Nikhil Gandhi
Interventional Cardiology · Southfield, MINPI 1437649159
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 109 payments — averaging $67.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$552
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$405
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$356
- Amgen$349
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,62122%
- Food & beverage$5,35373%
- Education$3755%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 18 | $1,947 |
| Abbott | 24 | $1,376 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 8 | $552 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 11 | $405 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $356 |
| Amgen | 5 | $349 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $337 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $266 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $264 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $240 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $182 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $179 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 7 | $174 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $141 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $138 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $120 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 3 | $49 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Stryker | 1 | $33 |
| Bard Peripheral 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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,621
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,621
- OPTIS$332
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$329
- Assure WCD$244
- NEXLIZET$240
- NEXLETOL$240
- Repatha$225
- COROFLOW$219
- Micra$158
- AVVIGO Guidance System$146
- Indigo System$141
- EMBOSHIELD NAV6$138
- PRESSUREWIRE$137
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$136
- Perclose ProStyle$135
- Impella$135
- LifeVest$131
- XARELTO$129
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$129
How this compares
$7,348 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 187 interventional cardiology providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 15 | $219 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Southfield
- Shukri DavidSouthfield$1.6M
- Marcel ZughaibSouthfield$1.2M
- Amir KakiDetroit$2.3M
- William MerhiGrand Rapids$2M
- Qaiser ShafiqSouthgate$1.3M
- Jason RicciPetoskey$1.1M
- Khaldoon AlaswadDetroit$1.1M
- Paul GrossmanAnn Arbor$1.1M
- Tamam MohamadDetroit$960K
- Harry ColferPetoskey$940K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.