Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Atlanta, GANPI 1245484583
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $50,398 of the $66,786 with a category attached, or 75.5%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sobi, Inc at 51.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $23,145, more than ten times the $1,654 reported in 2019. Among pediatric hematology-oncology clinicians in GA 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 105 payments — averaging $636.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sobi, Inc$34K
- Pharming Healthcare, Inc.$22K
- Amgen$8K
- Novartis$1K
- Incyte Corporation$125
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$121
- plus $140 from 2 others
Across 84 payments — averaging $4978.82 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.
- Pharming Healthcare, Inc.$227K
- Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB$192K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50,39875%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,9803%
- Travel & lodging$10,49716%
- Food & beverage$3,9116%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sobi, Inc | 61 | $34,464 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 30 | $22,453 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $8,146 |
| Novartis | 4 | $1,338 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $125 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $75 |
| Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
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
$66,786 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 74 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Georgia.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Atlanta
- Robert SidonioAtlanta$834K
- Shannon MeeksAtlanta$255K
- Bhavya DoshiAtlanta$200K
- Muna QayedAtlanta$86K
- Vivien SheehanAtlanta$51K
- Carlton DampierAtlanta$30K
- William CashAtlanta$28K
- Megan BrownAtlanta$24K
- Lakshmanan KrishnamurtiAtlanta$22K
- Carolyn BennettAtlanta$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.