Aalia Al-Barwani
Family Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1437388352
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 10 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Novo Nordisk accounts for 79.8% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $279 and has fallen 58.1% since, to $117 in 2025.
Across 10 payments — averaging $59.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$475
- Medtronic$86
- Pfizer$20
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$13
Across 91 payments — averaging $74,608 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Pfizer$5.9M
- Modernatx, Inc.$808K
- Genentech, Inc.$33K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$594100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $475 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $86 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $20 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$594 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
Other family medicine in Houston
- Shannon SchraderHouston$216K
- Candice WinfulHouston$173K
- Guljeet SohalHouston$72K
- Lakecia PittsHouston$71K
- Carlos CamposNew Braunfels$1.5M
- Aaron KingSan Antonio$1.1M
- Bradley WassonArlington$734K
- Cynthia BrinsonAustin$402K
- Michael MendezLubbock$368K
- Sang Tae KimAmarillo$368K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.