Tharwat Ghattas, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Shreveport, LANPI 1043523277
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 389 payments — averaging $63.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$8K
- Gilead$5K
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Novartis$3K
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$869
- Johnson & Johnson$747
- plus $5K from 45 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,04149%
- Travel & lodging$1,3786%
- Food & beverage$8,47134%
- Education$4942%
- Other$2,1969%
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.
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.
- XOSPATA$7,041
- Trodelvy$4,138
- GIMOTI$129
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$129
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$129
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$129
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$129
- LOKELMA$125
- IMFINZI$125
- JAYPIRCA$125
- Orserdu$125
- BLENREP$124
- XT CDX$119
- Nubeqa$113
How this compares
$24,580 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 183 hematology & oncology providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RevlimidLenalidomide | 76 | $1,330,233 |
| PomalystPomalidomide | 24 | $555,821 |
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 29 | $482,674 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 28 | $360,888 |
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 13 | $219,108 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 12 | $172,859 |
| EliquisApixaban | 94 | $33,598 |
| BrixadiBuprenorphine | 22 | $19,815 |
| Imatinib Mesylate | 14 | $12,903 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 40 | $11,380 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 34 | $9,676 |
| NamzaricMemantine Hcl/Donepezil Hcl | 24 | $7,082 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 23 | $5,591 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 20 | $4,893 |
| Autoshield Duo Pen NeedlePen Needle,dual Safety,diabetc | 37 | $3,697 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers SquibbRevlimid | $286 | $1,330,23376 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Pomalyst | $200 | $555,82124 claims |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie CompanyImbruvica | $46 | $482,67429 claims |
| BayerNubeqa | $445 | $360,88828 claims |
| Incyte CorporationJakafi | $185 | $219,10813 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi, Myrbetriq | $7,626 | $178,44935 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $352 | $33,59894 claims |
| Braeburn Inc.Brixadi | $24 | $19,81522 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $351 | $11,38040 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $747 | $9,67634 claims |
| AbbVieNamzaric | $140 | $7,08224 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Levothyroxine Sodium | $28 | $4,721167 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 65th percentile of 183 hematology & oncology providers in Louisiana.
Other hematology & oncology in Shreveport
- Anil VeluvoluShreveport$915K
- Prakash PeddiShreveport$670K
- Gary BurtonShreveport$458K
- Kevin GallagherShreveport$339K
- Poornima RamadasShreveport$313K
- Richard MansourShreveport$281K
- Shashank CingamShreveport$271K
- Maxwell McDonaldShreveport$163K
- Kirtan KotichaShreveport$117K
- Joyce FeaginShreveport$95K
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.