Lateef Giwa
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · South Ozone Park, NYNPI 1427163120
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 81 payments — averaging $21.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$539
- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.$362
- Sobi, Inc$131
- Novo Nordisk$85
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$85
- Amgen$83
- plus $490 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,775100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $539 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 19 | $362 |
| Sobi, Inc | 7 | $131 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $85 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $85 |
| Amgen | 3 | $83 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $73 |
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $44 |
| Abbott | 1 | $41 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $38 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bayer | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,775 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 383 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New York.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in South Ozone Park
- Aubrey GallowayNew York$5.7M
- Mathew WilliamsNew York$4.3M
- Nasser AltorkiNew York$2.2M
- Prasad AdusumilliNew York$2M
- Sanjay SamySyracuse$1.7M
- David AdamsNew York$1.6M
- Koji TakedaNew York$1.3M
- Gilbert TangNew York$1.2M
- Isaac GeorgeNew York$1.1M
- Chukwumere NwoguBuffalo$969K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.