Melissa Medina, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, ILNPI 1952798449
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,726 of the $5,172 with a category attached, or 72.0%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 26.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,454, more than ten times the $107 reported in 2020.
Across 60 payments — averaging $86.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$791
- Atricure, Inc.$656
- Baxter Healthcare$293
- Medtronic$282
- plus $514 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,44628%
- Food & beverage$3,72672%
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. | 11 | $1,365 |
| Abbott | 11 | $1,272 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $791 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 12 | $656 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $293 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $282 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $147 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $133 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $107 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $82 |
| Stryker | 1 | $27 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,031
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$987
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$233
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$173
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$167
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$161
- NAVITOR$158
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$147
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$141
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$133
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$124
- COSEAL$123
- PREVELEAK$118
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$107
How this compares
$5,172 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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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 Chicago
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$193K
- Husam BalkhyChicago$129K
- Christopher SalernoChicago$124K
- Duc PhamChicago$114K
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.