Waqas Shaikh, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Suwanee, GANPI 1063858363
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 186 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 53.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $730, 2.3 times the $322 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for mohs-micrographic surgery clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $3,443.
Across 186 payments — averaging $17.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- LEO Pharma Inc.$295
- Amgen$167
- UCB, Inc.$121
- Lilly USA, LLC$115
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$101
- plus $760 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,312100%
- Education$80%
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 | 108 | $1,763 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 14 | $295 |
| Amgen | 7 | $167 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $121 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $115 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $101 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $84 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $66 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $48 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $47 |
| Almirall LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Organon | 2 | $30 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $29 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$3,320 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 40 mohs-micrographic surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Taltz AutoinjectorIxekizumab | 13 | $90,008 |
| Ketoconazole | 79 | $1,819 |
| Tacrolimus | 13 | $1,757 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 29 | $1,092 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 44 | $343 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 14 | $256 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $187 |
| Minoxidil | 29 | $152 |
| Hydrocortisone | 15 | $59 |
| Mupirocin | 13 | $57 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Suwanee
- Wallace NozileStockbridge$213K
- Brandon BurrowayDuluth$30K
- John KayalMarietta$27K
- David HarveyNewnan$17K
- David OlanskyAtlanta$13K
- David KentMacon$11K
- Diamondis PapadopoulosAtlanta$9K
- Sidney SmithSavannah$9K
- Steven KentMacon$8K
- Danielle LazzaraMilton$7K
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.