Device Surgical

Coolseal Generator

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

$593Kassociated payments (2023-2025)

4,592clinicians with associated payments

5companies reporting

By year

2023 $201K

2024 $144K

2025 $248K

Payments reported as associated with Coolseal Generator, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Pediatric Surgery $182K

Surgery $161K

Obstetrics & Gynecology $82K

Otolaryngology $60K

Colon & Rectal Surgery $24K

Physician Assistant $8,124

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

Clinicians most associated with Coolseal Generator

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Coolseal Generator. 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 Rothenberg	Denver, CO	Pediatric Surgery	$92,127.77
Nathan Novotny	Royal Oak, MI	Pediatric Surgery	$47,281.74
Mark Sneider	Saint Paul, MN	Surgery	$22,280.35
Amit Agarwal	Sugar Land, TX	Colon & Rectal Surgery	$19,574.34
Tobias Carling	Tampa, FL	Surgery	$16,930.32
Matthew Spector	Pittsburgh, PA	Otolaryngology	$16,750.04
Sherman Yu	Houston, TX	Surgery	$14,897.16
Charles Procter	Atlanta, GA	Surgery	$13,997.79
John Abdelsayed	Sugar Land, TX	Surgery	$10,803.24
Irving Zamora	Nashville, TN	Pediatric Surgery	$8,021.17

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What this means, and what it doesn't

These payments are legal and common. Drug and device makers routinely pay for meals at educational events, consulting, speaking, travel, and research. Companies are required by federal law to report them; that's why this data exists.
A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing. Most clinicians who accept industry payments provide excellent care. Research payments in particular often reflect participation in clinical trials.
Context beats raw numbers. A few hundred dollars in sandwiches over several years is typical. What's worth understanding is scale, source, and purpose, which is what this page shows.
The data comes from companies, not doctors. Figures are "as reported to CMS" by the paying companies. Clinicians can dispute records through CMS's official process.

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.