Leon Khoury
Cardiovascular Disease · West Columbia, SCNPI 1467498014
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 180 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 29.3% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $3,855.
Across 180 payments — averaging $14.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$743
- Amgen$324
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$300
- Pfizer$263
- Abbott$243
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$116
- plus $552 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,52599%
- Education$161%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 45 | $743 |
| Amgen | 20 | $324 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 39 | $300 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $263 |
| Abbott | 7 | $243 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $116 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 13 | $115 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $94 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $82 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Merck | 3 | $53 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $49 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $11 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$2,541 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 257 cardiovascular disease providers in South Carolina.
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Other cardiovascular disease in West Columbia
- Robert BiedermanCharleston$775K
- Darren SidneyNorth Charleston$129K
- Priyanka BhattacharyaCharleston$107K
- Gregory SanGreenville$88K
- David McNeelyGreenville$78K
- Gregory EavesAiken$65K
- James SmithCharleston$64K
- Christopher SalmonGreenville$54K
- Ricky HendersonAnderson$52K
- Geetha PintoCharleston$51K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.