William Keeling, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Atlanta, GANPI 1275632705
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Angiodynamics, Inc. accounts for 67.5% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 162 payments — averaging $303.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$33K
- Edwards Lifesciences$5K
- Abbott$4K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$2K
- Dexcom, Inc.$975
- plus $2K from 7 others
Across 27 payments — averaging $3251.70 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.
- Boston Scientific$44K
- Atricure, Inc.$44K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,28454%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9002%
- Travel & lodging$10,02820%
- Food & beverage$11,88824%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 61 | $33,165 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 24 | $5,057 |
| Abbott | 34 | $4,102 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 9 | $2,322 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 14 | $1,887 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $975 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $756 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $272 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 5 | $187 |
| Innova Vascular Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $50 |
| Biostable Science & Engineering | 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.
- AngioVac$23,644
- AlphaVac$8,538
- Indigo System$2,175
- Mitra Clip system$1,237
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$1,038
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$1,038
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$1,032
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$975
- TENDYNE$940
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$938
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$938
- Epic$521
- MitraClip$495
- BioGlue$378
- On-X$378
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$302
- Xcela$249
- MitraClip System$206
- Endurant$194
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$159
How this compares
$49,100 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 34 | $18,076 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $190 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $157 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 26 | $127 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 20 | $104 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 33 | $81 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 24 | $76 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 22 | $69 |
| Potassium Chloride | 18 | $58 |
| Furosemide | 21 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Atlanta
- Manu SanchetiAtlanta$805K
- John PuskasAtlanta$332K
- Douglas MurphyAtlanta$254K
- Ezequiel MolinaAtlanta$215K
- Gaetano PaoneAtlanta$134K
- Michael HalkosAtlanta$102K
- Allan PickensAtlanta$87K
- Bradley LeshnowerAtlanta$63K
- Kimberly HolstAtlanta$52K
- Mark HelmersAtlanta$32K
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.