Niaz Ausaf
Family Medicine · Sarasota, FLNPI 1265400311
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 40.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,723 and has fallen 92.1% since, to $454 in 2024. Among family medicine clinicians in FL 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 44 payments — averaging $215.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$4K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$2K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$881
Across 774 payments — averaging $4918.72 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.
- AstraZeneca$1.4M
- AbbVie$1.1M
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$658K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$272K
- Pfizer$103K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$100K
- plus $217K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,82440%
- Travel & lodging$3,79640%
- Food & beverage$1,86920%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer(2 entities) | 2 | $3,824 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 14 | $2,432 |
| AstraZeneca | 21 | $2,353 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 7 | $881 |
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
$9,489 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,282 family medicine providers in Florida.
Other family medicine in Sarasota
- Noah LeeOakland Park$1.2M
- Angela RosselotBelle Isle$977K
- Richard LappOrlando$702K
- Hal BrownVero Beach$477K
- Lisa EvansBoca Raton$473K
- Giovana Rene CrooksBoca Raton$407K
- Edward BraunSt Petersburg$364K
- Samuel GreenleePensacola$235K
- Kevin FitzgeraldStuart$198K
- Louis KuritzkyGainesville$186K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.