Robert McKenna
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Santa Monica, CANPI 1942210117
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 216 payments — averaging $396.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$37K
- Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.$16K
- Pneumrx, Inc$12K
- Johnson & Johnson$11K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$3K
- plus $3K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,39923%
- Travel & lodging$8,36413%
- Food & beverage$13,49321%
- Education$26,79342%
- Gifts$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 93 | $36,899 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 19 | $15,740 |
| Pneumrx, Inc | 1 | $11,500 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 21 | $10,787 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $5,250 |
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 2 | $2,665 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 15 | $519 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 15 | $515 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 8 | $284 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $243 |
| Merck | 12 | $206 |
| Covidien LP | 4 | $196 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 4 | $189 |
| BD | 1 | $143 |
| Medela LLC | 2 | $142 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 3 | $138 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $90 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| GSK | 1 | $12 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$32,017
- Spin$6,842
- Echelon Flex$5,250
- Enseal$5,250
- Harmonic$5,250
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$1,590
- SPiN Thoracic Navigation System, 120V, 60Hz$177
- Signia$169
- PROGEL$143
- Monarch Platform$135
- OPDIVO$125
- HARMONIC Product Family$120
- N/A$113
- Pulmonx Endobronchial Valve EBV$106
How this compares
$85,726 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Santa Monica
- Thomas FogartyPortola Valley$3.7M
- Steven GundryPalm Springs$1.6M
- Gregory FontanaThousand Oaks$1.4M
- Gansevoort DunningtonSaint Helena$963K
- Armin KiankhooySaint Helena$941K
- Ara KlijianMurrieta$916K
- Fernando FleischmanLos Angeles$901K
- Michael FischbeinPalo Alto$899K
- Jay LeeLos Angeles$856K
- William HiesingerPalo Alto$815K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.