Physician profile

Rami E Lutfi

Surgery · Chicago, IL

NPI 1447237425

$410,856.38

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

23 companies · $19K in 2025

The $19K reported for 2025 was more than what 97% of Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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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$104,578.11
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$77,146.69
Travel and Lodging$24,146.64
Food and Beverage$14,509.21

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
Medtronic, INC. $235,306.37 2021-2025 Signia, Ligasure, Sonicision
W. L. Gore & Associates, INC. $94,901.00 2019-2025 Gore Seamguard Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce, Gore Bio-A Tissue Reinforcement, Gore Enform Preperitoneal Biomaterial
Olympus Corporation of The Americas $36,878.89 2019-2022
Olympus Latin America, INC. $16,444.34 2019-2020
Ethicon US, LLC $5,652.18 2019-2025 Harmonic, Echelon; Endopath, Echelon Flex
Covidien LP $5,034.28 2019-2020
Ethicon INC. $3,539.40 2022-2023 Echelon; Endopath, Dermabond Prineo
Gyrus Acmi, INC. $2,689.20 2021
Baxter Healthcare $2,550.00 2021
Medical Device Business Services, INC. $2,325.00 2023
Conmed Corporation $1,959.45 2022-2023 Airseal
Intuitive Surgical, INC. $1,406.92 2020-2024
Ethicon Endo-Surgery INC. $800.00 2024
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America $660.09 2019-2025 Image 1
Reshape Lifesciences INC. $172.01 2022-2023
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Mauna Kea Technologies, INC. $147.38 2019
Olympus America INC. $111.52 2021
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $98.09 2020
Novo Nordisk INC $59.96 2025 Wegovy
Bard Peripheral Vascular, INC. $58.05 2019
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals $27.99 2025 Rezdiffra
Kerecis Limited $22.45 2019
Endo Pharmaceuticals INC. $11.81 2020

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Rami E Lutfi

$410,856.38

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Medtronic, INC.
Context
The $19K reported for 2025 was more than what 97% of Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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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.