Pleurx
Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Pleurx. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.
By year
Payments reported as associated with Pleurx, per program year, as reported to CMS.
Who makes it
Specialties most often involved
Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.
Clinicians most associated with Pleurx
These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Pleurx. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.
| Clinician | Location | Specialty | Associated payments (2023-2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Sauk | Saint Louis, MO | Vascular & Interventional Radiology | $742.43 |
| Jeffrey Thiboutot | Baltimore, MD | Internal Medicine | $304.10 |
| Angela Argento | Baltimore, MD | Pulmonary Disease | $304.10 |
| Christopher Kapp | Chicago, IL | Pulmonary Disease | $241.77 |
| Frank Detterbeck | New Haven, CT | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $241.77 |
| Yaron Gesthalter | San Francisco, CA | Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) | $241.77 |
| Jason Akulian | Baltimore, MD | Pulmonary Disease | $183.61 |
| Momen Wahidi | Chicago, IL | Pulmonary Disease | $183.61 |
| Ricky Tong | Wynnewood, PA | Vascular & Interventional Radiology | $107.37 |
| Byron Dubois | Ann Arbor, MI | Diagnostic Radiology | $107.36 |
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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.