Vanessa Shami
Gastroenterology · Charlottesville, VANPI 1144399783
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Olympus Corporation at 40.5% of the total. Among gastroenterology clinicians in VA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 247 payments — averaging $850.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Olympus Corporation$85K
- Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated$44K
- Boston Scientific$37K
- Olympus America Inc.$18K
- Pentax Of America, Inc.$17K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$4K
- plus $5K from 7 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $5147.32 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.
- Cook Research Incorporated$77K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$116,70456%
- Speaking & faculty fees$67,17532%
- Travel & lodging$21,75210%
- Food & beverage$4,4262%
- Entertainment$130%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 73 | $84,973 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 23 | $43,686 |
| Boston Scientific | 42 | $37,075 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 39 | $17,871 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 11 | $17,447 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 38 | $4,446 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $2,260 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 1 | $1,005 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 14 | $837 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $158 |
| 3-d Matrix, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $121 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $45 |
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.
- ECHOTIP INSIGHT$20,497
- EchoTip$12,631
- ACQUIRE$12,158
- Olympus Biliary Devices$10,727
- Olympus EUS Devices$9,801
- Olympus EndoTherapy Accessories$9,801
- EVIS EUS ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND CENTER$6,723
- EVIS EXERA II ULTRASOUND GASTROVIDEOSCOPE$6,150
- EVIS EXERA III COLONOVIDEOSCOPE$3,095
- Saeed$2,260
- Instinct$1,650
- Cook Medical Hemostasis$721
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$500
- Olympus Duodenoscopes$125
- Olympus Ultrasound Devices$125
How this compares
$210,069 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 473 gastroenterology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralfate | 18 | $912 |
| Omeprazole | 64 | $727 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 41 | $695 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 33 | $585 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 13 | $220 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Charlottesville
- Bryan SauerCharlottesville$540K
- Brian WentworthCharlottesville$276K
- David PeuraCharlottesville$103K
- Esteban FigueroaCharlottesville$66K
- Amir RummanCharlottesville$31K
- Michael McCabeCharlottesville$18K
- Fabio CominelliCharlottesville$15K
- Mohammad SiddiquiCharlottesville$15K
- Larry ClarkLynchburg$1.2M
- Arun SanyalRichmond$855K
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.