Wael Hussein
Nephrology · Memphis, TNNPI 1104172378
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $9,750 of the $10,071 with a category attached, or 96.8%. GSK accounts for 97.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,829 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $142 in 2025.
Across 9 payments — averaging $1118.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$10K
- Nxstage Medical, Inc.$100
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$63
- Bayer$56
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$23
Across 295 payments — averaging $3075.31 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.
- Quanta Dialysis Technologies Inc$726K
- CSL Behring$99K
- Baxter Healthcare$82K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,75097%
- Travel & lodging$791%
- Food & beverage$2412%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 2 | $9,829 |
| Nxstage Medical, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Bayer | 3 | $56 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $23 |
How this compares
$10,071 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 229 nephrology providers in Tennessee.
Other nephrology in Memphis
- Omar HamzeMemphis$90K
- Omar DavisMemphis$70K
- Natarsha GrantMemphis$53K
- Marc StegmanMemphis$41K
- Robert CanadaMemphis$20K
- Minesh PathakMemphis$14K
- Miklos MolnarMemphis$12K
- Sanjeev MittalMemphis$9K
- Vasanthi BalaramanMemphis$8K
- Mark Abi NaderMemphis$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.