Ziad Melhem
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Houston, TXNPI 1407926017
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,680 of the $5,257 with a category attached, or 89.0%. It is spread thinly across 42 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,556 and has fallen 81.7% since, to $284 in 2025.
Across 262 payments — averaging $20.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Medtronic$550
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$462
- Evofem Biosciences, Inc.$365
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$308
- Baxter Healthcare$215
- plus $2K from 36 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$55010%
- Food & beverage$4,68089%
- Education$130%
- Entertainment$140%
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.
How this compares
$5,257 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,099 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Texas.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Houston
- George KuhnHouston$244K
- Daisy AyimHouston$188K
- Shannon WestinHouston$176K
- Asha BhalwalHouston$151K
- Nicole TranHouston$133K
- Sandra HurtadoHouston$123K
- Alvaro MontealegreHouston$92K
- Patti RossHouston$72K
- Damla KarsanHouston$58K
- Christopher JayneHouston$52K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.