Murad Alam, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1578553822
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 13 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merz North America, Inc. at 55.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $566 and has fallen 94.3% since, to $33 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for mohs-micrographic surgery clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $1,595.
Across 13 payments — averaging $81.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$589
- AbbVie$365
- Smith+Nephew$49
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$47
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$16
Across 4 payments — averaging $1562.92 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.
- Regeneron$6K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,066100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 6 | $589 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $365 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $49 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,066 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 40 mohs-micrographic surgery providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 562 | $3,767 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 254 | $1,904 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 47 | $1,517 |
| Ketoconazole | 67 | $1,030 |
| Imiquimod | 23 | $728 |
| Fluocinonide | 18 | $701 |
| Mupirocin | 83 | $576 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 55 | $403 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 11 | $371 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 18 | $292 |
| Clotrimazole | 18 | $290 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 11 | $204 |
| Cephalexin | 20 | $163 |
| Finasteride | 15 | $124 |
| Hydrocortisone | 29 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Chicago
- Todd JohnsonChicago$10K
- Simon YooChicago$10K
- Daniel SchlessingerChicago$8K
- Aleksandar KrunicChicago$8K
- Ross PearlmanChicago$8K
- Sarah WilsonChicago$8K
- Maxim PolanskyChicago$4K
- Nour El-KashlanChicago$3K
- Neda AshourianChicago$2K
- Jean Christophe LapiereChicago$1K
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.