Michael Amendola
Vascular Surgery · Richmond, VANPI 1427267822
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.4% of the total across 231 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 44.9% of the total.
Across 231 payments — averaging $79.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Bolton Medical Inc$2K
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$2K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$1K
- Penumbra, Inc.$923
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$897
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9765%
- Food & beverage$16,95092%
- Education$4212%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 110 | $8,237 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 30 | $2,283 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 23 | $1,815 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $1,015 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 11 | $923 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 10 | $897 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 10 | $883 |
| Endologix LLC | 6 | $495 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 7 | $495 |
| Abbott | 3 | $224 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $201 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $178 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 3 | $146 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Photocure Inc | 1 | $95 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $91 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $86 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $33 |
| Werfen USA LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ENDURANT IIS$2,616
- Endurant$1,059
- Valiant Captivia$772
- ENTRE$747
- ANDEXXA$615
- Valiant Navion$608
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$549
- FLEXITOUCH$494
- ACTITOUCH$494
- Relay Grafts$493
- Flexitouch Plus$485
- Indigo$471
- Grafts$432
- Indigo System$270
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$268
- Entre Plus$232
- MO.MA ULTRA$212
- BioMimics$201
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$178
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$155
How this compares
$18,347 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 143 vascular surgery providers in Virginia.
Other vascular surgery in Richmond
- John DeitrickRichmond$684K
- Daniel NewtonRichmond$25K
- Andrew LeakeRichmond$17K
- Mark LevyRichmond$17K
- Michael MarcinczykRichmond$10K
- Jean PannetonVirginia Beach$1.3M
- Rasesh ShahChesapeake$465K
- David DexterNorfolk$404K
- Samuel SteermanVirginia Beach$252K
- Joseph BabrowiczFairfax$202K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.