Syed Aziz
Internal Medicine · McKinney, TXNPI 1386634293
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 121 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 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $944 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $37 in 2023.
Across 121 payments — averaging $17.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$309
- Novo Nordisk$296
- AstraZeneca$259
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$250
- Pfizer$164
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$127
- plus $666 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,071100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $309 |
| Novo Nordisk | 21 | $296 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $259 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 14 | $250 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $164 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $127 |
| Merck | 5 | $97 |
| Amgen | 4 | $82 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $76 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $71 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $62 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| GSK | 4 | $50 |
| Novartis | 2 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$2,071 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
Other internal medicine in McKinney
- Spencer BerthelsenSugar Land$891K
- Hameed AliTemple$773K
- Marc TribbleDallas$693K
- Gary SinclairDallas$599K
- Mohammed Al-NajjarEl Paso$586K
- Han SchmidlyDallas$465K
- Hussein TawbiHouston$365K
- Hans LeeHouston$327K
- Tapan KadiaHouston$311K
- Nitin JainHouston$281K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.