Farida Cheddie
Medical · Aventura, FLNPI 1780856260
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 121 payments — averaging $32.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$565
- Boston Scientific$355
- Novartis$206
- Amgen$205
- AstraZeneca$142
- plus $855 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,898100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 22 | $1,570 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $565 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $355 |
| Novartis | 10 | $206 |
| Amgen | 6 | $205 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $142 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $134 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $109 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $109 |
| Merck | 4 | $86 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $37 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $33 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $30 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| Bayer | 1 | $23 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $16 |
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.
- MyCareLink$387
- Micra$149
- Repatha$125
- XARELTO$125
- LINQ II$122
- Watchman$121
- CARDIOBLATE CRYOFLEX$120
- CareLink$110
How this compares
$3,898 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,031 medical providers in Florida.
Other medical in Aventura
- Gary RubinRockledge$2.1M
- Shanna MirantiNaples$415K
- Krystie LennoxBoca Raton$245K
- Jihan RamadanWellington$238K
- Ilanit SamuelsMiami$211K
- Erin DouceyWinter Haven$202K
- Kathleen TrummerWellington$166K
- Sandra SnyderTampa$156K
- Francine PhillipsLand O Lakes$145K
- Chelsie FerrellDeland$132K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.