Thomas Forbes
Pediatric Cardiology · Detroit, MINPI 1538109020
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $726,536 of the $922,743 with a category attached, or 78.7%. Abbott accounts for 82.4% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in MI 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 899 payments — averaging $1026.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$760K
- B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.$81K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$76K
- Medtronic$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Balt USA, LLC$163
- plus $177 from 2 others
Across 108 payments — averaging $1603.92 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$104K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$34K
- Edwards Lifesciences$23K
- Medtronic$10K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$726,53679%
- Speaking & faculty fees$66,8507%
- Travel & lodging$118,74013%
- Food & beverage$10,6171%
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 | 676 | $760,308 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 122 | $80,580 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 58 | $75,522 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 36 | $3,126 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $2,868 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $163 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $42 |
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.
- AMPLATZER Occluders$440,749
- AMPLATZER$164,021
- AMPLATZER AMULET$94,056
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$49,442
- NIT-OCCLUD PDA$45,217
- AMPLATZER TALISMAN$26,139
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$19,496
- CP STENT$17,020
- OCCLUTECH PISTOL PUSHER$13,437
- Product in Development$12,630
- GORE CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder$7,094
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$4,928
- Mitra Clip system$2,363
- Cardiovascular- Research only$1,835
- NUCLEUS -X BALLOON CATHETER$1,750
- HARMONY$1,585
- AMPLATZER Vascular Plug and Accs$1,192
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system$1,094
- VENA TECH$680
- GORE ACUSEAL Cardiovascular Patch Cardiac$674
How this compares
$922,743 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 94 pediatric cardiology providers in Michigan.
Other pediatric cardiology in Detroit
- Chenni SriramDetroit$5K
- Pooja GuptaDetroit$2K
- Sergio BartakianDetroit$2K
- Preetha BalakrishnanDetroit$1K
- Robert RossDetroit$578
- Sanjeev AggarwalDetroit$576
- Premchand AnneDetroit$540
- Jennifer BlakeDetroit$390
- Peter KarpawichDetroit$308
- Ahmad Charaf EddineDetroit$266
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.