Richard Dearman
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Monroe, LANPI 1942220280
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $21,506 of the $32,424 with a category attached, or 66.3%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 95.5% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $22,172 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $32 in 2025.
Across 88 payments — averaging $368.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$31K
- Abiomed$771
- Medtronic$250
- Atricure, Inc.$64
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$61
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$50
- plus $270 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,50666%
- Travel & lodging$8,14025%
- Food & beverage$2,7789%
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 | 42 | $30,957 |
| Abiomed | 17 | $771 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $250 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $61 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $47 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $46 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $21 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 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.
How this compares
$32,424 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 75 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Louisiana.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Monroe
- Sarah AhmadMonroe$58K
- Robert WhiteMonroe$21K
- Edgar FeinbergMonroe$2K
- Richard GitterMetairie$1.5M
- Emily CassidyBaton Rouge$1.3M
- David AllieLafayette$666K
- Vern KellerLafayette$394K
- Aditya BansalNew Orleans$140K
- Daniel BecklesLake Charles$80K
- Nicholas LeblancBaton Rouge$70K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.