Timothy George, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Plano, TXNPI 1336340041
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abiomed accounts for 63.6% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TX 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 238 payments — averaging $611.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$93K
- Abbott$43K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$1K
- plus $4K from 14 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $1365.66 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$8K
- Abiomed$66
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,19321%
- Speaking & faculty fees$71,00049%
- Travel & lodging$29,61820%
- Food & beverage$13,6889%
- Education$810%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 88 | $92,529 |
| Abbott | 99 | $43,438 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $2,400 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 8 | $1,479 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 8 | $1,044 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 4 | $1,042 |
| Vifor (international) Ltd. | 1 | $922 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $527 |
| Davol Inc. | 6 | $476 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $369 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $193 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $172 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $138 |
| Maquet Cardiovascular L.L.C. | 2 | $127 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $122 |
| Novartis | 1 | $122 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $107 |
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.
- Impella$82,946
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$24,051
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$15,661
- Product in Development$2,400
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$1,294
- AccuCinch$965
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$829
- TENDYNE$818
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$647
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$367
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$336
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$294
- Avalus$234
- AMPLATZER AMULET$180
- EKOSONIC$172
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$151
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$151
- LifeSPARC$150
- MANTA$150
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$143
How this compares
$145,579 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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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 Plano
- Gary JettPlano$277K
- William BrinkmanPlano$266K
- Katherine HarringtonPlano$182K
- Gregory MessnerPlano$112K
- Michael MackPlano$97K
- Fred LeePlano$92K
- Robert SmithPlano$55K
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
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.