Ahmad Abdelwahed, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Sylvania, OHNPI 1194981365
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.6% of the total across 405 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 51 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,882 and has fallen 55.8% since, to $831 in 2025. Among critical care medicine clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 405 payments — averaging $19.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$999
- GSK$827
- Boehringer Ingelheim$583
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$436
- Grifols USA, LLC$435
- Intuitive Surgical$427
- plus $4K from 45 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $588.40 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.
- United Therapeutics Corporation$3K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3645%
- Food & beverage$7,12491%
- Education$3765%
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.
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$314
- ACTHAR$107
How this compares
$7,864 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 285 critical care medicine providers in Ohio.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 305 | $275,621 |
| Ambrisentan | 28 | $96,336 |
| Pirfenidone | 11 | $84,439 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 83 | $59,878 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 55 | $50,870 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 36 | $28,473 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 29 | $27,698 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $16,462 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 48 | $14,374 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 16 | $11,913 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 39 | $10,724 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 17 | $9,018 |
| DuleraMometasone/Formoterol | 11 | $8,131 |
| Tadalafil | 17 | $7,685 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 177 | $5,779 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $827 | $372,990441 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $999 | $61,59594 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimSpiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $583 | $39,61245 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $107 | $16,46211 claims |
| MerckDulera | $291 | $8,13111 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 285 critical care medicine providers in Ohio.
Other critical care medicine in Sylvania
- Neal ChaissonCleveland$428K
- Robert SchilzCleveland$356K
- Nicholas PastisColumbus$145K
- Michael EssandohColumbus$135K
- Chiedozie UdehCleveland$24K
- Kari GorderColumbus$20K
- Elliott CrouserColumbus$16K
- Sadia BenzaquenCincinnati$15K
- Lawrence GoldsteinBoardman$12K
- Georges YacoubTroy$11K
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.