Syed Lateef
Gastroenterology · Clermont, FLNPI 1194769836
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 128 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 AbbVie at 43.4% of the total. 2023 is the largest year on record at $760, 2.8 times the $268 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $3,025.
Across 128 payments — averaging $19.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$580
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$183
- Johnson & Johnson$122
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$113
- Pfizer$83
- plus $344 from 9 others
Across 271 payments — averaging $23,757 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Eli Lilly$3.1M
- Genentech, Inc.$1.6M
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1M
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$273K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$146K
- Amgen$116K
- plus $192K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,516100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 59 | $1,092 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 31 | $580 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 9 | $183 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $122 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $113 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $83 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $76 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Gilead | 1 | $17 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$2,516 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,388 gastroenterology providers in Florida.
Other gastroenterology in Clermont
- Samuel GidayOrlando$2M
- Lukasz KwapiszMiami$1.2M
- Jennifer Seminerio-DiehlOrlando$1.1M
- Udayakumar NavaneethanSaint Petersburg$1.1M
- Ronen AraiCoral Springs$1.1M
- Charles SninskyGainesville$983K
- Peter DraganovGainesville$832K
- Arin NewmanMiami Beach$716K
- Joanna LopezMiami$670K
- Jose NietoSebring$573K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.