Namir Katkhouda
Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1164450714
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $119,863 of the $187,332 with a category attached, or 64.0%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 54.9% of the total. Among surgery clinicians in CA 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 163 payments — averaging $1149.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$103K
- Covidien LP$51K
- Davol Inc.$16K
- Baxter Healthcare$15K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Stryker$566
- plus $350 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$41,16822%
- Speaking & faculty fees$119,86364%
- Travel & lodging$16,7049%
- Food & beverage$9,5985%
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 | 68 | $102,888 |
| Covidien LP | 69 | $50,668 |
| Davol Inc. | 9 | $15,749 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $15,492 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $1,620 |
| Stryker | 5 | $566 |
| Merck | 2 | $131 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $102 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $84 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
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.
- Signia$17,510
- TISSEEL$15,492
- FLOSEAL$15,130
- PERI-STRIPS DRY$15,130
- ProGrip$14,442
- TRANSORB$8,586
- Sonicision$8,167
- PHASIX$5,800
- STRATAFIX$1,620
- iDrive$1,597
- LigaSure$466
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$457
- Valleylab$144
- BRIDION$125
- TELESCOPE,HOPKINS II,AUTOCLAVABLE$102
How this compares
$187,332 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,363 surgery providers in California.
Other surgery in Los Angeles
- John LiphamLos Angeles$942K
- Caitlin HoughtonLos Angeles$569K
- Nikolai BildzukewiczLos Angeles$319K
- Jonathan SalutaLos Angeles$150K
- Raul RosenthalLos Angeles$147K
- Timothy ChuterSan Francisco$8.8M
- Santiago HorganSan Diego$2.8M
- Rock LiuHayward$1.6M
- David LouriePasadena$1.4M
- Andrea PakulaThousand Oaks$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.