Michael Mack
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Plano, TXNPI 1376531913
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (47.5%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 60.0% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $36,728 and has fallen 68.3% since, to $11,625 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TX 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 300 payments — averaging $322.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$58K
- Boston Scientific$14K
- Medtronic$9K
- AbbVie$5K
- Procept Biorobotics Corporation$3K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$3K
- plus $3K from 4 others
Across 81 payments — averaging $9417.02 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$699K
- Carmat$63K
- AbbVie$169
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,79720%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,02818%
- Grants$1,1621%
- Travel & lodging$45,91547%
- Food & beverage$12,78513%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 205 | $58,039 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $14,369 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 59 | $9,404 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $5,400 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 8 | $3,197 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $2,997 |
| Abbott | 6 | $2,422 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $568 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $146 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$16,130
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$5,412
- AquaBeam Robotic System$3,154
- CoreValve Evolut$2,223
- MitraClip System$2,000
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,038
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$795
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$608
- Product in Development$550
- 3F$415
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$323
- Mitra Clip system$313
- APOLLOTM$270
- Apollo$203
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$161
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$146
- JenaValve Pericardial TAVR System$144
- Endurant$127
- Edwards SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Heart Valve$126
How this compares
$96,686 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Plano
- Gary JettPlano$277K
- William BrinkmanPlano$266K
- Katherine HarringtonPlano$182K
- Timothy GeorgePlano$146K
- Gregory MessnerPlano$112K
- Fred LeePlano$92K
- Robert SmithPlano$55K
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.