPI 1124087721
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $431,616 of the $441,228 with a category attached, or 97.8%. Exthera Medical Corporation accounts for 75.7% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $142,255 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $247 in 2025. Among critical care medicine clinicians in DC 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 51 payments — averaging $8651.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exthera Medical Corporation$334K
- Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$82K
- Potrero Medical, Inc.$11K
- Astute Medical, Inc.$10K
- Outset Medical Inc$5K
- BD$145
- plus $245 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$431,61698%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,6000%
- Travel & lodging$7,3322%
- Food & beverage$6800%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exthera Medical Corporation | 20 | $334,160 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 17 | $81,682 |
| Potrero Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10,500 |
| Astute Medical, Inc. | 4 | $9,996 |
| Outset Medical Inc | 1 | $4,500 |
| BD | 1 | $145 |
| Nxstage Medical, Inc. | 2 | $94 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 1 | $72 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 3 | $50 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
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.
- NIYAD$61,682
- NEPHROCHECK TEST$7,497
- Seraph 100 Microbind Affinity Filter$1,600
How this compares
$441,228 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 59 critical care medicine providers in District of Columbia.
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Other critical care medicine in Washington
- Jonathan ChowWashington$285K
- Tunay KuruWashington$81K
- Vivek JainWashington$14K
- Kellen MulhernWashington$10K
- Jacob CollenWashington$8K
- Danielle DavisonWashington$5K
- Andrew HillWashington$5K
- Dina KianouryWashington$5K
- Brian LeeWashington$3K
- Pramod BhattaraiWashington$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.