William Suddath
Interventional Cardiology · Washington, DCNPI 1104876333
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
20 manufacturers reported payments, led by ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) at 49.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,056 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $21 in 2024.
Across 128 payments — averaging $39.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$3K
- Medtronic$575
- AstraZeneca$265
- Pfizer$264
- Novartis$249
- Boehringer Ingelheim$216
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,25044%
- Food & beverage$2,85256%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 14 | $2,520 |
| Medtronic | 13 | $575 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $265 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $264 |
| Novartis | 14 | $249 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $216 |
| Merck | 10 | $215 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $187 |
| Amgen | 5 | $123 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $66 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $51 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Celonova Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 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.
- LifeVest$2,353
- ONYX FRONTIER$231
- CoreValve Evolut$116
How this compares
Too few interventional cardiology providers in District of Columbiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other interventional cardiology in Washington
- Ron WaksmanWashington$915K
- Toby RogersWashington$880K
- Augusto PichardWashington$180K
- Lowell SatlerWashington$112K
- Jonathan ReinerWashington$77K
- Brian CaseWashington$63K
- Horst SievertWashington$58K
- Nelson BernardoWashington$55K
- Ramesh MazhariWashington$41K
- Itshac Ben-DorWashington$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.