Yasser Saloum
Gastroenterology · North Las Vegas, NVNPI 1841241056
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $41,475 of the $48,646 with a category attached, or 85.3%. AbbVie accounts for 96.5% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $19,970 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $38 in 2024. Among gastroenterology clinicians in NV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 175 payments — averaging $277.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$47K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$454
- Merck$419
- Johnson & Johnson$223
- Gilead$207
- Dynavax Technologies Corporation$65
- plus $314 from 13 others
Across 43 payments — averaging $3374.45 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.
- AbbVie$108K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$25K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$11K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$41,47585%
- Travel & lodging$2,6435%
- Food & beverage$4,4269%
- Education$1020%
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) | 114 | $46,964 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 20 | $454 |
| Merck | 7 | $419 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $223 |
| Gilead | 10 | $207 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 2 | $65 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $38 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $27 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $4 |
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.
How this compares
$48,646 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 103 gastroenterology providers in Nevada.
Other gastroenterology in North Las Vegas
- Vishvinder SharmaNorth Las Vegas$5K
- Joseph FayadNorth Las Vegas$4K
- Christian StoneLas Vegas$1.1M
- Rajat SoodHenderson$258K
- James HanLas Vegas$47K
- Filippo CremoniniLas Vegas$36K
- Vijay JayaramanLas Vegas$28K
- Gary ChenLas Vegas$27K
- David ShihLas Vegas$26K
- Noel FajardoLas Vegas$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.