Physician profile

Vanessa M Shami

Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) · Charlottesville, VA

NPI 1144399783

$210,069.33

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

14 companies · $47K in 2025

The $47K reported for 2025 was more than what 97% of Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $636).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Consulting Fee$100,157.25
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$57,735.00
Travel and Lodging$18,420.73
Food and Beverage$3,375.99
Entertainment$13.01

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Olympus Corporation $84,973.36 2023-2025 Evis Exera III Colonovideoscope
Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated $43,685.82 2020-2025 Echotip Insight, Echotip
Boston Scientific Corporation $37,075.40 2022-2025 Acquire, General - Therapies, Expect
Olympus America INC. $17,870.70 2020-2024 Evis Eus Endoscopic Ultrasound Center
Pentax of America, INC. $17,447.21 2022-2025 Pentax Medical, Inspira, C2 Cryoballoon Focal Controller
Olympus Corporation of The Americas $4,446.24 2023-2025 Evis Exera III Colonovideoscope
Cook Incorporated $2,260.00 2025 Saeed
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation $1,005.00 2024
Cook Medical LLC $837.14 2020-2025 Echotip Insight, Echotip
Steris Corporation $158.48 2025
3-D Matrix, INC. $143.23 2024
Covidien LP $121.30 2019
Conmed Corporation $45.45 2024 Conmed Biliary

1 company reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Vanessa M Shami

$210,069.33

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Olympus Corporation
Context
The $47K reported for 2025 was more than what 97% of Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $636).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.