Abdulaziz Ahmed, MD
Sports Medicine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1831852367
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (46.0%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 41.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $41,657 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $640 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 97 payments — averaging $877.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$35K
- Arthrex$32K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$6K
- Stryker$6K
- Exactech, Inc.$2K
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$2K
- plus $2K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$39,13546%
- Travel & lodging$10,63912%
- Food & beverage$4,8446%
- Education$30,51136%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $35,307 |
| Arthrex | 21 | $32,062 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $6,174 |
| Stryker | 47 | $5,822 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $2,034 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $1,692 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 4 | $1,149 |
| Tigon Medical LLC | 1 | $526 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 2 | $291 |
| Native Surgical, LLC | 1 | $72 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$3,850
- EQUINOXE$2,034
- Q-FIX$477
- MICRORAPTOR$323
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$323
- Miami J$199
- INSPACE$171
- AETOS Shoulder System$150
- Mini-Open Latarjet$144
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$144
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$142
- ICONIX$118
How this compares
$85,129 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 111 sports medicine providers in Maryland.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other sports medicine in Baltimore
- Jason HammondBaltimore$45K
- Craig BennettBaltimore$30K
- James DreeseBaltimore$17K
- Mark SlabaughBaltimore$8K
- Louis KovacsBaltimore$5K
- Natalie LeongBaltimore$3K
- Jonathan PackerBaltimore$2K
- Garrett LynchAnnapolis$1.4M
- Raymond ThalBethesda$779K
- Jason ScoppSalisbury$637K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.