Michael Salinger
Interventional Cardiology · Milwaukee, WINPI 1255416228
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 64.4% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $91,308 and has fallen 54.5% since, to $41,567 in 2021. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 283 payments — averaging $761.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$139K
- Boston Scientific$74K
- Abbott$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$466
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$241
- Abiomed$161
- plus $319 from 6 others
Across 20 payments — averaging $7031.43 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.
- Boston Scientific$126K
- Abbott$15K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$71,90633%
- Speaking & faculty fees$102,34147%
- Travel & lodging$37,33117%
- Food & beverage$4,0472%
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 | 179 | $138,789 |
| Boston Scientific | 75 | $73,993 |
| Abbott | 13 | $1,656 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $466 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $241 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $161 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $140 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
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$136,113
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$30,579
- LOTUS EDGE$23,264
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$16,496
- Mitra Clip system$1,260
- AMS$1,216
- Watchman$1,194
- On-X$406
- Impella$125
- ROTABLATOR$116
How this compares
$215,626 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 118 interventional cardiology providers in Wisconsin.
Other interventional cardiology in Milwaukee
- Tanvir BajwaMilwaukee$106K
- Suhail AllaqabandMilwaukee$88K
- Saif AnwaruddinMilwaukee$80K
- Iyad AzzamMilwaukee$60K
- Montoya TaylorMilwaukee$48K
- Mina IskanderMilwaukee$41K
- Anna LarosaMilwaukee$38K
- Louie KostopoulosMilwaukee$26K
- Daniel JohnsrudMilwaukee$25K
- Sasanka JayasuriyaMilwaukee$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.