Khaza Chowdhury, MD
Hospitalist · Fort Myers, FLNPI 1831382340
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 27 payments — averaging $14.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$126
- Pfizer$122
- Gilead$43
- AbbVie$42
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$24
- Piramal Critical Care$14
- plus $26 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$397100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $126 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $122 |
| Gilead | 1 | $43 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $42 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Piramal Critical Care | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$397 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,570 hospitalist providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 14 | $147 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 28 | $141 |
| Levetiracetam | 11 | $120 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $115 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 14 | $106 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 19 | $96 |
| Torsemide | 12 | $76 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $75 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $75 |
| Losartan Potassium | 12 | $60 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $60 |
| Prednisone | 25 | $51 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Fort Myers
- Oliver AbelaFort Myers$193K
- Iahn GonsenhauserFort Myers$8K
- Vinod KumarFort Myers$4K
- Tanzeen AhmedFort Myers$3K
- Katharine van FossenFort Myers$3K
- Sandi ColemanMiami$2.6M
- Miguel Mujica BaellaMiami$1.8M
- Fernando PedrazaMiami$1.8M
- Jose PineroMiami$1.1M
- Jose NegrinHomestead$674K
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.