Physician profile

Pouya Hemmati

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Little Rock, AR

NPI 1932589850

$168,343.38

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

26 companies · $96K in 2025

The $96K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $796).

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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)
Consulting Fee$78,000.00
Travel and Lodging$29,120.61
Education$23,568.69
Food and Beverage$19,063.88
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$2,500.00

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
Atricure, INC. $112,189.76 2020-2025 Synergy Ablation System, Epi-Sense Guided Coagulation System With Visitrax, Atricure Cryoice Cryosphere Cryoablation System
Baxter Healthcare $25,383.96 2024-2025 Tisseel, Coseal, Floseal
Abbott Laboratories $6,492.63 2019-2025 Epic, Thoratec Heartmate 3 Lvas Implant Kit, Amplatzer Piccolo
Abiomed $6,110.93 2023-2025 Impella
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. $3,903.77 2024-2025 Advantagerib, Sternalock Blu System, Sternalock 360 System
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $3,824.40 2021-2025 Hemosphere, Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia, Pascal
Arthrex, INC. $2,524.00 2025
Becton, Dickinson and Company $1,517.37 2025 Hemosphere
Medtronic, INC. $1,417.06 2021-2025 Avalus, Corevalve Evolut R, Penditure
Bolton Medical INC $1,130.27 2019-2021
Artivion, INC. $738.26 2022-2023 On-X Aortic Heart Valve With Conform-X Sewing Ring and Extended Holder, Bioglue Surgical Adhesive, Photofix Decellularized Bovine Pericardium
Medical Device Business Services, INC. $581.63 2021-2025 Ethicon, Vistaseal
Midsouth Orthopedics INC. $568.94 2025
Intuitive Surgical, INC. $484.89 2019-2020
Corcym INC $312.02 2024-2025 Perceval, Mi Detach - Aortic Cross Clamp - Delivery System Kit
Show all 26 companies
CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Covidien LP $225.78 2019
Ethicon US, LLC $170.63 2023-2025 Vistaseal, Evarrest, Stratafix
Lsi Solutions INC $157.64 2024-2025 Cor-Knot
Kerecis Limited $150.00 2025 Kerecis Surgiclose, Kerecis Graftguide
Clearflow INC. $116.69 2024 Pleuraflow System With Flowglide
Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), INC. (Dba Corza Medical) $110.20 2024
Stryker Corporation $97.62 2025 Na
Depuy Synthes Sales INC. $82.45 2024 Matrixrib, Cranios Reinforced
Haemonetics Corporation $19.79 2023 Teg6s Hemostasis System
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.52 2024
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, INC $15.17 2024 Xarelto

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Pouya Hemmati

$168,343.38

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Atricure, INC.
Context
The $96K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $796).

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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.