Amal Sakkal
Internal Medicine · Charleston, WVNPI 1487619813
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 160 payments — averaging $18.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$934
- Novo Nordisk$378
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$132
- Abbott$130
- Novartis$129
- AstraZeneca$126
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,902100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 43 | $934 |
| Novo Nordisk | 27 | $378 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $132 |
| Abbott | 7 | $130 |
| Novartis | 8 | $129 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $126 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $122 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $121 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 7 | $119 |
| Merck | 6 | $116 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $100 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $77 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $47 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $41 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| GSK | 2 | $29 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 573 internal medicine providers in West Virginia.
Other internal medicine in Charleston
- William ChapmanCharleston$1.7M
- Phillip TriplettCharleston$17K
- Roy BowdenCharleston$14K
- Richard CapitoCharleston$11K
- Ghali Ibrahim-BachaCharleston$9K
- Jack KinderCharleston$8K
- Bradley HenryCharleston$8K
- Brijal PatelCharleston$8K
- William JeffreyCharleston$7K
- Said HajouliCharleston$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.