Robert Kalimi, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Manhasset, NYNPI 1588719231
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (36.7%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 32.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $16,638 and has fallen 78.7% since, to $3,543 in 2025.
Across 257 payments — averaging $186.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$16K
- Edwards Lifesciences$13K
- Abbott$13K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Medtronic$1K
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$289
- plus $409 from 5 others
Across 199 payments — averaging $3562.49 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.
- Abbott$709K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,92025%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,6255%
- Travel & lodging$13,26428%
- Food & beverage$17,60537%
- Education$2,5305%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 66 | $15,505 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 66 | $13,433 |
| Abbott | 94 | $13,013 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 11 | $3,853 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $1,442 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $289 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $173 |
| Stryker | 1 | $160 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$10,480
- MitraClip$6,443
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$4,647
- DAVINCI XI$2,500
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$1,604
- Mitra Clip system$1,592
- NAVITOR$1,388
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,257
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,101
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$940
- MitraClip System$926
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$894
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$783
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$676
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$607
- EVOQUE$568
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$464
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$444
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$387
- CoreValve Evolut$338
How this compares
$47,944 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 383 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New York.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Manhasset
- Zachary KonManhasset$43K
- Aubrey GallowayNew York$5.7M
- Gilbert TangNew York$842K
- Michael ZervosNew York$811K
- Israel JacobowitzBrooklyn$529K
- Elias ZiasNew York$465K
- Arthur MartellaRochester$431K
- Isaac GeorgeNew York$395K
- Eugene GrossiNew York$350K
- John GoncalvesMineola$332K
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.