Zahf Shaikh
Internal Medicine · Hackensack, NJNPI 1366976433
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 97 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,526, 5.9 times the $258 reported in 2022.
Across 97 payments — averaging $38.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$723
- Gilead$393
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$358
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$351
- AbbVie$296
- Ardelyx, Inc.$278
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,698100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 24 | $723 |
| Gilead | 7 | $393 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 17 | $358 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $351 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $296 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 10 | $278 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 2 | $223 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 6 | $214 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $154 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $146 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $125 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $120 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $109 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $101 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Capsovision, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$3,698 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 12 | $754 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 27 | $252 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Hackensack
- Suhel AhmedHackensack$82K
- David ShakerHackensack$34K
- Vandan UpadhyayaHackensack$32K
- David ShulkinMorristown$1.7M
- Howard UdermanLakewood$955K
- Darshi SunderamEast Orange$530K
- Annika DrongeEmerson$401K
- Stephen MarcellaNew Brunswick$331K
- Viju VijaysadanKinnelon$325K
- Mark MonaneWoodcliff Lake$268K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.