Nikoloz Shekiladze, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Atlanta, GANPI 1568845147
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $74,378 of the $107,850 with a category attached, or 69.0%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 46.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $49,535 and has fallen 89.6% since, to $5,166 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 324 payments — averaging $332.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$50K
- Medtronic$24K
- Abbott$17K
- Abiomed$4K
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- plus $7K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$74,37869%
- Travel & lodging$15,02814%
- Food & beverage$18,18617%
- Education$2580%
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 | 52 | $49,755 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 84 | $23,854 |
| Abbott | 39 | $17,458 |
| Abiomed | 11 | $3,634 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 24 | $3,285 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 26 | $2,577 |
| Boston Scientific | 42 | $2,408 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 9 | $1,202 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 13 | $1,113 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 10 | $945 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 6 | $721 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $348 |
| Stryker | 1 | $142 |
| Thrombolex, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Verge Medical, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
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.
- Impella$3,569
- Indigo System$2,673
- RESOLUTE ONYX$2,157
- ONYX FRONTIER$1,594
- EVOQUE$1,434
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$1,295
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,276
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,273
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,066
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$977
- MitraClip$949
- TRICLIP$944
- GORE CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder$669
- OPTIS$550
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$515
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$508
- PERIPHERAL VASCULAR$440
- ROTAPRO$385
- AVVIGO Guidance System$366
- Resolute$208
How this compares
$107,850 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 218 interventional cardiology providers in Georgia.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Succinate | 12 | $207 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 15 | $111 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 14 | $77 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 11 | $6 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Atlanta
- William NicholsonAtlanta$1000K
- David KandzariAtlanta$982K
- Pradeep YadavAtlanta$656K
- Adam GreenbaumAtlanta$238K
- Wissam JaberAtlanta$222K
- Katherine KunkelAtlanta$189K
- James StewartAtlanta$174K
- Pratik SandesaraAtlanta$165K
- Chandanreddy DevireddyAtlanta$121K
- Prashant KaulAtlanta$109K
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.