Thomas Salamon, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Columbus, OHNPI 1871583732
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $25,125 of the $41,026 with a category attached, or 61.2%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 58.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $15,025 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $276 in 2025.
Across 122 payments — averaging $336.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$24K
- Edwards Lifesciences$15K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$60
- Abiomed$41
- Johnson & Johnson$33
- plus $47 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,90029%
- Speaking & faculty fees$25,12561%
- Travel & lodging$1,7884%
- Food & beverage$2,2135%
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) | 50 | $23,949 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 57 | $15,460 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 9 | $1,436 |
| Abbott | 2 | $60 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $33 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $32 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- CoreValve Evolut$22,100
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$14,444
- Avalus$119
- Penditure$118
How this compares
$41,026 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Columbus
- Daniel WatsonColumbus$946K
- Eric OkumColumbus$637K
- Desmond DsouzaColumbus$487K
- Peter KneuertzColumbus$115K
- Gregory RushingColumbus$91K
- Jefferson LyonsColumbus$72K
- Nahush MokadamColumbus$69K
- Bryan WhitsonColumbus$64K
- Matthew HennColumbus$56K
- Robert MerrittColumbus$49K
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.