Shahid Nimjee
Neurological Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1912171620
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $50,250 of the $81,430 with a category attached, or 61.7%. Medtronic accounts for 74.4% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 135 payments — averaging $603.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$61K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$8K
- Imperative Care, Inc$5K
- Vesalio, Inc.$4K
- BTG International Inc.$3K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- plus $425 from 6 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $10,143 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.
- Imperative Care, Inc$51K
Across 2 payments — averaging $32,000 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc.$64K
- Imperative Care, Inc$0
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,71421%
- Speaking & faculty fees$50,25062%
- Travel & lodging$11,15614%
- Food & beverage$3,3094%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 76 | $60,560 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 23 | $7,703 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 23 | $4,976 |
| Vesalio, Inc. | 1 | $3,500 |
| BTG International Inc. | 1 | $2,800 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 5 | $1,465 |
| Leica Microsystems Cambridge Limited | 1 | $162 |
| Scientia Vascular | 1 | $118 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Pipeline$52,596
- Solitaire$6,931
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$4,007
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,430
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,430
- EMBOGUARD$378
- TracStarLargeDistalPlatform$227
- Zoom88LargeDistalPlatform$227
- Zoom88_TLargeDitalPlatform$227
- ZoomReperfusionCatheter$227
- ZOOM RDL RADIAL ACCESS SYSTEM, 103CM$167
- Arveo 8$162
- ZOOM REPERFUSION CATHETER$141
- Plato 17$118
How this compares
$81,430 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 301 neurological surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 36 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Columbus
- Christian BonassoColumbus$656K
- Russell LonserColumbus$419K
- Chris KarasColumbus$339K
- David XuColumbus$263K
- Andrew GrossbachColumbus$213K
- Stephanus ViljoenColumbus$115K
- Patrick YoussefColumbus$96K
- Daniel PrevedelloColumbus$93K
- Vikram ChakravarthyColumbus$77K
- Taylor SommerColumbus$56K
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.