Suhail Salem, MD
Gastroenterology · Northridge, CANPI 1750547030
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 159 payments — averaging $64.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$5K
- AbbVie$1K
- Ovesco Endoscopy USA, Inc.$911
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$383
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$360
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$258
- plus $2K from 23 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $400.00 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$800
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,90048%
- Travel & lodging$9119%
- Food & beverage$4,33942%
- Education$1622%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 4 | $4,900 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 48 | $1,186 |
| Ovesco Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $911 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $383 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 17 | $360 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 10 | $258 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $245 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $212 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $205 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $145 |
| Abbott | 1 | $128 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 3 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $120 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 6 | $110 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $93 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $90 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $87 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| Gilead | 3 | $76 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $58 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $57 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $43 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $22 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Evoke Pharma, 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.
- ZYMFENTRA$162
- Da Vinci Surgical System$145
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$128
- Mavyret$125
- Humira$122
- ZEPOSIA$120
- OMVOH$119
- TRULANCE$109
- VISIGLIDE$103
How this compares
$10,312 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira PenAdalimumab | 13 | $88,194 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 81 | $78,837 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 19 | $50,030 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 24 | $48,486 |
| VoqueznaVonoprazan Fumarate | 15 | $11,978 |
| Mesalamine | 24 | $11,312 |
| Lubiprostone | 23 | $9,456 |
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 11 | $8,648 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 38 | $6,099 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 531 | $5,470 |
| Budesonide EcBudesonide | 19 | $4,786 |
| Ursodiol | 22 | $4,783 |
| Balsalazide Disodium | 11 | $2,913 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 49 | $2,875 |
| Famotidine | 114 | $2,300 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon | $1,186 | $127,322105 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $383 | $50,03019 claims |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Voquezna | $90 | $11,97815 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Motegrity | $245 | $8,64811 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $75 | $6,09938 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 75th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.
Other gastroenterology in Northridge
- Peter WinkleCypress$116.7M
- Manuchehr DaraniSanta Ana$17.7M
- Jatinder PruthiLancaster$4.4M
- Long DangWestminster$4.3M
- Muhammad SheikhFresno$4.3M
- Gregory WienerChula Vista$3.5M
- Gil MelmedLos Angeles$3M
- Christopher BowlusSacramento$3M
- Bennett RothLos Angeles$2.8M
- Brigid BolandSan Diego$2.4M
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.