Vishal Shah
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Valdosta, GANPI 1639580335
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,815 of the $4,292 with a category attached, or 65.6%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 45.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,682 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $75 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $6,234.
Across 39 payments — averaging $110.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Pinnacle Biologics, Inc$1K
- Medtronic$679
- Abbott$177
- Merck$25
- Smith+Nephew$18
- plus $29 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,81566%
- Food & beverage$98323%
- Education$49311%
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 | 23 | $1,947 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 9 | $1,418 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $679 |
| Abbott | 2 | $177 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 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.
How this compares
$4,292 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th 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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Valdosta
- 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
- Michael HalkosAtlanta$102K
- William MayfieldMarietta$89K
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.