Rohan Kulkarni
Vascular Surgery · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1033602578
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,792 of the $9,415 with a category attached, or 82.8%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 24.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,966, more than ten times the $125 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in NV, where the typical reported total is $9,415.
Across 89 payments — averaging $105.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Surmodics, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$955
- Stryker$493
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$322
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8649%
- Food & beverage$7,79283%
- Education$7598%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $2,346 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 17 | $1,696 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $1,199 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 9 | $955 |
| Stryker | 8 | $493 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $322 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $285 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $266 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $202 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $189 |
| Abbott | 1 | $179 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $178 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $172 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $107 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Amgen | 3 | $64 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $29 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Sublime 014 Rx PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter$1,352
- Sublime Microcatheter, 018, 200cm, Straight$1,352
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$1,352
- Pounce Thrombectomy$1,352
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$1,352
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,098
- ENDURANT IIS$475
- Torus Stent Graft System$285
- ENDOCROSS Device$285
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$262
- Ranger$251
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$208
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$191
- AlphaVac$189
- JETI$179
- OptiCross 35$173
- Excelsius - GPS$172
- CellerateRx$168
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$157
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$155
How this compares
$9,415 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 28 vascular surgery providers in Nevada.
Other vascular surgery in Las Vegas
- George PliagasLas Vegas$211K
- Sai KottapalliLas Vegas$53K
- Eddy LuhLas Vegas$34K
- Earl CottrellLas Vegas$30K
- Bruce HirschfeldLas Vegas$28K
- Alvancin LouisLas Vegas$17K
- Amir GhaffarianLas Vegas$14K
- Alexander GidayaLas Vegas$9K
- Alex LallLas Vegas$8K
- Peter LeeLas Vegas$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.