Suzanne Bakdash
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1487844890
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $887,625 of the $887,625 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Vitalant. Among anatomic pathology & clinical pathology clinicians in PA 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 31 payments — averaging $28,633 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vitalant$888K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$887,625100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vitalant | 31 | $887,625 |
How this compares
$887,625 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 357 anatomic pathology & clinical pathology providers in Pennsylvania.
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Other anatomic pathology & clinical pathology in Pittsburgh
- Alesia KaplanPittsburgh$1.9M
- Matthew HannaPittsburgh$36K
- Brittany CodyPittsburgh$10K
- Chengquan ZhaoPittsburgh$6K
- Simion ChioseaPittsburgh$3K
- Marina NikiforovaPittsburgh$3K
- Alexander StraitPittsburgh$2K
- Raja SeethalaPittsburgh$2K
- Alexis BousamraPittsburgh$2K
- Yuri NikiforovPittsburgh$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.