Shereef Girgis, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Rome, GANPI 1861553216
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 134 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 50.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,103 and has fallen 75.7% since, to $268 in 2025.
Across 134 payments — averaging $33.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$338
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$238
- Boston Scientific$232
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$213
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$194
- plus $966 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$541%
- Food & beverage$4,37199%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 44 | $2,243 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 19 | $338 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $238 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $232 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 12 | $213 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $194 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $193 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $136 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $85 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $51 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Abbott | 3 | $43 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $30 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$653
- Senza$475
- Evoke$218
- SPRINT PNS System$149
- SYNCHROMEDII$144
- Omnia$112
How this compares
$4,425 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 214 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Georgia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 223 | $137,259 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 3,355 | $89,098 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 2,080 | $71,123 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 61 | $56,711 |
| Fentanyl | 185 | $23,263 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 24 | $19,662 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 798 | $16,387 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 538 | $12,858 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 17 | $6,913 |
| Buprenorphine | 28 | $6,660 |
| Methadone Hcl | 223 | $4,833 |
| Gabapentin | 370 | $4,506 |
| Lidocaine | 29 | $3,176 |
| Pregabalin | 179 | $2,456 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 210 | $2,408 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er, Nucynta | $338 | $156,921247 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. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 214 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Georgia.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Rome
- Lucie MitchellRome$3K
- Richard DonadioRome$1K
- Erik ShawAtlanta$175K
- David TranAlpharetta$96K
- Payal FadiaDecatur$66K
- John MusserStockbridge$57K
- Abana AzariahAtlanta$22K
- Michael SchaufeleAtlanta$20K
- Gerald ChaiLawrenceville$16K
- Gerald BilskyAtlanta$16K
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.