Sarp Aksel
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Stamford, CTNPI 1245611441
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.5%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Biogen accounts for 84.4% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $19,332, more than ten times the $15 reported in 2019. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in CT 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 182 payments — averaging $122.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biogen$19K
- AbbVie$1K
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$627
- Exact Sciences$260
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$205
- Evofem Biosciences, Inc.$168
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,24028%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,23251%
- Travel & lodging$7193%
- Food & beverage$3,94718%
- Education$900%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biogen | 35 | $18,757 |
| AbbVie | 48 | $1,028 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 20 | $627 |
| Exact Sciences | 10 | $260 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 10 | $205 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 10 | $168 |
| Merck | 7 | $146 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Millicent US Inc | 3 | $127 |
| Bayer | 7 | $124 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $118 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Organon | 5 | $91 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $61 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $51 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $42 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $16 |
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
$22,228 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 605 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Connecticut.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Stamford
- Shieva GhofranyStamford$33K
- Daniel CibulskyStamford$17K
- Patrick CahillStamford$8K
- Gary BesserStamford$8K
- George HeadingStamford$8K
- Astrid Hoffmann-OlsenStamford$7K
- Robert GennaroStamford$7K
- David WeinsteinStamford$6K
- Stephanie GoldpinStamford$6K
- Artonius PanagiotakisStamford$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.