Ara Sadaniantz
Cardiovascular Disease · Providence, RINPI 1992766679
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $21,268 of the $26,657 with a category attached, or 79.8%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 52.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $19,683 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $956 in 2021. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in RI 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 239 payments — averaging $111.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$14K
- Johnson & Johnson$10K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$622
- Boehringer Ingelheim$558
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$435
- Medtronic$246
- plus $973 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,26880%
- Travel & lodging$430%
- Food & beverage$5,33320%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 42 | $13,851 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 60 | $9,972 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 28 | $622 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 26 | $558 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 24 | $435 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $246 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $184 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $177 |
| Novartis | 8 | $145 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 9 | $123 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $66 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $37 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $29 |
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
$26,657 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 86 cardiovascular disease providers in Rhode Island.
Other cardiovascular disease in Providence
- John CavaProvidence$12K
- Jeremy LumProvidence$10K
- Franklin SchneiderProvidence$8K
- Gisele SalibaProvidence$7K
- Angie SeoProvidence$5K
- Sumbal JanjuaProvidence$3K
- Jack KlieProvidence$2K
- Gary KatzmanProvidence$2K
- Christina Al MaloufProvidence$2K
- Raad AlmuhaisenProvidence$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.