Akhil Patel
Obstetrics & Gynecology · South Charleston, WVNPI 1609300334
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.7% of the total across 139 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,988, more than ten times the $105 reported in 2022.
Across 139 payments — averaging $25.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$462
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$453
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$434
- Johnson & Johnson$352
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$301
- Abbott$240
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,28492%
- Education$2988%
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 | 21 | $462 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 27 | $453 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 14 | $434 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $352 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 15 | $301 |
| Abbott | 7 | $240 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 6 | $231 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $215 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $181 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 4 | $168 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Organon | 3 | $66 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $41 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $31 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $25 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| BD | 1 | $22 |
| Biogen | 1 | $21 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Meditrina | 1 | $8 |
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
$3,582 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 172 obstetrics & gynecology providers in West Virginia.
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Other obstetrics & gynecology in South Charleston
- Bernard LubySouth Charleston$13K
- Kiran PatelSouth Charleston$8K
- Andrea HillSouth Charleston$3K
- Bassam ShammaSouth Charleston$2K
- Kimberly Bush-UySouth Charleston$2K
- Jessica HottMartinsburg$194K
- Lori TuckerPrinceton$46K
- Stephen BushCharleston$33K
- Amanda PauleyHuntington$26K
- Sarah DotsonMorgantown$24K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.