Syed Ahmed
Podiatrist · Washington, DCNPI 1396109757
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 61.1% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $196, 6.7 times the $29 reported in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for podiatrist clinicians in DC, where the typical reported total is $604.
Across 9 payments — averaging $37.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$208
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$132
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$340100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $208 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $132 |
How this compares
$340 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 24 podiatrist providers in District of Columbia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 25 | $845 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 54 | $567 |
| Clotrimazole | 32 | $358 |
| Ibuprofen | 36 | $261 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $244 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $181 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 26 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Washington
- Kevin JeffersonWashington$94K
- Michael StempelWashington$5K
- Nadav AvnerWashington$4K
- Farah SiddiquiWashington$2K
- Ian BeiserWashington$2K
- Lee FirestoneWashington$2K
- Kirk GeterWashington$1K
- Arnold RavickWashington$1K
- Sheldon LapsWashington$1K
- Lubrina BryantWashington$951
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.