Salam Zughayer
Neurology · Frederick, MDNPI 1205950045
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 71 payments — averaging $17.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$182
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$113
- Pfizer$101
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$93
- Sanofi$90
- Biogen$57
- plus $627 from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$292%
- Food & beverage$1,23498%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $182 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $113 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $101 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 6 | $93 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $90 |
| Biogen | 3 | $57 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Novartis | 2 | $31 |
| Amgen | 2 | $31 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 1 | $18 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,262 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 442 neurology providers in Maryland.
Other neurology in Frederick
- Boyd DwyerFrederick$214K
- Jose MasdeuBethesda$5.8M
- Ellen MowryBaltimore$5.7M
- Daniel BeckerLutherville$4.2M
- Michael PolydefkisBaltimore$4.1M
- Pavel KleinBethesda$3.2M
- Jeffrey RothsteinBaltimore$3M
- Pavan BhargavaBaltimore$2.8M
- Thomas CrawfordBaltimore$2.4M
- Nicholas MaragakisBaltimore$2.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.