Carlos Salama, MD
Infectious Disease · Elmhurst, NYNPI 1619981321
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $27,813 of the $43,911 with a category attached, or 63.3%. Viiv Healthcare Company accounts for 70.4% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $33,292, more than ten times the $1,500 reported in 2020. Among infectious disease clinicians in NY 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 70 payments — averaging $627.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$31K
- Gilead$6K
- Genentech, Inc.$4K
- Mannkind Corporation$3K
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$52
- Merck$40
- plus $177 from 7 others
Across 37 payments — averaging $5938.94 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.
- Mannkind Corporation$220K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,34019%
- Speaking & faculty fees$27,81363%
- Travel & lodging$5,68413%
- Food & beverage$2,0465%
- Education$280%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 41 | $30,931 |
| Gilead | 14 | $6,098 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 3 | $3,500 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $3,113 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $52 |
| Merck | 2 | $40 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $38 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $28 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
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
$43,911 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 799 infectious disease providers in New York.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 13 | $46,300 |
| DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine | 12 | $33,432 |
| NovologInsulin Aspart | 12 | $811 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 13 | $324 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 13 | $145 |
| Terazosin Hcl | 13 | $124 |
| Atenolol | 13 | $119 |
| Spironolactone | 11 | $117 |
| Benazepril Hcl | 13 | $97 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 13 | $80 |
| Carvedilol | 12 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyTriumeq, Dovato | $30,931 | $79,73125 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 799 infectious disease providers in New York.
Other infectious disease in Elmhurst
- Harish MoorjaniBriarcliff Manor$733K
- Sorana Segal MaurerFlushing$598K
- Sian JonesNew York$406K
- Antonio UrbinaNew York$373K
- David BekhorNew York$358K
- Andre BrutusBrooklyn$303K
- Stephen ThomasSyracuse$294K
- Glenn TurettFlushing$253K
- Genovefa PapanicolaouNew York$209K
- Abhay DhandValhalla$201K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.