Vijay Sharma, MD
Facial Plastic Surgery · Jupiter, FLNPI 1356595268
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $9,825 of the $16,191 with a category attached, or 60.7%. Optinose US, Inc. accounts for 81.7% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $6,485 and has fallen 92.8% since, to $468 in 2025. Among facial plastic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 143 payments — averaging $113.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Optinose US, Inc.$13K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$1K
- Stryker$769
- Medtronic$300
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$198
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$125
- plus $339 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,30514%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,82561%
- Travel & lodging$1181%
- Food & beverage$3,94324%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Optinose US, Inc. | 69 | $13,236 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 39 | $1,224 |
| Stryker | 14 | $769 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $300 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 7 | $198 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $125 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $65 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $65 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $27 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $23 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $17 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Xhance$12,302
- VIVAER STYLUS$499
- RHINAER STYLUS$499
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$418
- NUVENT$152
- TEZSPIRE$125
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$118
- PROPEL$100
How this compares
$16,191 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 49 facial plastic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 12 | $526 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other facial plastic surgery in Jupiter
- Jean-Paul AzziJupiter$3K
- Salvatore GrimaldiWest Palm Beach$310K
- Ryan GreeneWeston$101K
- Curtis JohnsonPlantation$37K
- John HolcombSarasota$23K
- Zeeshan AzizFernandina Beach$15K
- Wilson DumornayPlantation$9K
- Deidre LeakeSt Augustine$8K
- Nathan NachlasBoca Raton$5K
- Nikolaus HjelmMiami$4K
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.