Michael Ibrahim, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Philadelphia, PANPI 1528443041
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (56.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 63.9% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $49,277, more than ten times the $973 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 153 payments — averaging $432.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$42K
- Artivion, Inc.$7K
- Novo Nordisk$4K
- Corcym Inc$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,8759%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,2005%
- Travel & lodging$11,39017%
- Food & beverage$8,25412%
- Education$37,38157%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 26 | $42,257 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 31 | $7,485 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $3,875 |
| Corcym Inc | 10 | $3,850 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 25 | $3,828 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 31 | $2,468 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $919 |
| Abbott | 7 | $553 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $173 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $168 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $127 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Enablecv Inc. | 2 | $98 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $83 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$42,130
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$3,978
- MI DETACH - AORTIC CROSS CLAMP - DELIVERY SYSTEM KIT$2,000
- Perceval$1,544
- EVOQUE$1,135
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$979
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$837
- THRUPORT SYSTEMS INTRACLUDE INTRA-AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE$523
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$485
- VenaSeal$225
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$181
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$175
- COR KNOT$168
- Octopus$160
- Avalus$156
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$155
- CARDIOMEMS$150
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$140
- MEMO 4D$129
- ECM Patch,Pouch$106
How this compares
$66,100 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 31 | $194 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Philadelphia
- Mark AndersonPhiladelphia$527K
- Michael AckerPhiladelphia$271K
- Wilson SzetoPhiladelphia$252K
- Nimesh DesaiPhiladelphia$203K
- Nathaniel EvansPhiladelphia$187K
- Marisa CevascoPhiladelphia$186K
- Pavan AtluriPhiladelphia$165K
- Chase BrownPhiladelphia$137K
- Olugbenga OkusanyaPhiladelphia$132K
- Joshua GrimmPhiladelphia$56K
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.