Roberto Aru
Vascular Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1437680477
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (42.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cook Incorporated at 50.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $13,961 and has fallen 50.5% since, to $6,915 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 202 payments — averaging $149.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cook Incorporated$15K
- Cook Medical LLC$7K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$389
- Bolton Medical Inc$330
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,0407%
- Grants$12,98243%
- Travel & lodging$2,4728%
- Food & beverage$11,08137%
- Education$1,6585%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Incorporated | 5 | $15,317 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 128 | $6,944 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 29 | $3,924 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $1,938 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $389 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 3 | $330 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $280 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $266 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $208 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $179 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $144 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $40 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Endologix LLC | 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.
- ENDURANT IIS$1,513
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$1,309
- Zenith Alpha$1,300
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$1,203
- Zenith Spiral-Z$664
- Cook$593
- GORE-TEX Vascular Graft$312
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$278
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$270
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with PROPATEN Bioactive Surface$258
- GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft$181
- GRAFIX PL$171
- Stravix$171
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$159
- C3 Delivery System$153
- Indigo System$147
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$142
- ZENITH FLEX$138
- Phasix Mesh$132
- Zenith$122
How this compares
$30,233 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 236 vascular surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 22 | $174 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Philadelphia
- Darren SchneiderPhiladelphia$569K
- Elizabeth GenovesePhiladelphia$343K
- Shang LohPhiladelphia$306K
- Edward WooPhiladelphia$58K
- Babak AbaiPhiladelphia$37K
- Ann GaffeyPhiladelphia$35K
- Venkat KalapatapuPhiladelphia$31K
- Alexander FairmanPhiladelphia$23K
- Nakul RaoPhiladelphia$22K
- Douglas TroutmanPhiladelphia$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.