Rami Lutfi, MD
Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1447237425
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $169,331 and has fallen 88.7% since, to $19,190 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 823 payments — averaging $499.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$235K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$95K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$37K
- Olympus Latin America, Inc.$16K
- Johnson & Johnson$9K
- Covidien LP$5K
- plus $13K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$135,21833%
- Speaking & faculty fees$175,33243%
- Travel & lodging$37,7459%
- Food & beverage$32,1718%
- Education$30,3407%
- Entertainment$510%
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 | 530 | $235,306 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 143 | $94,901 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 50 | $36,879 |
| Olympus Latin America, Inc. | 20 | $16,444 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 17 | $9,192 |
| Covidien LP | 25 | $5,034 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 2 | $2,689 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $2,550 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $2,325 |
| Conmed Corporation | 7 | $1,959 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $1,407 |
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 2 | $800 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 7 | $660 |
| Reshape Lifesciences Inc. | 2 | $172 |
| Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Merck | 1 | $98 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $60 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $28 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $22 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$46,978
- Signia$34,886
- LigaSure$27,883
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$26,334
- 4-K$21,524
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$21,093
- Sonicision$15,895
- SEAMGUARD Staple Line Reinforcement$14,262
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$14,160
- Olympus Surgical Accessories$13,330
- Olympus Laparoscopes$12,863
- Olympus Laparoscopic Accessories$12,604
- Olympus Laparoscopic Insufflation$11,797
- Olympus Laparoscopic Suction Irrigation$11,340
- EVIS EXERA$10,395
- DVI CABLE 3M$7,290
- Dextile$6,765
- Endo Stitch$6,750
- ThunderBeat$6,168
- SEAMGUARD$2,645
How this compares
$410,856 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,180 surgery providers in Illinois.
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.
Other surgery in Chicago
- Francesco BiancoChicago$1M
- Mark KeldahlChicago$765K
- Jonah StulbergChicago$209K
- Julie DunderdaleChicago$205K
- Shabirhusain AbadinChicago$153K
- Richard ZhuChicago$128K
- Eric HungnessChicago$126K
- Kyle MuellerChicago$117K
- Benjamin JohnsonChicago$115K
- Vivek PrachandChicago$110K
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.