Naoum Baladi, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Daly City, CANPI 1295740173
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Livanova USA, Inc. at 55.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,366 and has fallen 85.9% since, to $193 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $4,430.
Across 32 payments — averaging $76.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$332
- Artivion, Inc.$235
- Abiomed$136
- Atricure, Inc.$121
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$86
- plus $179 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,43058%
- Food & beverage$1,02442%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 6 | $1,366 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $332 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $235 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $136 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $121 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $86 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $73 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $49 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $24 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$2,454 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Daly City
- Thomas FogartyPortola Valley$3.7M
- Steven GundryPalm Springs$1.6M
- Armin KiankhooySaint Helena$941K
- Ara KlijianMurrieta$916K
- Gregory FontanaThousand Oaks$875K
- Gansevoort DunningtonSaint Helena$764K
- Wilson TsaiWalnut Creek$680K
- Fernando FleischmanLos Angeles$608K
- Harmik SoukiasianLos Angeles$577K
- Ali KhoynezhadLong Beach$476K
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.