Levester Kirksey, MD
Vascular Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1912916560
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $42,000 of the $57,298 with a category attached, or 73.3%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by KCI USA, Inc. at 34.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $15,077 and has fallen 74.5% since, to $3,844 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in OH 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 74 payments — averaging $774.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KCI USA, Inc.$20K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$12K
- Boston Scientific$11K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$6K
- Cook Incorporated$5K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- plus $2K from 11 others
Across 93 payments — averaging $4152.46 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.
- Endologix LLC$140K
- Boston Scientific$75K
- Medtronic$54K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$46K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$38K
- KCI USA, Inc.$13K
- plus $20K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$42,00073%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,70817%
- Travel & lodging$2,2344%
- Food & beverage$2,7325%
- Education$6251%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KCI USA, Inc. | 19 | $19,705 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 15 | $12,354 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $10,738 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $6,402 |
| Cook Incorporated | 3 | $4,919 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $1,450 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 7 | $1,122 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $172 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $56 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $54 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $36 |
| Abbott | 1 | $30 |
| Mozarc Medical US LLC | 1 | $20 |
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.
- PREVENA$14,365
- XARELTO$6,402
- RYBREVANT$6,300
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$3,400
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$3,400
- Cavilon Advanced Skin Protectant$3,125
- Cavilon No Sting Barrier Film$3,125
- Bair Hugger$3,125
- Cavilon$3,125
- ACTIV.A.C. iOn PROGRESS$3,125
- Ranger$2,500
- GORE ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$2,375
- GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft$2,280
- Product in Development$1,995
- ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$1,782
- Stellarex$1,450
- Zenith Alpha$941
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$938
- EKOSONIC$914
- 3M Ioban$625
How this compares
$57,298 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 213 vascular surgery providers in Ohio.
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.
Other vascular surgery in Cleveland
- Sean LydenCleveland$561K
- Federico ParodiCleveland$78K
- Francis CaputoCleveland$75K
- Matthew EagletonCleveland$47K
- Jae ChoCleveland$34K
- Ravi AmbaniCleveland$32K
- Benjamin ColvardCleveland$29K
- Anthony RizzoCleveland$24K
- Daniel McLaughlinCleveland$16K
- Aric WogslandCleveland$16K
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.