William Stein
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1689819484
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,040 of the $3,817 with a category attached, or 79.6%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Artivion, Inc. at 29.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,046 and has fallen 82.2% since, to $186 in 2025.
Across 82 payments — averaging $46.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Artivion, Inc.$1K
- Zimvie Inc.$777
- Atricure, Inc.$577
- Abbott$399
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$184
- Baxter Healthcare$145
- plus $617 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$77720%
- Food & beverage$3,04080%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Artivion, Inc. | 17 | $1,118 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 4 | $777 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 12 | $577 |
| Abbott | 12 | $399 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 7 | $184 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 6 | $145 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $83 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $64 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $64 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 2 | $52 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $39 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $36 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $32 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
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
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Mexicoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Albuquerque
- Fenton McCarthyAlbuquerque$41K
- Kevin RichardsonAlbuquerque$37K
- Luis CerdaAlbuquerque$21K
- David JoyceAlbuquerque$19K
- Dana BoothAlbuquerque$13K
- Jennifer NishimuraAlbuquerque$9K
- Daniel Maoz-MetzlAlbuquerque$3K
- Brian CastlemainAlbuquerque$2K
- Jesus EnriquezAlbuquerque$487
- Leah McKinnonAlbuquerque$268
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.