Sarah Ahmad, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Monroe, LANPI 1053625418
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.3% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in LA 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 268 payments — averaging $218.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$29K
- Abiomed$21K
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$745
- Inari Medical, Inc.$731
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$25,75044%
- Travel & lodging$22,45238%
- Food & beverage$8,75915%
- Education$1,5003%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 78 | $29,398 |
| Abiomed | 86 | $21,173 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 11 | $3,047 |
| Abbott | 25 | $1,776 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 18 | $745 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 7 | $731 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $493 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 13 | $312 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $191 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $188 |
| Amgen | 1 | $124 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $37 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$25,322
- Impella$19,424
- DAVINCI XI$1,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,477
- Avalus$1,240
- MitraClip$1,232
- Simulus$664
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$556
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$556
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$173
- IN.PACT Admiral$147
- Repatha$124
- Barostim Neo System$112
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$103
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$100
How this compares
$58,461 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 75 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Louisiana.
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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 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Monroe
- Richard DearmanMonroe$32K
- Robert WhiteMonroe$21K
- Edgar FeinbergMonroe$2K
- Richard GitterMetairie$1.5M
- Emily CassidyBaton Rouge$1.3M
- David AllieLafayette$666K
- Vern KellerLafayette$394K
- Aditya BansalNew Orleans$140K
- Daniel BecklesLake Charles$80K
- Nicholas LeblancBaton Rouge$70K
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.