Dr. Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan is a cardiologist in Royal Oak, Michigan, who practices cardiac imaging at Corewell Health (formerly Beaumont). Her provider profiles list her specialties as cardiology and cardiac imaging.
She is listed as faculty for the Corewell Health cardiology fellowship program in Royal Oak, so she helps train physicians who are specializing in heart care. She also has a faculty biography page with the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and carries the MSCCT credential, which reflects fellowship-level membership in that society.
She publishes on cardiovascular imaging, including articles such as "Reimagining prevention in the era of novel imaging technologies" and "From Images to Insight: The Evolving Role of the Cardiovascular Imager." She also wrote a book for general readers, The Heart of Wellness, which the publisher describes as bridging Western and Eastern medicine and focusing on habits, lifestyle, and health.
Under CMS Open Payments, she received $5,064.83 across 11 records from 2021 to 2025, mostly from HeartFlow, Inc. Payments from medical companies to doctors are common and legal, and are reported publicly.
Federal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$5,065
11 payments
| 2021 | $0 |
| 2022 | $0 |
| 2023 | $4,838 |
| 2024 | $16 |
| 2025 | $211 |
Top payers
- HeartFlow, Inc.$4,675
- HEARTFLOW, INC.$133
- ABIOMED$132
- ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)$95
- Boston Scientific Corporation$29
Payment types
- Consulting Fee$4,675
- Food and Beverage$390
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
Summary prepared with AI assistance from the public sources linked above. It is not a review, a rating, or an endorsement.
