Souhair Garas
Psychiatry · Columbus, OHNPI 1265424592
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 170 payments — averaging $16.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$681
- AbbVie$404
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$295
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$237
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$190
- Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC$143
- plus $811 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,761100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 39 | $681 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 42 | $404 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 13 | $295 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 16 | $237 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 7 | $190 |
| Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $100 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 6 | $90 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 6 | $80 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $57 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $41 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Equetro$143
- CAPLYTA$124
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$118
How this compares
$2,761 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,119 psychiatry providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Duloxetine Hcl | 12 | $136 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 15 | $64 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 18 | $36 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 12 | $22 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 12 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other psychiatry in Columbus
- Fred RomeoColumbus$2.3M
- Michael SaribalasColumbus$1.2M
- Kevin WareColumbus$1.1M
- Kevin ReevesColumbus$286K
- Dallas ErdmannColumbus$125K
- Daniel LeeColumbus$113K
- Peter ZafiridesColumbus$109K
- Shishuka MalhotraCanton$15M
- Henry NasrallahCincinnati$3.8M
- Otto DuenoDayton$3.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.