Patcharapong Suntharos
Pediatric Cardiology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1457591505
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.5%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 78.1% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 111 payments — averaging $123.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$356
- Boston Scientific$208
- Bayer$200
- B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.$185
- plus $381 from 6 others
Across 53 payments — averaging $7849.76 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$375K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$41K
- Edwards Lifesciences$360
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,37517%
- Travel & lodging$5,96843%
- Food & beverage$5,18038%
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(2 entities) | 87 | $10,712 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 8 | $1,682 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $356 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $208 |
| Bayer | 1 | $200 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 1 | $185 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $103 |
| Abbott | 1 | $102 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 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
$13,723 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 126 pediatric cardiology providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tadalafil | 18 | $975 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric cardiology in Cleveland
- Athar QureshiCleveland$383K
- Peter AzizCleveland$32K
- Animesh TandonCleveland$20K
- Martin BocksCleveland$16K
- John LozierCleveland$8K
- Edgard BendalyCleveland$8K
- Jill ShivapourCleveland$3K
- Chris SnyderCleveland$2K
- Iqbal El AssaadCleveland$2K
- Malek YamanCleveland$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.