Shalini Sood, MD
Glaucoma Specialist · Independence, OHNPI 1467497818
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.2%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. at 54.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $12,764 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $407 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $419.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$16K
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$5K
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$5K
- Alcon$1K
- Ivantis, Inc$1K
- AbbVie$906
- plus $469 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,57532%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,57558%
- Food & beverage$2,93910%
- Education$820%
- Gifts$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 14 | $16,467 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 5 | $5,370 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 7 | $4,943 |
| Alcon | 12 | $1,032 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 1 | $1,000 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 25 | $906 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $253 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $93 |
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.
- Humphrey HFA$10,750
- CIRRUS HD-OCT$7,225
- DEXTENZA$5,200
- Retina Workplace$5,100
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$4,858
- FORUM$4,650
- FORUM Glaucoma Workplace$3,525
- CLARUS 500$3,375
- Glaucoma Workplace$3,375
- VERACITY SURGICAL$2,300
- CLARUS$2,275
- VISUCAM Fundus Cameras$2,200
- IOLMaster 700$1,800
- CIRRUS 6000$1,725
- Hydrus Microstent$1,520
- XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM$494
- Rocklatan$107
How this compares
Too few glaucoma specialist providers in Ohioto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LumiganBimatoprost | 141 | $74,789 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 60 | $68,267 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 147 | $56,932 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 52 | $55,747 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 665 | $37,692 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 89 | $33,851 |
| Latanoprost | 2,185 | $30,866 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 1,317 | $22,346 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 29 | $19,690 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 113 | $19,646 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 402 | $18,163 |
| Cyclosporine | 26 | $16,111 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 35 | $15,676 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide/Timolol/Pf | 62 | $13,818 |
| Timolol Maleate | 434 | $10,420 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLumigan, Restasis, Combigan, Alphagan P | $906 | $183,633314 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa, Rocklatan | $253 | $72,608182 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $1,032 | $9,07733 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. There are too few glaucoma specialist providers in Ohioon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other glaucoma specialist in Independence
- Mary QiuCleveland$99K
- Stephan DixonCincinnati$82K
- Shelly JainColumbus$11K
- Mark SlabaughColumbus$3K
- Gloria FlemingColumbus$2K
- Emily RossColumbus$1K
- Paul WeberColumbus$47
- Sayoko MoroiColumbus$28
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.