Lishan Aklog
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Phoenix, AZNPI 1801817937
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $527,669 of the $530,763 with a category attached, or 99.4%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 99.4% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $325,614 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $2,529 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in AZ 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 17 payments — averaging $31,221 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$528K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$115
- Abbott$93
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$527,66999%
- Travel & lodging$2,1560%
- Food & beverage$9380%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $527,732 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 6 | $2,823 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Abbott | 1 | $93 |
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.
- SternaLock Blu$527,669
- AngioVac$2,337
- AlphaVac$402
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$115
How this compares
$530,763 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 100 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arizona.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Phoenix
- Dawn JaroszewskiPhoenix$794K
- Abdul Samad HashimiPhoenix$175K
- Hao FangPhoenix$171K
- Kevin BradyPhoenix$143K
- Mark TassetPhoenix$118K
- Merick KirshnerPhoenix$109K
- Michael SmithPhoenix$29K
- Modesto ColonPhoenix$26K
- Mark PetersonPhoenix$20K
- Orazio AmabilePhoenix$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.