Amir Ashrafi
Pediatrics · Atlanta, GANPI 1558548503
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $400,240 of the $563,377 with a category attached, or 71.0%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. at 47.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $184,044 and has fallen 82.9% since, to $31,459 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in GA 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 491 payments — averaging $1147.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$269K
- Abbott$181K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$105K
- Beyond Air, Inc.$6K
- Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC$2K
- Medtronic$144
- plus $261 from 5 others
Across 20 payments — averaging $4479.12 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.
- Masimo Corporation$84K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$5K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$89,84816%
- Speaking & faculty fees$400,24071%
- Travel & lodging$64,12011%
- Food & beverage$9,1702%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 194 | $268,618 |
| Abbott | 178 | $181,023 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 108 | $105,068 |
| Beyond Air, Inc. | 1 | $6,375 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $1,889 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $144 |
| Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $75 |
| ONY Biotech Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $28 |
| Covidien LP | 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.
- INOMAX$370,044
- MitraClip$79,274
- AMPLATZER$29,675
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$27,114
- AMPLATZER TALISMAN$25,949
- AMPLATZER AMULET$14,629
- Lungfit$6,375
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$1,889
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,375
- AMPLATZER Occluders$297
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$131
- INVOS$111
How this compares
$563,377 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,111 pediatrics providers in Georgia.
Other pediatrics in Atlanta
- Satheesh ChonatAtlanta$147K
- Karen ZimowskiAtlanta$139K
- Iyabode Akinsanya-BeysolowAtlanta$103K
- Lauren MiddlebrooksAtlanta$71K
- Rebecca EmoryAtlanta$40K
- Mark GriffithsAtlanta$34K
- Kelly TickleAtlanta$29K
- Robert WiskindAtlanta$21K
- Mary BertossiAtlanta$20K
- Josette AbeytaAtlanta$19K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.