Syed Ahmad, MD
Emergency Medicine · Philadelphia, PANPI 1831414556
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 69 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Organogenesis Inc. at 34.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,035, 2.8 times the $370 reported in 2023. Among emergency medicine 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 69 payments — averaging $33.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organogenesis Inc.$795
- Smith+Nephew$757
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$175
- AbbVie$125
- ETS Wound Care LLC$119
- Convatec Inc.$111
- plus $234 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,317100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organogenesis Inc. | 14 | $795 |
| Smith+Nephew | 33 | $757 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $175 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $125 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 4 | $119 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $111 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $89 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $25 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| KCI USA, 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.
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$360
- Creon$125
- CLARIX$125
- CYGNUS DUAL$110
How this compares
$2,317 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,120 emergency medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other emergency medicine in Philadelphia
- Robert PorterPhiladelphia$79K
- Lance BeckerPhiladelphia$67K
- Felipe Teran MerinoPhiladelphia$47K
- Judd HollanderPhiladelphia$44K
- Tareva Warrick-StonePhiladelphia$32K
- Amanda HornPhiladelphia$20K
- Ross SimcoePhiladelphia$16K
- Michael GreenbergPhiladelphia$11K
- David VearrierPhiladelphia$10K
- Anna Marie ChangPhiladelphia$9K
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.