Sanam Zaidi
Medical · Garland, TXNPI 1144647140
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,373 of the $2,215 with a category attached, or 62.0%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Livanova USA, Inc. at 47.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,907 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $48 in 2023.
Across 74 payments — averaging $29.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$1K
- UCB, Inc.$250
- SK Life Science, Inc.$148
- AbbVie$105
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$56
- Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC$55
- plus $544 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$84238%
- Food & beverage$1,37362%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 5 | $1,058 |
| UCB, Inc. | 16 | $250 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 11 | $148 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $105 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $55 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 3 | $44 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| USWM, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $36 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $34 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- VNS Therapy$963
How this compares
$2,215 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,490 medical providers in Texas.
Other medical in Garland
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- Erin DuhaimeDallas$150K
- Shakira CabreraSan Antonio$116K
- Danny DeckardDallas$101K
- Courtney AldridgeSan Antonio$89K
- Janine ShinnDallas$84K
- Radha BernanderKaty$74K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.