Waldemar Sternbergh, MD
Vascular Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1811939648
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.0% of the total across 124 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 55.2% of the total.
Across 124 payments — averaging $92.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$6K
- Medtronic$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$977
- Surmodics, Inc.$310
- Bolton Medical Inc$295
- plus $1K from 14 others
Across 24 payments — averaging $1463.21 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$19K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$16K
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$235
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6936%
- Food & beverage$10,76794%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 53 | $6,321 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $1,151 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 9 | $1,092 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 12 | $977 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 5 | $310 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $295 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $293 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $188 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $123 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Truvic Medical, Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $53 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $43 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $32 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$1,466
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,339
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$920
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$631
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$631
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$631
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$546
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$523
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$432
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$399
- ENDURANT IIS$380
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$354
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$354
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface$331
- Zenith Spiral-Z$321
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$242
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$242
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$239
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$212
- GORE ACUSEAL Cardiovascular Patch Vascular$212
How this compares
$11,460 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 65 vascular surgery providers in Louisiana.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 26 | $23,136 |
| Pentoxifylline | 11 | $318 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 31 | $255 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in New Orleans
- Claudie SheahanNew Orleans$25K
- Amit ChawlaNew Orleans$24K
- Godfrey ParkersonNew Orleans$17K
- Samuel VictoriaNew Orleans$14K
- Estela BrookeNew Orleans$6K
- Kelli SummersNew Orleans$4K
- Genevieve HayekNew Orleans$4K
- Tapash PalitNew Orleans$3K
- Taylor SmithNew Orleans$3K
- Joseph GiaimoNew Orleans$3K
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.