Venkat Ramanan
Internal Medicine · Waldorf, MDNPI 1659302818
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 254 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,183 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $15 in 2025.
Across 254 payments — averaging $15.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$699
- AstraZeneca$575
- GSK$480
- Merck$264
- Pfizer$204
- Novo Nordisk$194
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,91599%
- Education$461%
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) | 48 | $699 |
| AstraZeneca | 37 | $575 |
| GSK | 31 | $480 |
| Merck | 15 | $264 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $204 |
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $194 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $172 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 11 | $165 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $144 |
| Novartis | 8 | $131 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Bayer | 3 | $63 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Abbott | 3 | $61 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $55 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $50 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $42 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $38 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $26 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,961 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
Other internal medicine in Waldorf
- Richard CookWaldorf$46K
- Marianne MannHighland$2.1M
- Param DedhiaBaltimore$636K
- Curtis RosebraughAshton$418K
- Mark CorriereColumbia$402K
- Gregory PokrywkaTowson$377K
- Shawn DhillonBaltimore$227K
- Brian HarveyAnnapolis$220K
- Jeremy SugarmanBaltimore$210K
- Florence HounPotomac$161K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.