Sarosh Saleemi
Pain Medicine · Austin, TXNPI 1225109648
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 81 payments — averaging $18.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$265
- AbbVie$214
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$195
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$84
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$78
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$74
- plus $576 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,486100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 13 | $265 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $214 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $195 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $84 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 5 | $74 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $64 |
| Novartis | 3 | $54 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $49 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $43 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $24 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
| Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,486 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 583 pain medicine providers in Texas.
Other pain medicine in Austin
- Raj PatelAustin$120K
- Ramesh SingaAustin$34K
- Robert MousselliAustin$34K
- Sandford SchocketAustin$28K
- Mahan OstadianAustin$27K
- Raimy AmashaAustin$26K
- Matthew McCartyAustin$26K
- Aaron CalodneyTyler$3M
- Mitchell EngleHouston$1.5M
- Melissa MurphyGrapevine$711K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.