2009 Payments to U.S. Physicians

Edwards Lifesciences’ 2009 Payments to U.S. Physicians

Scope of Payments Covered in Report

The following types of payments are covered under Edwards Lifesciences’ voluntary U.S. physician payment reporting program:

Professional Services:

Educational Speaking or Training: sharing experiences about the use of certain medical devices, conducting medical educational courses, teaching other physicians about the latest developments in the science of medicine, providing other physicians with hands-on training on a specific medical device or procedure, or proctoring of medical device procedures.
Research or Consulting: providing research and counsel on technologies, diseases, or trends in patient treatment.
Corporate Scientific Advisory Board: providing Edwards’ management, scientists and engineers with feedback on our research and development pipeline, product ideas, and plans for improvements to existing products.

Intellectual Property:

Royalties or Licensing: fees are paid to physicians who have ownership rights in patents that Edwards uses in its medical technologies.

Limitations:

These disclosures are limited to transactions with U.S. physicians who are Health Care Professionals (“HCP”s) as defined by the AdvaMed Code of Ethics. As a result, there can be situations where a U.S. physician who receives remuneration from Edwards is not listed in this report. For example, if a physician serves on the Corporation’s Board of Directors, but is not involved in purchasing or recommending the purchase of Edwards’ products, they are not an HCP and there is no disclosure of compensation for their services.

For proprietary reasons, payments related to clinical trial research are not included.

2009 Payments to U.S. Physicians

The following is a list of U.S. physicians to whom Edwards has paid $5,000 or more in 2009 for specified services or transactions. This information will be provided on an annual basis.

The following U.S. physicians received between $5,000 and $50,000:

Name

Location

Professional Services

Intellectual Property

In Alphabetical Order

Ed. Speaking
or Training

Research or
Consulting

Scientific
Advisory Board

Royalties
or Licensing

AKLOG MD, LISHAN	AZ	X
BACH MD, DAVID	MI	X	X
BALLARD MD, JEFFREY	CA		X
BARNHART MD, GLENN	WA	X
BAVARIA MD, JOSEPH	PA	X	X
BECKES MD, KIRT	KY	X
BONOW MD, ROBERT	IL	X
BOVILLE MD, BRIAN	WA	X	X
BRIESACHER MD, KURT	GA	X
CARSON MD, DENNIS	CA			X
CHECCHIA MD, PAUL	MO	X
DEGUZMAN MD, BRIAN	AZ	X
DEWEY MD, TODD	TX	X
FAHEY MD, JOHN	CT		X
FELDMAN MD, TED	IL		X
FURNARY MD, ANTHONY	OR	X
GAMMIE MD, JAMES	MD	X
GROOTERS MD, RONALD	IA				X
HARGROVE III MD, W CLARK	PA	X
HASHIM MD, SABET	CT	X
HEFFNER MD, ALAN	NC	X
HIGGINS MD, THOMAS	MA	X
HITE MD, BRIAN	CA	X
JONES MD, BRUCE	LA	X
JUNKER MD, CHRISTOPHER	DC	X
KANDZARI MD, DAVID	CA		X
KLINMAN MD, NORMAN	CA			X
KODALI MD, SUSHEEL KUMAR	NY	X
LEE MD, KIWON	NY	X
LEE MD, RICHARD	IL	X
LOZONSCHI MD, LUCIAN	WI		X
MALAISRIE MD, SUKIT	IL	X		X
MANECKE MD, GERARD	CA	X
MARTIN MD, RANDOLPH	GA	X
MAXWELL DO, DONALD	AZ	X
MCCARTHY MD, PATRICK	IL	X			(see note below)
MCGEE MD, WILLIAM	MA	X	X
MIHALJEVIC MD, TOMISLAV	OH	X	X
MILLER MD, GREGORY	WA	X
MOORE III MD, WISTAR	FL	X
MURPHY MD, DOUGLAS	GA	X	X
NAQVI MD, TASNEEM	CA		X
NELSON MD, DAVID	TX	X
NGUYEN MD, BRYANT H	CA	X
O'HAIR MD, DANIEL	WI	X	X
PANTIN MD, ENRIQUE	NJ	X
PINSKY MD, MICHAEL	PA	X	X
RAHIMTOOLA MD, SHAHBUDIN	CA	X
ROBERTS MD, HAROLD	FL	X
ROSENBERG MD, JOEL	NY	X	X
ROSENBLOOM MD, MICHAEL	NJ	X	X		X
RUGGERI MD, ZAVERIO	CA			X
SALERNO MD, TOMAS	FL				X
SCHWARTZ MD, ROBERT	MN		X
SHEMIN MD, RICHARD	CA	X	X
SIKORSKI MD, ROBERT	MD	X
SIWEK MD, LELAND	WA	X
SMITH MD, J MICHAEL	OH	X
SZETO MD, WILSON	PA	X	X	X
TAYLOR MD, WILLIAM	GA	X
THEODORO MD, DAVID	MO	X	X	X
THOURANI MD, VINOD	GA	X	X	X
VANNAN MD, MANI	OH	X
WILLIAMS MD, MATHEW	NY	X			X
WITTMAN MD, MARK	CA		X
YACOUBIAN MD, VAHE	CA		X		X

The following U.S. physicians received between $50,001 and $100,000:

Name

Location

Professional Services

Intellectual Property

In Alphabetical Order

Ed. Speaking
or Training

Research or
Consulting

Scientific
Advisory Board

Royalties
or Licensing

ACCOLA MD, KEVIN	FL	X	X
ANDERSON MD, MARK	NJ	X
BLOOMSTONE MD, JOSHUA	AZ	X
GILLINOV MD, MARC	OH	X	X
GOLDMAN MD, SCOTT	PA	X
HOFFMAN MD, WILLIAM	TX	X
KHAN MD, JUNAID	CA	X	X
RYAN MD, WILLIAM	TX	X
WOLFE MD, J ALAN	GA	X	X

The following U.S. physicians received between $100,001 and $150,000:

Name

Location

Professional Services

Intellectual Property

In Alphabetical Order

Ed. Speaking
or Training

Research or
Consulting

Scientific
Advisory Board

Royalties
or Licensing

GRIER MD, LAURIE

The following U.S. physicians received between $150,001 and $200,000:

Name

Location

Professional Services

Intellectual Property

In Alphabetical Order

Ed. Speaking
or Training

Research or
Consulting

Scientific
Advisory Board

Royalties
or Licensing

BOLLING MD, STEVEN

In addition to making Intellectual Property royalty payments to individual physicians, as described above, Edwards also makes such payments to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation for patents made by two physicians who were in The Clinic’s employ at the time of their inventions. The physicians are Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D., and Patrick McCarthy, M.D. Edwards does not know the amounts of payments, if any, The Clinic makes to these physicians.