Syed Zaidi, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Towson, MDNPI 1801003223
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.2% of the total across 251 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 44.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,415 and has fallen 59.5% since, to $1,384 in 2025.
Across 251 payments — averaging $61.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abiomed$830
- Abbott$667
- Novo Nordisk$222
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4853%
- Food & beverage$14,50994%
- Education$4073%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 96 | $6,815 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 49 | $4,131 |
| Boston Scientific | 32 | $1,589 |
| Abiomed | 12 | $830 |
| Abbott | 11 | $667 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $222 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $221 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 5 | $196 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Novartis | 8 | $128 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $37 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $31 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $31 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $29 |
| Celonova Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $22 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $19 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ONYX FRONTIER$1,311
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,215
- Resolute$1,156
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$690
- Impella$613
- SYMPLICITY G3$530
- Watchman$487
- Telescope$454
- GENERAL - STENTS$250
- Micra$219
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$207
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$185
- Amplia MRI$144
- Indigo System$140
- DxTerity$139
- MetaCross$128
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$125
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$124
- WATCHMAN Access System$118
- RESOLUTE ONYX$104
How this compares
$15,402 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 71 interventional cardiology providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 99 | $1,059 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Towson
- Michael DrossnerTowson$15K
- Frank MorrisTowson$6K
- Vinay SatwahGreenbelt$679K
- Aloke FinnBaltimore$575K
- Michael ChenRockville$241K
- John WangBaltimore$138K
- Steven HearneSalisbury$100K
- Amir NajafiBel Air$82K
- Diljon ChahalBaltimore$78K
- Joseph CinderellaSalisbury$72K
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.