Karim Shakoor, MD
Gastroenterology · Conyers, GANPI 1952412579
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Braintree Laboratories, Inc. at 51.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $262 and has fallen 90.2% since, to $26 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $3,789.
Across 30 payments — averaging $15.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$235
- Sirtex Medical Inc$138
- Johnson & Johnson$28
- Boston Scientific$26
- Axonics, Inc.$26
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$21848%
- Education$23552%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 25 | $235 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $138 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $28 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $26 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
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
$453 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 492 gastroenterology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 52 | $3,498 |
| Mesalamine | 11 | $1,482 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 139 | $1,364 |
| Famotidine | 70 | $854 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 11 | $466 |
| Omeprazole | 33 | $455 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 15 | $171 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 25 | $141 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 12 | $93 |
| Metronidazole | 13 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Conyers
- Ekinadese AburimeConyers$16K
- Nitin GuptaAtlanta$1.1M
- Cynthia RudertAtlanta$720K
- Douglas WolfAtlanta$668K
- Kavita KongaraAtlanta$492K
- Girish AnandAtlanta$425K
- Satish RaoAugusta$335K
- Roshan ShresthaAtlanta$317K
- Hetal KarsanAtlanta$314K
- Aja McCutchenWinder$310K
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.