Syed Mahmood, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Atlanta, GANPI 1124119573
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.2% of the total across 217 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 44 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 10.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,471, 3.8 times the $388 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $4,479.
Across 217 payments — averaging $21.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$500
- Pfizer$483
- Sanofi$353
- Bristol Myers Squibb$341
- Genentech USA, Inc.$308
- AstraZeneca$200
- plus $2K from 38 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $3300.00 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.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$3K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,45896%
- Education$1784%
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.
How this compares
$4,636 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 370 hematology & oncology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lenalidomide | 51 | $716,251 |
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 34 | $478,277 |
| BrukinsaZanubrutinib | 27 | $407,885 |
| TagrissoOsimertinib Mesylate | 25 | $403,886 |
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 17 | $385,835 |
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 21 | $348,966 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 19 | $256,018 |
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 21 | $246,190 |
| IbrancePalbociclib | 11 | $165,258 |
| EliquisApixaban | 57 | $53,057 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 33 | $35,540 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 13 | $30,834 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 18 | $7,612 |
| Imatinib Mesylate | 11 | $4,501 |
| Hydroxyurea | 46 | $1,552 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaCalquence, Tagrisso | $200 | $882,16359 claims |
| Beigene USA, Inc.Brukinsa | $23 | $407,88527 claims |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie CompanyImbruvica | $15 | $385,83517 claims |
| Incyte CorporationJakafi | $111 | $348,96621 claims |
| BayerNubeqa | $95 | $256,01819 claims |
| AbbVieVenclexta | $169 | $246,19021 claims |
| PfizerIbrance, Eliquis | $483 | $218,31568 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $187 | $35,54033 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 50th percentile of 370 hematology & oncology providers in Georgia.
Other hematology & oncology in Atlanta
- Ticiana LealAtlanta$450K
- Ajay NookaAtlanta$222K
- Rodolfo BordoniAtlanta$159K
- Mehmet BilenAtlanta$150K
- Olatunji AleseAtlanta$137K
- Gina D AmatoAtlanta$97K
- Otis BrawleyAtlanta$89K
- Conor SteuerAtlanta$86K
- Fuad El RassiAtlanta$84K
- Jonathon CohenAtlanta$84K
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.