Robert Brooks, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Grand Junction, CONPI 1316979255
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $13,646 and has fallen 84.1% since, to $2,172 in 2025.
Across 279 payments — averaging $125.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$13K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$3K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$2K
- Endologix LLC$2K
- plus $10K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$17,39950%
- Food & beverage$17,63650%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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) | 74 | $13,389 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $2,772 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 17 | $2,542 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 17 | $2,338 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 32 | $2,301 |
| Endologix LLC | 11 | $1,725 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 2 | $1,618 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 10 | $1,454 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 8 | $1,436 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 29 | $1,426 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 11 | $1,072 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 8 | $559 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $405 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 10 | $343 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 2 | $198 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $161 |
| Abbott | 3 | $138 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $130 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $117 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $114 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $109 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $102 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $80 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| BD | 2 | $60 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $48 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $40 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, 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.
- IN.PACT Admiral$9,554
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$2,132
- ZEPHYR ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVE$1,618
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$1,584
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$1,564
- Venclose Maven Catheter$1,501
- TurboHawk$1,235
- Ovation iX Iliac Stent Graft$985
- Navicross$894
- Glidesheath$894
- GlideWire$894
- HawkOne$699
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$556
- Diamondback Peripheral$537
- Ovation$396
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$343
- Vascular Lithotripsy$295
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$275
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$273
- ARTEGRAFT VASCULAR GRAFT$248
How this compares
$35,035 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $12,097 |
| Cilostazol | 39 | $467 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 51 | $278 |
| Furosemide | 14 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Grand Junction
- Leonard LapkinGrand Junction$6K
- Danielle SmithGrand Junction$599
- Jack BurgerGrand Junction$522
- Hao PanLoveland$243K
- Patrick RudersdorfLakewood$235K
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
- Boris SepesiEnglewood$113K
- Thomas ReeceAurora$110K
- Reed QuinnGreeley$88K
- Joseph ClevelandAurora$85K
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.