Merck Kgaa: payments to clinicians
Merck Kgaa's payments to clinicians fell 32% in 2025, to $193,175 across 37 people. Most of it (57%) was consulting fees, then travel and lodging (26%). The largest single recipient (Internal Medicine, Maryland) received $32,702.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $193,175 | 79 | 37 |
| 2024 | $285,732 | 101 | 40 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Sugarman, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Baltimore, MD | $32,702 |
| 2 | Victoria P. Werth, MD | Dermatology | Philadelphia, PA | $17,992 |
| 3 | Kurt T. Barnhart, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology | Philadelphia, PA | $14,607 |
| 4 | Amanda Lynn Hernandez, MD, PHD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Farmington, CT | $12,089 |
| 5 | Annette F. Okai, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Plano, TX | $11,120 |
| 6 | George D. Demetri, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Boston, MA | $10,075 |
| 7 | Neelam Goyal, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Stanford, CA | $10,050 |
| 8 | William Louis Conte, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Merrillville, IN | $9,768 |
| 9 | David Bao-Long Duong, MD | Internal Medicine | Boston, MA | $6,988 |
| 10 | Gregory F. Wu, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Saint Louis, MO | $6,720 |
| 11 | Julie Anne-Marie Burnham, D.O. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Mount Clemens, MI | $5,889 |
| 12 | Edmund S. Kopetz, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Houston, TX | $5,250 |
| 13 | Bianca Weinstock Guttman, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Buffalo, NY | $3,360 |
| 14 | Terence Ware Friedlander, MS | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | San Francisco, CA | $3,195 |
| 15 | Shreyaskumar R. Patel | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Houston, TX | $3,195 |
| 16 | Ahmed Zayed Obeidat, M.D., P.H.D | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Milwaukee, WI | $3,128 |
| 17 | Tracy J. Eicher, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Dayton, OH | $3,000 |
| 18 | Burcu Zeydan, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Rochester, MN | $2,780 |
| 19 | Pushpa Narayanaswami, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Boston, MA | $2,760 |
| 20 | Nicholas J. Silvestri, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine | Buffalo, NY | $2,480 |
| 21 | Richard Alan Furie, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | New Hyde Park, NY | $2,439 |
| 22 | Maria C. Dall'Era, MD | Internal Medicine | San Francisco, CA | $2,340 |
| 23 | Ali Aamer Habib, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine | Orange, CA | $2,170 |
| 24 | Christyn Marie Edmundson, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine | Seattle, WA | $2,089 |
| 25 | Andrew Jay Solomon, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Burlington, VT | $2,085 |
| 26 | Kenneth Carekin Kalunian, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | San Diego, CA | $1,880 |
| 27 | Daniel J. Wallace, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Beverly Hills, CA | $1,880 |
| 28 | Ning Sarah Yang | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Johnstown, CO | $1,820 |
| 29 | Wen Shen, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Baltimore, MD | $1,600 |
| 30 | Jesse M. Cedarbaum, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Woodbridge, CT | $1,380 |
| 31 | Gil I. Wolfe, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Buffalo, NY | $1,240 |
| 32 | Joseph Robert Berger, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Philadelphia, PA | $1,050 |
| 33 | Ted Murray Dawson, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Baltimore, MD | $1,035 |
| 34 | Marijean Buhse, NP | Registered Nurse, Neuroscience | East Meadow, NY | $880.00 |
| 35 | Maria K. Houtchens, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Brookline, MA | $840.00 |
| 36 | Jose Alejandro Luchsinger, M.D. | Internal Medicine | New York, NY | $775.00 |
| 37 | William D. Tap, MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | New York, NY | $525.00 |
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