Syed Zafar
Hematology & Oncology · Durham, NCNPI 1427239037
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 6 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Beigene USA, Inc.. 2022 is the largest year on record at $57, 2.8 times the $20 reported in 2020. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $1,703.
Across 6 payments — averaging $20.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Beigene USA, Inc.$125
Across 137 payments — averaging $7140.09 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.$698K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$159K
- Epizyme, Inc.$122K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$125100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 6 | $125 |
How this compares
$125 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 358 hematology & oncology providers in North Carolina.
Other hematology & oncology in Durham
- Michael MorseDurham$2.6M
- Phillip FebboDurham$749K
- Matthew McKinneyDurham$277K
- Taewoong ChoiDurham$207K
- Ivy AltomareDurham$164K
- Jeffrey CrawfordDurham$125K
- Carlos de CastroDurham$124K
- Joseph MooreDurham$97K
- Ammon FagerDurham$56K
- Jameel MuzaffarDurham$31K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.