Farid Abushamat
Gastroenterology · Houston, TXNPI 1629574975
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 160 payments — averaging $205.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$30K
- AbbVie$510
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$457
- Johnson & Johnson$456
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$269
- Conmed Corporation$222
- plus $623 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$25,00076%
- Travel & lodging$3,27510%
- Food & beverage$4,61114%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 48 | $30,348 |
| AbbVie | 28 | $510 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 19 | $457 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $456 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 18 | $269 |
| Conmed Corporation | 6 | $222 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $103 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Merck | 4 | $79 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $30 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$12,632
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$1,845
- AXIOS$1,572
- EXALT Model D$846
- VOQUEZNA$124
How this compares
$32,886 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,350 gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Other gastroenterology in Houston
- Mazen NoureddinHouston$6.1M
- James MaherHouston$5.3M
- Uma MohanHouston$5M
- John VierlingHouston$2.8M
- Bincy AbrahamHouston$2.5M
- Jason HouHouston$2.3M
- Jignesh ShahHouston$1.7M
- Mouhamad Al-SabbaghHouston$1.6M
- Mohamed OthmanHouston$1.6M
- Harry OjeasHouston$1.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.