Thomas Guy, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Gainesville, GANPI 1558308858
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 46.1% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 367 payments — averaging $201.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$34K
- Intuitive Surgical$10K
- Enablecv Inc.$9K
- Conmed Corporation$4K
- Abbott$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- plus $10K from 29 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $2068.75 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.
- Atricure, Inc.$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,07247%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,3002%
- Travel & lodging$14,78520%
- Food & beverage$17,51624%
- Education$5,3537%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 78 | $34,133 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 35 | $10,346 |
| Enablecv Inc. | 13 | $9,321 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $3,575 |
| Abbott | 43 | $3,438 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 43 | $3,174 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 64 | $2,780 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $2,445 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 9 | $1,842 |
| Corcym Inc | 5 | $530 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $420 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $392 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 9 | $210 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 16 | $180 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $135 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $117 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $109 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 2 | $102 |
| EBR Systems, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $70 |
| BD | 2 | $66 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 3 | $57 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $19 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- THRUPORT SYSTEMS INTRACLUDE INTRA-AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE$9,331
- Da Vinci Surgical System$8,760
- AIRSEAL$3,575
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$3,412
- PROLENE$2,363
- DERMABOND$2,363
- STRATAFIX$2,363
- VICRYL$2,363
- On-X$1,542
- Epic$1,277
- Simulus$1,264
- Intraclude Device$1,217
- DA VINCI SP$800
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$696
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$561
- Avalus$454
- MitraClip$334
- PASCAL$333
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$287
- 3F$248
How this compares
$74,025 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 144 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Georgia.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 13 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Gainesville
- Matthew JankoGainesville$18K
- Karen GerschGainesville$11K
- Jeremy LondonSavannah$1.6M
- Vinod ThouraniMarietta$1.2M
- Manu SanchetiAtlanta$805K
- John PuskasAtlanta$332K
- Douglas MurphyAtlanta$254K
- Daniel MillerMarietta$237K
- Ezequiel MolinaAtlanta$215K
- Gaetano PaoneAtlanta$134K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.