Umar Alam
Neurology · Richmond, VANPI 1295112886
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 287 payments — averaging $16.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$801
- Biogen$603
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$512
- UCB, Inc.$347
- Novartis$335
- CSL Behring$238
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,604100%
- Education$200%
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) | 72 | $801 |
| Biogen | 44 | $603 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 22 | $512 |
| UCB, Inc. | 17 | $347 |
| Novartis | 17 | $335 |
| CSL Behring | 19 | $238 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 11 | $190 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $189 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 7 | $138 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $109 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $97 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $97 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 7 | $96 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $83 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $81 |
| Amgen | 4 | $80 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 5 | $76 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $61 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $59 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $50 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $47 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $22 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $19 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$4,624 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 474 neurology providers in Virginia.
Other neurology in Richmond
- Catherine HamRichmond$603K
- Alan SchulmanRichmond$426K
- Daniel HardyRichmond$382K
- Leslie CloudRichmond$338K
- Warren FeltonRichmond$322K
- Claudia TestaRichmond$224K
- Myla GoldmanRichmond$195K
- Matthew BoyceRichmond$178K
- John WittmanRichmond$75K
- Michelle BetzVirginia Beach$3.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.