Robert Crawford, MD
Vascular Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1033372610
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 19 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 49.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $735, more than ten times the $63 reported in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $5,638.
Across 19 payments — averaging $50.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$482
- Medtronic$171
- Surmodics, Inc.$170
- Boston Scientific$82
- Asahi Intecc USA, Inc.$63
Across 2 payments — averaging $10,400 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$21K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$968100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 13 | $482 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $171 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $82 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
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
$968 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 176 vascular surgery providers in Georgia.
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 vascular surgery in Atlanta
- Siddharth PatelAtlanta$303K
- Walaya Methodius-RayfordAtlanta$79K
- Andrew UnzeitigAtlanta$46K
- Yazan DuwayriAtlanta$44K
- Anumeha WhisenhuntAtlanta$33K
- James ChangAtlanta$31K
- Chad AlemanAtlanta$21K
- Olamide AlabiAtlanta$19K
- Jorge CorsoAtlanta$18K
- Peter H DoublerAtlanta$15K
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.