Susama Verma
Neurology · Syracuse, NYNPI 1285714097
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 45 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,060, 6.0 times the $176 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $913.
Across 45 payments — averaging $29.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eisai Inc.$213
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$176
- Amgen$112
- Argenx US, Inc.$98
- AbbVie$86
- Pfizer$78
- plus $552 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,314100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eisai Inc. | 7 | $213 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $176 |
| Amgen | 1 | $112 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 2 | $98 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $86 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $78 |
| Biogen | 2 | $54 |
| Novartis | 2 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $46 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$1,314 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.
Other neurology in Syracuse
- Idan SharonBrooklyn$2.1M
- Allan PerelStaten Island$1.7M
- Nicolas SaikaliAmherst$1.5M
- David KreitzmanCommack$1.5M
- Charles ArgoffAlbany$1.2M
- Stephen KriegerNew York$1.1M
- Robert FeketeHawthorne$1M
- Jennifer McVigeAmherst$982K
- Warren SpinnerPort Jefferson Station$791K
- Richard LiptonBronx$753K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.