Mukhtar Al Saadi
Critical Care Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1164678280
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 33.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,375, more than ten times the $376 reported in 2019.
Across 87 payments — averaging $99.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Abiomed$656
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$325
- Boston Scientific$299
- Amgen$292
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,88433%
- Travel & lodging$94311%
- Food & beverage$4,38551%
- Education$4695%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 1 | $2,884 |
| Abbott | 26 | $2,544 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $656 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 5 | $325 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $299 |
| Amgen | 7 | $292 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $263 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $245 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $170 |
| Merck | 7 | $167 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $154 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $117 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $102 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $68 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $49 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $45 |
| GSK | 1 | $30 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $29 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 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.
- ESPRIT$629
- CARDIOMEMS$436
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$238
- SUPERA$217
- Impella$162
- ENSITE$136
- GUIDELINER$130
- TRICLIP$129
- UPTRAVI$128
- OPSUMIT$128
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$125
- Repatha$122
- Zio monitor$109
- ZIO XT Patch$109
- Pulmonx Endobronchial Valve EBV$102
How this compares
$8,681 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 507 critical care medicine providers in Texas.
Other critical care medicine in Houston
- Edwin ParsleyHouston$283K
- Bindu AkkantiHouston$185K
- Faisal MasudHouston$155K
- Sergio Trevino CastilloHouston$133K
- Sami HossriHouston$34K
- George WilliamsHouston$33K
- Nicholas VillalobosHouston$26K
- Ranjan UpadhyayHouston$25K
- Deepa GoturHouston$23K
- Hany Abd-El MalekHouston$19K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.