Thomas Forbes
Pediatric Cardiology · Detroit, MINPI 1538109020
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,002 payments — averaging $1083.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$865K
- B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.$81K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$77K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$34K
- Edwards Lifesciences$26K
- Medtronic$3K
- plus $341 from 3 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $2010.00 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.
- Medtronic$10K
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 | 761 | $864,689 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 122 | $80,580 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 59 | $76,967 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $34,200 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 19 | $26,016 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 36 | $3,126 |
| 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
$1,085,917 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 94 pediatric cardiology providers in Michigan.
Other pediatric cardiology in Detroit
- Robert RossDetroit$62K
- Gautam SinghDetroit$34K
- Premchand AnneDetroit$15K
- Chenni SriramDetroit$5K
- Pooja GuptaDetroit$2K
- Sergio BartakianDetroit$2K
- Preetha BalakrishnanDetroit$2K
- Sanjeev AggarwalDetroit$576
- Jennifer BlakeDetroit$390
- Peter KarpawichDetroit$308
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.