Sahar Zafar, MD
Neurology · Boston, MANPI 1801123997
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $4,920 of the $5,509 with a category attached, or 89.3%. Immedica Pharma US, Inc. accounts for 99.4% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest.
Across 3 payments — averaging $1836.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Immedica Pharma US, Inc.$5K
- UCB, Inc.$31
Across 7 payments — averaging $20,995 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.
- Biogen$147K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,92089%
- Travel & lodging$55810%
- Food & beverage$311%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Immedica Pharma US, Inc. | 2 | $5,478 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
How this compares
$5,509 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 761 neurology providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LamictalLamotrigine | 20 | $39,265 |
| EpidiolexCannabidiol (Cbd) | 12 | $31,216 |
| Lacosamide | 86 | $7,564 |
| Lamotrigine ErLamotrigine | 29 | $5,879 |
| Levetiracetam | 104 | $4,463 |
| Lamotrigine | 74 | $4,094 |
| Clobazam | 61 | $2,724 |
| Oxcarbazepine | 26 | $1,480 |
| Levetiracetam ErLevetiracetam | 11 | $614 |
| Zonisamide | 16 | $407 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Boston
- Christopher WrightBoston$2.5M
- Thomas ScammellBoston$617K
- Alfred SandrockBoston$490K
- Pushpa NarayanaswamiBoston$420K
- Roy FreemanBoston$390K
- Michael LevyBoston$387K
- Leeann BurtonBoston$325K
- Ilena GeorgeBoston$316K
- Andrew BudsonBoston$304K
- Denis BalabanBoston$297K
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.