Ali Gharavi
Nephrology · New York, NYNPI 1144396268
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $73,657 of the $81,599 with a category attached, or 90.3%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 42.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $31,538, 4.7 times the $6,748 reported in 2019. Among nephrology clinicians in NY 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 55 payments — averaging $1483.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$34K
- Vertex$25K
- Sanofi$11K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$6K
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$2K
- plus $1K from 2 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $61,389 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.
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$307K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$73,65790%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0001%
- Travel & lodging$5,6297%
- Food & beverage$1,3132%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 14 | $34,345 |
| Vertex | 26 | $24,596 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $11,394 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 6 | $5,570 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $2,567 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $1,800 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 2 | $1,178 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
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
$81,599 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 935 nephrology providers in New York.
Other nephrology in New York
- Gerald AppelNew York$842K
- Richard ChanNew York$514K
- Steven CocaNew York$445K
- Jai RadhakrishnanNew York$369K
- Girish NadkarniNew York$281K
- James ChevalierNew York$202K
- David CharytanNew York$164K
- Kirk CampbellNew York$152K
- Andrew BombackNew York$106K
- Alan PerlmanNew York$101K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.