Sylvia Oleck
Interventional Cardiology · New Orleans, LANPI 1689801557
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $11,275 of the $14,470 with a category attached, or 77.9%. It is spread thinly across 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,882 and has fallen 79.9% since, to $983 in 2025.
Across 168 payments — averaging $86.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Abiomed$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- plus $4K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,08621%
- Food & beverage$11,27578%
- Entertainment$1091%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 25 | $2,814 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 34 | $1,847 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 15 | $1,759 |
| Abiomed | 21 | $1,587 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 10 | $1,331 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $1,241 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 17 | $1,096 |
| Philips North America LLC | 8 | $1,061 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 6 | $652 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $431 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Novartis | 1 | $120 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $109 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $51 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Mitra Clip system$1,347
- Impella$1,305
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,140
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$815
- Indigo System$595
- IGT D Coronary$552
- Vascular Lithotripsy$446
- CoreValve Evolut$297
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system$283
- SYMPLICITY G3$243
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$179
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$171
- Hi-Torque Balance guide wires$163
- Micra$161
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$155
- Perclose ProStyle$149
- Hi-Torque Iron Man guide wire$140
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$139
- KENGREAL$134
- Resolute$131
How this compares
$14,470 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 171 interventional cardiology providers in Louisiana.
Other interventional cardiology in New Orleans
- Rajan PatelNew Orleans$517K
- James JenkinsNew Orleans$235K
- Stephen RameeNew Orleans$56K
- Jose Tafur SotoNew Orleans$44K
- Jose WileyNew Orleans$34K
- Zach RozenbaumNew Orleans$18K
- Aashish GuptaNew Orleans$18K
- Craig WalkerHouma$5M
- Denzil MoraesBaton Rouge$901K
- Ankur LodhaLafayette$640K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.