Mervat Falah
Physician Assistant · New York, NYNPI 1740429901
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $128,705 of the $143,258 with a category attached, or 89.8%. Galderma Laboratories, L.p. accounts for 98.0% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among physician assistant clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 206 payments — averaging $695.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$140K
- Merz North America, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$861
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$109
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$128,70590%
- Travel & lodging$10,8128%
- Food & beverage$3,7133%
- Education$280%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 162 | $140,379 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 19 | $1,909 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $861 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $109 |
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
$143,258 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Other physician assistant in New York
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
- Cameron KiserNew York$225K
- Marlene TaylorNew York$109K
- Natalie TafelNew York$77K
- Jonathan YehNew York$57K
- Emily ElbogenNew York$49K
- Jaclyn ChurchillNew York$48K
- Russell BrandweinNew York$44K
- Michelle MelchiorreNew York$35K
- Raya GalibovNew York$28K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.