Physician profile

Robert J Mckenna

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Santa Monica, CA

NPI 1942210117

$63,062.06

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

28 companies · none reported in 2025

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$484.88

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Intuitive Surgical, INC. $36,899.15 2019-2023 Da Vinci Surgical System
Ethicon US, LLC $7,467.56 2019-2023 Pds
Veran Medical Technologies, INC. $7,201.49 2019-2021
Medical Device Business Services, INC. $5,250.00 2021
Ethicon INC. $3,281.73 2020-2022
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $518.90 2019-2023 Opdivo
Pinnacle Biologics, INC $514.58 2019-2022
Baxter Healthcare $284.39 2019-2023 Tisseel
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $206.28 2019-2020
Medtronic, INC. $205.64 2022-2023 Signia
Covidien LP $196.24 2020
Pulmonx Corporation $188.85 2019-2022
Becton, Dickinson and Company $142.84 2019
Medela LLC $141.80 2019-2020
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America $138.24 2019-2021
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Davol INC. $89.69 2019-2021
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, INC. $48.42 2019
Chiesi USA, INC. $43.25 2020-2021
Ethicon Endo-Surgery INC. $39.83 2019
Depuy Synthes Sales INC. $37.94 2020
Medtronic Vascular, INC. $36.90 2020
Atricure, INC. $32.34 2019
Kci USA, INC. $26.55 2021
Angiodynamics, INC. $24.06 2019
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $22.10 2021
Glaxosmithkline, LLC. $12.19 2020
Cook Medical LLC $11.10 2019

1 company reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Robert J Mckenna

$63,062.06

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2023
Top company
Intuitive Surgical, INC.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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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.