Melissa Donovan, MD
Vascular Surgery · Metairie, LANPI 1912115411
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.9% of the total across 61 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 57.8% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $4,548.
Across 61 payments — averaging $75.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$345
- Penumbra, Inc.$284
- Imperative Care, Inc$187
- Inari Medical, Inc.$174
- Endologix LLC$148
- plus $813 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$501%
- Food & beverage$4,57099%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 27 | $2,669 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $345 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $284 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $187 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 5 | $174 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $148 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $110 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $93 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $91 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $82 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $72 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Abbott | 1 | $59 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $48 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$687
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$526
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$309
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$309
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$277
- GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft$269
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$257
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface$180
- PRODIGY CATHETER$158
- Indigo System$145
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$116
- EKOSONIC$110
How this compares
$4,619 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 65 vascular surgery providers in Louisiana.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 14 | $82 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 15 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Metairie
- Gregory CrenshawMetairie$67K
- Henry PretusMetairie$7K
- Michael Conners IiiBaton Rouge$70K
- James CravenBaton Rouge$65K
- Marvin WeaverBaton Rouge$58K
- Christopher LagraizeLafayette$47K
- Paul PerkowskiShreveport$41K
- Osarumen OkunborCovington$38K
- Malachi SheahanMarrero$27K
- London GuidryBaton Rouge$25K
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.