Robert Derveloy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Tupelo, MSNPI 1689674707
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,476 of the $2,109 with a category attached, or 70.0%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 49.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,067 and has fallen 87.4% since, to $134 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MS, where the typical reported total is $3,316.
Across 47 payments — averaging $44.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Abiomed$138
- Atricure, Inc.$119
- Edwards Lifesciences$110
- Inari Medical, Inc.$109
- LSI Solutions Inc$99
- plus $483 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$141%
- Travel & lodging$61929%
- Food & beverage$1,47670%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $1,051 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $138 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 6 | $119 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $110 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $72 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $55 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $47 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $45 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $36 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $17 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $16 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| BD | 1 | $13 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $11 |
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.
- RibFix Blu$658
- AdvantageRib$143
- FlowTriever$109
- ClotTriever$109
How this compares
$2,109 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 42 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Mississippi.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Tupelo
- Vishal SachdevTupelo$35K
- David TaltonTupelo$23K
- Evan GarnerTupelo$11K
- Dakota KingTupelo$6K
- John NeillTupelo$3K
- Lacy McClainHattiesburg$97K
- Galen OhnmachtJackson$83K
- Pierre de DelvaJackson$71K
- William SmithOcean Springs$34K
- William HorsleyColumbus$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.