Thomas Fogarty
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Portola Valley, CANPI 1285854299
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $3,172,725 of the $3,708,830 with a category attached, or 85.5%. Medtronic accounts for 99.8% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,172,725 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $8,336 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 31 payments — averaging $119,640 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3.7M
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- Avenu Medical Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$3,172,72586%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,9770%
- Travel & lodging$4510%
- Food & beverage$2470%
- Education$8500%
- Other$528,58114%
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(2 entities) | 25 | $3,701,597 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $6,151 |
| Avenu Medical Inc. | 3 | $1,081 |
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.
- Ellipsys$3,558,861
- ELLIPSYS VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM$142,444
- Ellipsys System$1,074
How this compares
$3,708,830 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Portola Valley
- Steven GundryPalm Springs$1.6M
- Armin KiankhooySaint Helena$941K
- Ara KlijianMurrieta$916K
- Gregory FontanaThousand Oaks$875K
- Gansevoort DunningtonSaint Helena$764K
- Wilson TsaiWalnut Creek$680K
- Fernando FleischmanLos Angeles$608K
- Harmik SoukiasianLos Angeles$577K
- Ali KhoynezhadLong Beach$476K
- Jay LeeLos Angeles$462K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.