Philip Lavenburg
Cardiovascular Disease · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1740675982
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.8%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $10,435 and has fallen 57.4% since, to $4,443 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in PA 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 205 payments — averaging $96.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$6K
- Abbott$5K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abiomed$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$942
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$7,35537%
- Travel & lodging$3,96120%
- Food & beverage$8,47043%
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 | 41 | $6,484 |
| Abbott | 37 | $4,841 |
| Boston Scientific | 28 | $2,471 |
| Abiomed | 15 | $1,597 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 33 | $1,532 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 7 | $942 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 9 | $360 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 6 | $273 |
| Cathworks, Inc. | 3 | $242 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $162 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $153 |
| Stryker | 2 | $110 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $100 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $56 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $49 |
| Amgen | 1 | $47 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $35 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,437
- TRICLIP$1,271
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL$1,105
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$920
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$920
- Diamondback Coronary$291
- NAVITOR$277
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$234
- AVVIGO Guidance System$168
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$165
- PARADISE RENAL DENERVATION SYSTEM$162
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$162
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$149
- WATCHMAN FLX$145
- Watchman$140
- WATCHMAN Access System$137
- Telescope$128
- Ozempic$119
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system$117
- FFRangio$113
How this compares
$19,787 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,250 cardiovascular disease providers in Pennsylvania.
Other cardiovascular disease in Pittsburgh
- George GabrielPittsburgh$563K
- Mark GreathousePittsburgh$243K
- Brian HenryPittsburgh$224K
- Kent VolosinPittsburgh$190K
- Victor FarahPittsburgh$98K
- Moneal ShahPittsburgh$90K
- Stephen ChanPittsburgh$70K
- Hemal GadaWormleysburg$1.8M
- Benjamin KalsmithPgh$1.7M
- Peter KoweyWynnewood$1.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.