Areeg El-Gharbawy
Clinical Genetics (M.D.) · Durham, NCNPI 1629231451
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $3,696 of the $4,948 with a category attached, or 74.7%. Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. accounts for 74.7% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,736 and has fallen 69.5% since, to $1,138 in 2023.
Across 11 payments — averaging $449.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.$4K
- Modernatx, Inc.$1K
- Sanofi$58
- Amgen$57
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$56
Across 129 payments — averaging $9844.60 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.
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.$871K
- Modernatx, Inc.$399K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,69675%
- Travel & lodging$80516%
- Food & beverage$4479%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $3,696 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 5 | $1,081 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $58 |
| Amgen | 1 | $57 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $56 |
How this compares
Too few clinical genetics (m.d.) providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other clinical genetics (m.d.) in Durham
- Dmitriy NiyazovDurham$331K
- Vandana ShashiDurham$17
- Susan SparksCharlotte$17K
- Chad Haldeman EnglertGreensboro$12K
- Rose GuoGreensboro$618
- Laurie DemmerCharlotte$117
- Lauren CarterCharlotte$50
- Karen SchmidtGreenville$12
- Margie JaworskiGreenville$12
- Tamison JewettWinston Salem$2
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.