Covidien Lp

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

$11Mgeneral payments (2019-2025)
$589Kresearch payments (2019-2025)
11,915clinicians 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 $5.2M
2020 $5.4M

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

Specialties it works with most

Surgery $3.2M
Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) $1.5M
Vascular & Interventional Radiology $801K
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $626K
Anesthesiology $615K
Colon & Rectal Surgery $431K

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)
Michael Tal New Haven, CT Vascular & Interventional Radiology $742,832.86
Lawrence Lynn Columbus, OH $384,600.00
Eddie Reddick Enterprise, AL $306,172.33
Gregory Piskun Brooklyn, NY Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Surgery) $281,604.44
Harish Gagneja Austin, TX Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) $149,461.60
Maciej Kieturakis Mountain View, CA Surgery $132,192.51
John Pandolfino Chicago, IL Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) $110,463.06
Daniel Cottam Salt Lake City, UT Surgery $99,477.22
Amit Mahajan Falls Church, VA Internal Medicine $87,025.18
Joo Hwang Stanford, CA Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) $79,912.45

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.