Mohammad El-Ghanem, MD
Vascular Neurology · Houston, TXNPI 1912276221
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 42.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,040 and has fallen 83.1% since, to $344 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $113.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$401
- Route 92 Medical, Inc.$309
- Medtronic$307
- Microvention, Inc.$304
- plus $259 from 4 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $2813.25 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Penumbra, Inc.$13K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,74554%
- Food & beverage$2,36546%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 16 | $2,168 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,361 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $401 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $309 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $307 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 3 | $304 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 1 | $142 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $69 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $32 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Pulsar Vascular PulseRider Aneurysm Neck Reconstruction Device$1,224
- TRUFILL$1,224
- TREVO$959
- FLOWGATE$321
- 8F Base Camp Sheath System$309
- WEB$227
- TARGET$202
- STRATA$164
- TIGERTRIEVER 17 REVASCULARIZATION DEVICE$142
- COMANECI 17$142
- EVOLVE$123
- EXCELSIOR SL-10$106
- SURPASS EVOLVE$106
- Galaxy G3$104
How this compares
$5,110 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 76 vascular neurology providers in Texas.
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.
Other vascular neurology in Houston
- John VolpiHouston$407K
- Amrou SarrajHouston$182K
- Sunil ShethHouston$54K
- Haris KamalHouston$21K
- Sean SavitzHouston$20K
- Louise McCulloughHouston$14K
- Michael NahhasHouston$10K
- Rajan GadhiaHouston$5K
- Robert RegenhardtHouston$5K
- Joseph FriesHouston$3K
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.