Vikas Bhambhani
Clinical Genetics (M.D.) · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1932429917
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $2,180 of the $2,308 with a category attached, or 94.5%. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. accounts for 70.6% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2021 is the largest year on record at $2,180, more than ten times the $68 reported in 2019.
Across 6 payments — averaging $384.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$2K
- Sanofi$580
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.$60
- Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. (fka Avexis, Inc.)$38
Across 205 payments — averaging $2516.70 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.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$141K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$103K
- PTC Therapeutics, Inc.$99K
- Sanofi$85K
- AstraZeneca$43K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$26K
- plus $19K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,18094%
- Education$1286%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $1,630 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $580 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. (fka Avexis, Inc.) | 1 | $38 |
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.
- Vimizim$1,600
How this compares
Too few clinical genetics (m.d.) providers in Minnesotato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other clinical genetics (m.d.) in Minneapolis
- Nishitha PillaiMinneapolis$15K
- Anjali AggarwalMinneapolis$2K
- Susan BerryMinneapolis$210
- Noelle Andrea FabieMinneapolis$60
- Dusica Babovic-VuksanovicRochester$22K
- David DeyleRochester$20K
- Eva Morava-KoziczRochester$8K
- David TilstraSaint Cloud$5K
- Nancy MendelsohnSaint Paul$2K
- Asma AliRochester$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.