Zaheer Ahmed
Adolescent Medicine · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1609189653
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.1% of the total across 82 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 26.2% of the total.
Across 82 payments — averaging $22.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$485
- GSK$389
- Pfizer$205
- Boehringer Ingelheim$152
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$110
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$110
- plus $398 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,81498%
- Education$352%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 20 | $485 |
| GSK | 15 | $389 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $205 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $152 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 7 | $110 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 7 | $110 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $57 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,849 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 257 adolescent medicine providers in New York.
Other adolescent medicine in Brooklyn
- Jeffrey BirnbaumBrooklyn$2K
- John DonatiBrooklyn$1K
- Mark LewBrooklyn$1K
- Kenneth FeuersteinBrooklyn$1K
- Purnima KothariBrooklyn$860
- Melanie GoldNew York$61K
- Jonathan JasseyRoslyn$31K
- Michelle Collins-OgleBronx$13K
- Katherine GreenbergRochester$9K
- Juan EspinozaBrentwood$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.