Ahmad Khaldi, MD
Neurological Surgery · Marietta, GANPI 1679736938
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,530 and has fallen 91.9% since, to $206 in 2025.
Across 66 payments — averaging $81.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$873
- Stryker$610
- Microvention, Inc.$282
- Scientia Vascular$155
- Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC$122
- plus $684 from 14 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $11,101 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.
- Stryker$96K
- Medtronic$27K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,13658%
- Food & beverage$2,26542%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 18 | $2,676 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 6 | $873 |
| Stryker | 7 | $610 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $282 |
| Scientia Vascular | 1 | $155 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 6 | $122 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $90 |
| Abbott | 1 | $86 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $37 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| Natus Medical Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $29 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
$5,401 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 201 neurological surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 57 | $392 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Marietta
- Said ElshihabiMarietta$409K
- Rishi GuptaMarietta$249K
- Phillip ParryMarietta$76K
- Franklin LinMarietta$69K
- Hilarie TomasiewiczMarietta$23K
- Tariq JavedMarietta$20K
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- John CowanRome$3.2M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
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.