Thomas Watson, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Royal Oak, MINPI 1326076209
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (37.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 63.8% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $6,151 and has fallen 75.1% since, to $1,528 in 2025.
Across 65 payments — averaging $183.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Medtronic$917
- Olympus America Inc.$875
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$731
- Johnson & Johnson$485
- Asensus Surgical, Inc.$448
- plus $873 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,83432%
- Food & beverage$3,61830%
- Education$4,50038%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 25 | $7,623 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $917 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 5 | $875 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $731 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $485 |
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $448 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $161 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 1 | $116 |
| Advanced Accelerator Applications | 1 | $108 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $93 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $87 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $53 |
| BD | 1 | $52 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $41 |
| Stryker | 1 | $38 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$4,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,673
- Signia$905
- LINX Reflux Management System$674
- Integration Displays$442
- Olympus Integration Medical Device Controls$427
- Senhance Surgical Robotics System$426
- 4-K$308
- MONARCH$201
- Monarch Platform$126
- RESTOREFLOW$125
- Photofrin$116
- Lutathera$108
- PROGEL$105
How this compares
$11,952 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 182 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Michigan.
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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 Royal Oak
- Francis ShannonRoyal Oak$22K
- Rakesh SuriRoyal Oak$16K
- Alessandro VivacquaRoyal Oak$12K
- Steven BollingAnn Arbor$41.7M
- Raed AlnajjarDetroit$781K
- Gorav AilawadiAnn Arbor$434K
- Reza DabirDearborn$342K
- Shinichi FukuharaAnn Arbor$236K
- John ParisGrand Rapids$226K
- Zane HammoudDetroit$208K
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.