Fuad Shihab, MD
Nephrology · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1700976321
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.4%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $26,728 and has fallen 91.0% since, to $2,402 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in UT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 86 payments — averaging $964.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$17K
- Novartis$16K
- Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.$16K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$12K
- Sanofi$11K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$4K
- plus $7K from 13 others
Across 43 payments — averaging $4120.04 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.
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$50K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$42K
- Novartis$36K
- Shire North American Group Inc$26K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$23K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$36,70244%
- Speaking & faculty fees$30,09836%
- Travel & lodging$14,17817%
- Food & beverage$1,8582%
- Education$1000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 23 | $16,927 |
| Novartis | 12 | $15,750 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 4 | $15,660 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 10 | $11,959 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $11,204 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $4,187 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $1,719 |
| CSL Behring | 5 | $1,562 |
| ZOLL Medical Corporation | 4 | $1,213 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $600 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $400 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $380 |
| Vertex | 1 | $293 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $259 |
| Vifor (international) Ltd. | 1 | $240 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Amgen | 2 | $186 |
| Biogen | 1 | $108 |
| GSK | 1 | $90 |
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.
- THYMOGLOBULIN$22,129
- Envarsus$20,515
- Sylvant$15,660
- Fabhalta$4,942
- ACTHAR$4,150
- Defibrillator$1,013
- LUPKYNIS$400
- Veltassa$200
- ULTOMIRIS$175
- Tavneos$103
How this compares
$82,936 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 74 nephrology providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 44 | $42,625 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 32 | $41,271 |
| Calcitriol | 50 | $1,117 |
| Chlorthalidone | 33 | $881 |
| Losartan Potassium | 79 | $683 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 12 | $412 |
| Furosemide | 39 | $225 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 13 | $162 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $117 |
| Spironolactone | 11 | $91 |
| Lisinopril | 18 | $85 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $83 |
| Carvedilol | 15 | $81 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $259 | $42,62544 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 90th percentile of 74 nephrology providers in Utah.
Other nephrology in Salt Lake City
- Alfred CheungSalt Lake City$132K
- Donald KohanSalt Lake City$119K
- Srinivasa BeddhuSalt Lake City$8K
- Kalani RaphaelSalt Lake City$2K
- Gopal ChemitiSalt Lake City$1K
- Gurbir SehmbeySalt Lake City$748
- Abinash RoySalt Lake City$621
- Dominik ThomasSalt Lake City$183
- Martin GregorySalt Lake City$145
- Ibrahim TawhariSalt Lake City$137
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.