Patrick Sowa
Vascular Surgery · Norfolk, VANPI 1881126746
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (45.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 68.0% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $10,880 and has fallen 81.1% since, to $2,060 in 2025.
Across 126 payments — averaging $172.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$15K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- Cook Medical LLC$878
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$670
- Stryker$358
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$9,84745%
- Travel & lodging$2,50812%
- Food & beverage$8,20038%
- Education$1,2026%
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 | 46 | $14,797 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 17 | $1,613 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 5 | $1,559 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 11 | $878 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $670 |
| Stryker | 6 | $358 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $351 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 5 | $314 |
| Abbott | 3 | $268 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 12 | $190 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $118 |
| BD | 1 | $82 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $34 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
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.
- ENDURANT IIS$13,339
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$2,980
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,559
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$1,421
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$614
- Product in Development$398
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$287
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$250
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$250
- Zenith Spiral-Z$239
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$161
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$161
- Sublime 014 Rx PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter$161
- Sublime Radial Access 018 RX PTA Dilatation Catheter$161
- Sublime Radial Access Guide Sheath$161
- Indigo System$147
- CLOTTRIEVER BOLD CATHETER$138
- Diamondback Peripheral$125
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$125
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$125
How this compares
$21,756 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 143 vascular surgery providers in Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 17 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Norfolk
- David DexterNorfolk$404K
- Animesh RathoreNorfolk$83K
- Deepak DeshmukhNorfolk$37K
- Emidio Germano da Silva NetoNorfolk$20K
- Jean PannetonVirginia Beach$1.3M
- John DeitrickRichmond$684K
- Rasesh ShahChesapeake$465K
- Samuel SteermanVirginia Beach$252K
- Joseph BabrowiczFairfax$202K
- Joshua AdamsRoanoke$138K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.