Nelly Chow
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1083147318
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (58.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 71.2% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,927, more than ten times the $141 reported in 2019.
Across 62 payments — averaging $151.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$323
- Edwards Lifesciences$171
- Beone Medicines USA, Inc.$149
- AbbVie$141
- plus $751 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8949%
- Food & beverage$3,02432%
- Education$5,50058%
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 | 12 | $6,706 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 22 | $1,178 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $323 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $171 |
| Beone Medicines USA, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $141 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $137 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $117 |
| Noah Medical Corporation | 1 | $60 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $45 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $32 |
| Merck | 1 | $29 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $29 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
How this compares
$9,419 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 41 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Nevada.
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- Hazem AfifiLas Vegas$41K
- Nauman JahangirLas Vegas$38K
- Quynh FeikesLas Vegas$24K
- Timothy HamiltonLas Vegas$21K
- Rick BernsteinLas Vegas$16K
- Giovanni CiuffoLas Vegas$15K
- Serrie LicoLas Vegas$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.