Sammy Elmariah, MD
Interventional Cardiology · San Francisco, CANPI 1659350858
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.5%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 91.9% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in CA 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 289 payments — averaging $435.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$116K
- Medtronic$7K
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$411
- Abiomed$122
Across 331 payments — averaging $12,253 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$3.7M
- Abbott$178K
- Medtronic$163K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$40K
- Novartis$24K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$73,60158%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,80013%
- Travel & lodging$21,92317%
- Food & beverage$13,53211%
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 | 224 | $115,637 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 32 | $6,745 |
| Abbott | 27 | $2,941 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $411 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $122 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$62,590
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$4,980
- EVOQUE$2,500
- PASCAL$1,996
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$1,839
- TRICLIP$1,142
- MitraClip$583
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$269
- CoreValve Evolut$260
- SYMPLICITY G3$158
- HARMONY$155
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$147
- Impella$122
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$121
- Mitra Clip system$120
- 3F$119
How this compares
$125,856 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 585 interventional cardiology providers in California.
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 interventional cardiology in San Francisco
- Yousif AhmadSan Francisco$205K
- Bao TranSan Francisco$130K
- Matthew Pricela Jolla$2.3M
- Frederick St GoarMountain View$2.2M
- Saibal KarThousand Oaks$1.1M
- Rahul SharmaStanford$1M
- Puneet KhannaRancho Mirage$1M
- Dennis SheehanRedwood City$900K
- Suhail DohadBeverly Hills$802K
- Curtiss Stinisla Jolla$759K
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.