Shelley Ghafoori, MD
Ophthalmology · Austin, TXNPI 1588788830
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 117 payments — averaging $24,631 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2.8M
- Baxter Healthcare$46K
- US Retina LLC$3K
- Welch Allyn$1K
- AbbVie$500
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$381
- plus $2K from 11 others
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 50 | $2,829,334 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 24 | $46,035 |
| US Retina LLC | 9 | $2,632 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $1,420 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $500 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $381 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 9 | $317 |
| Regeneron | 2 | $300 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 3 | $287 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $176 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $156 |
| Optovue, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $80 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$2,881,872 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,355 ophthalmology providers in Texas.
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.
Other ophthalmology in Austin
- Chirag JhaveriAustin$9.4M
- Robert WongAustin$6.6M
- Fuad MakkoukAustin$6.6M
- Thomas WaltersAustin$2.4M
- Philip StoreyAustin$2.1M
- Saradha ChexalAustin$1.8M
- James DoonerAustin$556K
- Charles WykoffBellaire$73.4M
- David BrownHouston$51.7M
- Sunil PatelAbilene$11.1M
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.