Zarife Sahenk
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology · Columbus, OHNPI 1629060025
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 7 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $173 and has fallen 69.4% since, to $53 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology with special qualifications in child neurology clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $476.
Across 7 payments — averaging $49.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.$349
Across 83 payments — averaging $18,422 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.
- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.$1.5M
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$1K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$349100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $349 |
How this compares
$349 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 113 neurology with special qualifications in child neurology providers in Ohio.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov50 | 15 | $159,701 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology with special qualifications in child neurology in Columbus
- Anne ConnollyColumbus$154K
- Emily DelosreyesColumbus$79K
- Samiah Al-ZaidyColumbus$70K
- Ann PakalnisColumbus$56K
- Diana Bharucha-GoebelColumbus$40K
- Megan WaldropColumbus$40K
- Sylvia AwadallaColumbus$39K
- Kevin FlaniganColumbus$24K
- Anup PatelColumbus$14K
- Kelsey PoissonColumbus$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.