Sharon Larson
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Iowa City, IANPI 1578768339
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.4%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 32.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,959 and has fallen 82.4% since, to $522 in 2025.
Across 89 payments — averaging $133.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$4K
- Abbott$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Medtronic$565
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$457
- Atricure, Inc.$386
- plus $769 from 7 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $2443.63 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.
- Abbott$83K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6756%
- Travel & lodging$6,20252%
- Food & beverage$4,96642%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 16 | $3,864 |
| Abbott | 33 | $3,063 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 13 | $2,738 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $565 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $457 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 6 | $386 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 2 | $142 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $116 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $113 |
| BD | 1 | $70 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Impella$3,391
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,189
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$951
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$263
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$149
- 2008T BLUESTAR HEMODIALYSIS MACHINE$145
- LifeSPARC$142
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$140
- NAVITOR$135
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$133
- Avalus$114
- SternaLock Blu$113
- HeartWare HVAD$108
How this compares
$11,843 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Iowa.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Iowa City
- Mohammad BashirIowa City$28K
- Anthony PanosIowa City$21K
- John KeechIowa City$14K
- Adnan Al AyoubiIowa City$14K
- Kalpaj ParekhIowa City$10K
- Anthony SwatekIowa City$10K
- Evgeny ArshavaIowa City$4K
- Arun SinghalIowa City$4K
- Jeffrey EverettIowa City$3K
- Albert PaiIowa City$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.