Suchita Pakkala, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Atlanta, GANPI 1205013794
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $2,180 of the $2,425 with a category attached, or 89.9%. Pfizer accounts for 89.9% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,180 and has fallen 89.3% since, to $233 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $4,479.
Across 4 payments — averaging $606.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$2K
- Caris MPI, Inc.$233
- Gilead$12
Across 22 payments — averaging $4393.50 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.
- Seagen Inc.$55K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$31K
- Pfizer$10K
- Novartis$560
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,18090%
- Food & beverage$23310%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 2 | $2,180 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 1 | $233 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
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.
- XALKORI$2,180
- MI CANCER SEEK$233
How this compares
$2,425 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 370 hematology & oncology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VerzenioAbemaciclib | 34 | $491,972 |
| KisqaliRibociclib Succinate | 26 | $390,026 |
| IbrancePalbociclib | 24 | $373,515 |
| TagrissoOsimertinib Mesylate | 21 | $342,963 |
| Exemestane | 47 | $6,004 |
| Anastrozole | 137 | $2,750 |
| Letrozole | 70 | $1,091 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 45 | $884 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 44 | $509 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 37 | $282 |
| Gabapentin | 30 | $270 |
| LoperamideLoperamide Hcl | 27 | $266 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 18 | $201 |
| Dexamethasone | 28 | $133 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 19 | $117 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerIbrance | $2,180 | $373,51524 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 40th percentile of 370 hematology & oncology providers in Georgia.
Other hematology & oncology in Atlanta
- Ticiana LealAtlanta$450K
- Ajay NookaAtlanta$222K
- Rodolfo BordoniAtlanta$159K
- Mehmet BilenAtlanta$150K
- Olatunji AleseAtlanta$137K
- Gina D AmatoAtlanta$97K
- Otis BrawleyAtlanta$89K
- Conor SteuerAtlanta$86K
- Fuad El RassiAtlanta$84K
- Jonathon CohenAtlanta$84K
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.