Wolfgang Leesch, MD
Vascular Neurology · Newport News, VANPI 1255453320
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $17,414 of the $26,106 with a category attached, or 66.7%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Penumbra, Inc. at 39.5% of the total.
Across 344 payments — averaging $75.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$10K
- Imperative Care, Inc$6K
- Medtronic$5K
- Stryker$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$993
- Johnson & Johnson$993
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,66833%
- Food & beverage$17,41467%
- Education$200%
- Gifts$40%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 109 | $10,314 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 91 | $5,995 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 64 | $4,562 |
| Stryker | 20 | $1,668 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $993 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 30 | $993 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 2 | $291 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 3 | $272 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $220 |
| Phenox Inc. | 1 | $165 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Amgen | 1 | $121 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $85 |
| Scientia Vascular | 1 | $79 |
| Abbott | 1 | $50 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $23 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Penumbra System$7,100
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$2,293
- SOLITAIRE X$2,184
- Smart Coil$1,767
- Pulsar Vascular PulseRider Aneurysm Neck Reconstruction Device$882
- TRUFILL$882
- Pipeline$775
- CATALYST$681
- ZOOM REPERFUSION CATHETER$522
- Penumbra Jet 7$419
- TracStarLargeDistalPlatform$351
- Zoom88LargeDistalPlatform$351
- Zoom88_TLargeDitalPlatform$351
- ZoomReperfusionCatheter$351
- RED 72$348
- TIGERTRIEVER 17 REVASCULARIZATION DEVICE$291
- COMANECI 17$291
- Penumbra SMART Coil$259
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$249
- ZOOM RDL RADIAL ACCESS SYSTEM, 103CM$244
How this compares
Too few vascular neurology providers in Virginiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 69 | $41,130 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 126 | $1,116 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 34 | $231 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular neurology in Newport News
- Renato Andre Castro de OliveiraNewport News$11K
- John BakerChesapeake$11K
- Vinodh DossRichmond$5K
- Muhammad KhanFairfax$4K
- Thomas KodankandathRoanoke$4K
- Pravin GeorgeFalls Church$2K
- Hiba AlamMechanicsville$1K
- Asma ZakariaFalls Church$570
- Emily GrodinskyFalls Church$563
- Pouya Tahsili FahadanFalls Church$545
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.