Cook Research Incorporated

Reporting payments is a legal requirement; large totals often reflect large product portfolios.

$2.7Mgeneral payments (2019-2025)
$3.6Mresearch payments (2019-2025)
313clinicians paid

General and research payments are shown separately, never blended. Research payments are often institution-directed and tied to clinical trials.

General payments by year

2019 $620K
2020 $556K
2021 $397K
2022 $355K
2023 $318K
2024 $285K
2025 $153K

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Research payments are totaled above and not included in these bars.

Products most associated with its payments

Specialties it works with most

Vascular & Interventional Radiology $1.3M
Vascular Surgery $998K
Diagnostic Radiology $288K
Cardiovascular Disease $65K
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $19K
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $10K

Clinicians with the largest reported totals

Often long-running consulting, speaking, or advisory relationships, which companies must report by law. A large total is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyGeneral payments (2019-2025)
Paul Timperman West Lafayette, IN Vascular & Interventional Radiology $1,215,332.53
Nabeel Rana Peoria, IL Vascular Surgery $930,630.24
Vincent Flanders Carmel, IN Diagnostic Radiology $260,450.48
Katharine Krol Lafayette, IN Vascular & Interventional Radiology $43,350.00
Carlos Mena-Hurtado New Haven, CT Cardiovascular Disease $37,500.00
Joseph Lombardi Pomona, NJ Vascular Surgery $19,262.50
Michael Dake Stanford, CA Diagnostic Radiology $17,514.40
Randy Irwin Indianapolis, IN Vascular Surgery $13,209.20
Himanshu Shah Indianapolis, IN Vascular & Interventional Radiology $12,925.90
Richard Kovacs Indianapolis, IN Cardiovascular Disease $12,925.90

Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.