Christopher Parham, MD
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Houston, TXNPI 1700271723
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 30 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 39.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $895 and has fallen 74.1% since, to $232 in 2025.
Across 30 payments — averaging $94.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$448
- Baxter Healthcare$365
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$256
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$217
- Axogen$154
- plus $280 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,820100%
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) | 9 | $1,100 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 6 | $448 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $365 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 3 | $256 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $217 |
| Axogen | 1 | $154 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $93 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $31 |
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.
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$949
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$325
- INTEGRA$307
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$154
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$154
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$154
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$154
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$154
- OMNIGRAFT$153
- SURGIMEND$153
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$153
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$138
- CellerateRx$102
How this compares
$2,820 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 50 plastic surgery within the head & neck providers in Texas.
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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.
Other plastic surgery within the head & neck in Houston
- Sean BoutrosHouston$335K
- Anthony BrissettHouston$25K
- Z Hye LeeHouston$4K
- Jonathon OlenczakHouston$2K
- Umang KhetarpalHouston$1K
- Amani GobranHouston$1K
- Amy XueHouston$1K
- Anaeze OffodileHouston$1K
- Krista OlsonHouston$1K
- Eugenio AguilarHouston$376
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.