Shyam Thakkar, MD
Gastroenterology · Morgantown, WVNPI 1437243383
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 81.4% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among gastroenterology clinicians in WV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 182 payments — averaging $623.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$92K
- US Endoscopy$9K
- Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation$5K
- Medtronic$4K
- Steris Corporation$2K
- Olympus Medical Systems Corporation$550
- plus $1K from 16 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $4971.81 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.
- AbbVie$50K
- Boston Scientific$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,24543%
- Speaking & faculty fees$48,40043%
- Travel & lodging$9,3878%
- Food & beverage$5,9825%
- Education$3970%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 119 | $92,318 |
| US Endoscopy | 4 | $8,500 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 6 | $4,636 |
| Medtronic | 20 | $3,665 |
| Steris Corporation | 5 | $2,373 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 1 | $550 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 3 | $211 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $210 |
| Creo Medical Inc. | 2 | $152 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $146 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 4 | $136 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $126 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 2 | $84 |
| Aspire Bariatrics, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$35,514
- AXIOS$14,594
- EXALT Model D$9,216
- GENERAL HEMOSTASIS$4,743
- FUJIFILM$4,372
- GI Genius$933
- TRUFREEZE$817
- ORISE$774
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$583
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System Sx$446
- Barrx$329
- EXALT$300
- NEXPOWDER$188
- CONMED BILIARY$164
- ESD - Core Endoscopy$147
- SPEEDBOAT$130
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$123
- Apollo 2-0 Polypropylene Endobariatric Suture$100
How this compares
$113,410 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 72 gastroenterology providers in West Virginia.
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 gastroenterology in Morgantown
- Jennifer VeverkaMorgantown$283K
- Shailendra SinghMorgantown$187K
- John NasrMorgantown$30K
- Matthew KrafftMorgantown$28K
- Yousaf HadiMorgantown$13K
- Gorman ReynoldsMorgantown$4K
- Anshu MahajanMorgantown$4K
- Alyssa LorenzeMorgantown$1K
- William HutsonMorgantown$1K
- Monica ChowdhryMorgantown$1K
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.