Lucian Durham, PhD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Milwaukee, WINPI 1427036540
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (37.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 45.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $14,291 and has fallen 74.4% since, to $3,662 in 2025.
Across 119 payments — averaging $249.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$13K
- Abbott$13K
- Transmedics, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$343
- Vapotherm Inc$195
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$160
- plus $336 from 6 others
Across 32 payments — averaging $3478.55 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.
- Transmedics, Inc.$80K
- Abbott$31K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,90620%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,03837%
- Travel & lodging$6,92823%
- Food & beverage$5,80520%
- Gifts$320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 34 | $13,483 |
| Abbott | 58 | $13,195 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 2 | $1,996 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $343 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 4 | $195 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 4 | $120 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $112 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $18 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Impella$11,919
- CentriMag$8,027
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$1,996
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,778
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$1,223
- CARDIOMEMS$1,144
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$115
- HeartWare HVAD$114
- Precision Flow$114
- PREVELEAK$112
- Affinity Fusion$101
How this compares
$29,709 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 97 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Wisconsin.
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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 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Milwaukee
- Mario GasparriMilwaukee$516K
- David DemosMilwaukee$446K
- William TisolMilwaukee$339K
- Paul SeifertMilwaukee$31K
- Goya RaikarMilwaukee$17K
- John CrouchMilwaukee$15K
- Andrew LinMilwaukee$14K
- Lyle JoyceMilwaukee$14K
- Austin RogersMilwaukee$13K
- Mallory HuntMilwaukee$13K
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.