Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

THAMER R QAQISH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1073953006
CMS profile
1105890
Location
BUFFALO, NY

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$16,363.74

  • Reported across 79 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$4,028.87

16 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $1,512.63 7
Education $1,500.00 1
Consulting Fee $525.00 1
Food and Beverage $491.24 7

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $3,132.87 10
Acerta Pharma LLC $525.00 1
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc $289.69 2
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $55.00 2
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $26.31 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $113.12 1
PY2021 $1,781.81 9
PY2022 $8,301.70 37
PY2023 $2,138.24 16
PY2024 $4,028.87 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 2019202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $525.00 06/25/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105826979 CMS
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc $40.78 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144504742 CMS
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc $248.91 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144504744 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 08/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137202196 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $664.04 08/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137202198 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 09/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137116252 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $412.03 09/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137163328 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $112.56 09/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137137256 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $16.99 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137182671 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $143.00 09/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137153238 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $143.00 09/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137208115 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 09/25/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137072679 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $103.25 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137297461 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $28.53 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078414034 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $26.47 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078414580 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $26.31 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141580421 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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