Amal Assaad
Pediatric Allergy/Immunology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1366491821
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $5,525 of the $6,956 with a category attached, or 79.4%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Genentech, Inc. at 45.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,484 and has fallen 94.4% since, to $196 in 2024.
Across 16 payments — averaging $434.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech, Inc.$3K
- AstraZeneca$3K
- GSK$199
- Genentech USA, Inc.$188
- Grifols USA, LLC$139
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$125
- plus $425 from 5 others
Across 313 payments — averaging $3843.57 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.
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$438K
- Novartis$305K
- AbbVie$256K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$147K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$52K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$4K
- plus $364 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,52579%
- Food & beverage$1,43121%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $3,150 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $2,729 |
| GSK | 2 | $199 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $188 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $139 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $121 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 1 | $90 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $75 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $65 |
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
$6,956 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 42 pediatric allergy/immunology providers in Ohio.
Other pediatric allergy/immunology in Cincinnati
- Marc RothenbergCincinnati$126K
- Patricia FulkersonCincinnati$7K
- Ashley DevonshireCincinnati$5K
- Justin SchwartzCincinnati$4K
- Kimberly RismaCincinnati$3K
- Brynne UnderwoodCincinnati$2K
- Stephanie WardCincinnati$2K
- Katharine GuarnieriCincinnati$799
- Andrew LindsleyCincinnati$369
- Chloe OpperCincinnati$257
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.