Device Polaris_ic

Polaris Ultra

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Polaris Ultra. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$2,237associated payments (2023-2025)
85clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $1,222
2024 $554
2025 $461

Payments reported as associated with Polaris Ultra, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Interventional Cardiology $712
Urology $354
Cardiovascular Disease $264
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $148
Family $147
Internal Medicine $120

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Polaris Ultra

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Polaris Ultra. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Seyed Mohammad Khalafi Fort Worth, TX Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $147.51
Haider Alwash Galveston, TX Interventional Cardiology $68.93
Felicia Gutierrez Wiley, CO $68.93
Saleem Raslan Houston, TX Interventional Cardiology $68.91
Claudia Cabrera Hernandez North Miami Beach, FL Internal Medicine $48.62
Joshua Logan Anchorage, AK Urology $42.42
Edward Oleary Omaha, NE Cardiovascular Disease $42.12
Terri Casey Richardson, TX Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology $39.73
Sudhir Thotakura Dallas, TX Interventional Cardiology $39.72
Scott Turner Denison, TX Interventional Cardiology $39.72

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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.