Robert Smith
Cardiovascular Disease · Brentwood, TNNPI 1871835892
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 3 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Edwards Lifesciences. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $1,892.
Across 3 payments — averaging $104.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$313
Across 97 payments — averaging $13,577 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$1.3M
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$313100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $313 |
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
$313 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 429 cardiovascular disease providers in Tennessee.
Other cardiovascular disease in Brentwood
- David MetzgerKingsport$555K
- Christopher EllisNashville$527K
- Joann LindenfeldNashville$270K
- Steven GubinMemphis$248K
- Andrew ZurickNashville$231K
- Mark ZenkerNashville$225K
- Selcuk TombulChattanooga$198K
- George CrossleyNashville$197K
- Joel PharesNashville$171K
- Arvindh KanagasundramNashville$161K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.