George Zakharia, MD
Urology · Wichita, KSNPI 1174501951
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 110 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 39 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 8.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $804 and has fallen 57.0% since, to $345 in 2025.
Across 110 payments — averaging $29.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$283
- Pfizer$244
- Johnson & Johnson$169
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$168
- Novartis$168
- Intuitive Surgical$153
- plus $2K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,262100%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 20 | $283 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $244 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $169 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $168 |
| Novartis | 7 | $168 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $153 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 3 | $140 |
| Immunitybio, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $112 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $112 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $112 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $109 |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $105 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $97 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Bayer | 2 | $81 |
| Neotract Inc. | 2 | $78 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $62 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $49 |
| Photocure Inc | 1 | $45 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Coloplast | 3 | $41 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Merck | 2 | $32 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,273 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 111 urology providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 22 | $297,298 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 87 | $38,228 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 57 | $34,867 |
| Fesoterodine Fumarate ErFesoterodine Fumarate | 141 | $15,850 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 541 | $3,588 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 291 | $3,545 |
| Finasteride | 243 | $1,799 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 22 | $1,566 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 54 | $1,504 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 67 | $1,471 |
| Cephalexin | 64 | $445 |
| Imipramine Hcl | 57 | $422 |
| Levofloxacin | 59 | $413 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 24 | $388 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 88 | $346 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi, Myrbetriq | $283 | $335,526109 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $57 | $34,86757 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 55th percentile of 111 urology providers in Kansas.
Other urology in Wichita
- Timothy RichardsonWichita$493K
- Gregory ByrdWichita$18K
- Philippe NabboutWichita$13K
- Fadi JoudiWichita$12K
- Ayham FarhaWichita$8K
- Jeffrey DavisWichita$8K
- James GilbaughWichita$5K
- Jonathan JensenWichita$4K
- Surendra KollaWichita$3K
- Kahlil SaadWichita$2K
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.