Vasiliki Dimas
Pediatric Cardiology · Dallas, TXNPI 1639102148
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $246,160 of the $401,702 with a category attached, or 61.3%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among pediatric cardiology 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 470 payments — averaging $854.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$294K
- Medtronic$75K
- B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.$24K
- Abbott$4K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- plus $2K from 8 others
Across 68 payments — averaging $6737.44 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$412K
- Medtronic$46K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$246,16061%
- Speaking & faculty fees$82,54421%
- Travel & lodging$58,72615%
- Food & beverage$14,2724%
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 | 202 | $293,772 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 154 | $75,415 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 31 | $23,716 |
| Abbott | 25 | $3,703 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $1,696 |
| Boston Scientific | 36 | $1,535 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $594 |
| Galt Medical | 2 | $488 |
| Renata Medical, Inc. | 1 | $264 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $209 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $121 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 6 | $108 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $49 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$267,677
- HARMONY$49,581
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$21,624
- CP STENT$20,265
- Melody$15,104
- NIT-OCCLUD PDA$2,760
- AMPLATZER Occluders$2,682
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,569
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$1,560
- GORE CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder$1,560
- Impella$524
- MINIMA STENT SYSTEM - 6MM$264
- MINIMA STENT SYSTEM - 8MM$264
- ONO RETRIEVAL DEVICE$185
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$172
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$159
- AMPLATZER AMULET$150
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$136
- Watchman$130
- Supera peripheral stent system$128
How this compares
$401,702 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 244 pediatric cardiology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric cardiology in Dallas
- Surendranath Veeram ReddyDallas$17K
- Carrie HerbertDallas$12K
- Scott WeinrebDallas$9K
- Abhay DivekarDallas$4K
- Yousef ArarDallas$4K
- Shannon BlalockDallas$4K
- Hoang NguyenDallas$2K
- Reenu RoseDallas$2K
- Thomas ZellersDallas$2K
- Nathanya Baez HernandezDallas$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.