Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC: payments to clinicians
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC paid 85,636 clinicians in 2025, $21,586,640 in all. Consulting fees was the largest category at 39%, then speaking and faculty fees (24%). The largest single recipient (Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, New York) received $1,219,444.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $21,586,640 | 197,206 | 85,636 |
| 2024 | $20,810,935 | 216,156 | 96,253 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig B. Thompson, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | New York, NY | $1,219,444 |
| 2 | Marc Sabatine, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Boston, MA | $1,141,830 |
| 3 | Vallerie Victoria McLaughlin, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Ann Arbor, MI | $183,999 |
| 4 | Ioana R. Preston, MD | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Burlington, MA | $163,080 |
| 5 | Hyong S. Kim, M.D. | Internal Medicine | La Jolla, CA | $138,080 |
| 6 | Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Washington, DC | $119,245 |
| 7 | Jay M. Lee, MD | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Los Angeles, CA | $110,553 |
| 8 | Temidayo Ayotomiwa Abe, MD | Internal Medicine | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| 9 | Benjamin Uri Sim-Mun Hoffman, MD, PHD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | La Jolla, CA | $100,000 |
| 10 | Roy F. Chemaly, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Houston, TX | $93,155 |
| 11 | Zev Aryeh Wainberg, MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Santa Monica, CA | $90,559 |
| 12 | Sandeep Sahay, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Houston, TX | $89,888 |
| 13 | Ramez Nassef Eskander, M.D | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology | Encinitas, CA | $88,745 |
| 14 | Ravindra Uppaluri, MD | Otolaryngology | Saint Louis, MO | $87,335 |
| 15 | Javeed Siddiqui, MD, MPH | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Roseville, CA | $82,923 |
| 16 | Amar Safdar, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Houston, TX | $79,187 |
| 17 | Rajan Saggar, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Los Angeles, CA | $79,057 |
| 18 | David R. Goldmann, MD | Internal Medicine | Philadelphia, PA | $78,250 |
| 19 | R James White, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Rochester, NY | $75,580 |
| 20 | Rodolfo A. Estrada Anzueto, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | San Antonio, TX | $75,057 |
| 21 | Octavio Ramilo, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases | Memphis, TN | $74,115 |
| 22 | Richard N. Channick, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Boston, MA | $73,930 |
| 23 | Janakiraman Subramanian, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Fairfax, VA | $73,655 |
| 24 | Lana Melendres-Groves, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Albuquerque, NM | $71,371 |
| 25 | Janis Marie Taube, MD | Dermatology, Dermatopathology | Baltimore, MD | $70,202 |
| 26 | Jihad Slim, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Newark, NJ | $70,088 |
| 27 | Ronald J. Oudiz, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Torrance, CA | $69,879 |
| 28 | Kenneth Andrew Alexander, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Orlando, FL | $69,082 |
| 29 | Eric Simoes, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases | Aurora, CO | $68,452 |
| 30 | John Wesley McConnell, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Louisville, KY | $68,237 |
| 31 | Nancy Lee, MD | Radiology, Radiation Oncology | New York, NY | $67,877 |
| 32 | Anjali Vaidya, MD | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Philadelphia, PA | $67,491 |
| 33 | Jessica Donington | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | Chicago, IL | $66,957 |
| 34 | Brian M. Slomovitz, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $66,498 |
| 35 | Victor Martin Moles, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Ann Arbor, MI | $65,394 |
| 36 | Javed Butler, MD, MPH | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Jackson, MS | $65,099 |
| 37 | David M. O'Malley, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology | Hilliard, OH | $64,875 |
| 38 | Bradley J. Monk, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology | West Palm Beach, FL | $64,654 |
| 39 | Peter John Nigro, MD | Preventive Medicine, Occupational Medicine | West Point, PA | $62,730 |
| 40 | John Joseph Ryan, MBBCHBAO | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Salt Lake City, UT | $60,727 |
| 41 | Minas Platon Economides, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | New York, NY | $60,152 |
| 42 | Vincent Hsu, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Orlando, FL | $59,888 |
| 43 | Stephen E. Goldstone, MD | Surgery | Ny, NY | $59,875 |
| 44 | Krzysztof Jacek Misiukiewicz, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | New York, NY | $59,749 |
| 45 | Balazs Halmos, MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Cleveland, OH | $59,131 |
| 46 | Othon Iliopoulos, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Boston, MA | $57,774 |
| 47 | Joan T. Merrill, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Oklahoma City, OK | $57,042 |
| 48 | Robert I. Haddad, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Boston, MA | $56,081 |
| 49 | Kamran Shahid, MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Lake Charles, LA | $55,349 |
| 50 | Ashish Gupta, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Phoenix, AZ | $55,301 |
| 51 | Inci B. Yildirim, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases | New Haven, CT | $54,936 |
| 52 | Edward Brian Garon, MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Los Angeles, CA | $54,874 |
| 53 | Donald B. Middleton, MD | Internal Medicine | Pittsburgh, PA | $54,628 |
| 54 | Eric Jonasch, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Houston, TX | $54,188 |
| 55 | Flor De Maria Munoz, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases | Houston, TX | $53,540 |
| 56 | Robert Louis Ferris, MD | Otolaryngology | Raleigh, NC | $52,120 |
| 57 | Austin Charles Griffin, MD | Internal Medicine | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 |
| 58 | Benjamin Robin Schrank, MD, PHD | Radiology, Radiation Oncology | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| 59 | Cody Cichowitz, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Aurora, CO | $50,000 |
| 60 | Harish Moorjani, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Briarcliff Manor, NY | $49,014 |
| 61 | Thomas Carl Krivak, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology | Pittsburgh, PA | $48,082 |
| 62 | Anna Ryan Hemnes, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Nashville, TN | $46,361 |
| 63 | Ronald Zolty, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Omaha, NE | $46,005 |
| 64 | Raj D. Parikh, M.D., M.P.H. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Hartford, CT | $45,660 |
| 65 | Roberto Jesus Bernardo, MD | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Stanford, CA | $45,447 |
| 66 | Boris Medarov, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Albany, NY | $45,233 |
| 67 | Kerry O. Cleveland, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Memphis, TN | $43,932 |
| 68 | Wassim McHayleh, MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Altamonte Springs, FL | $43,520 |
| 69 | Andrew Thai Nguyen, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Stanford, CA | $43,119 |
| 70 | Jessica Huston | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Nashville, TN | $42,836 |
| 71 | Kishan S. Parikh, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Raleigh, NC | $42,578 |
| 72 | Shahla Bari, M.D | Internal Medicine | Tampa, FL | $42,560 |
| 73 | Genovefa A. Papanicolaou, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | New York, NY | $42,491 |
| 74 | Antonio Enrique Urbina, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | New York, NY | $42,261 |
| 75 | David Badesch, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Aurora, CO | $42,210 |
| 76 | Marina Chiara Garassino, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Chicago, IL | $41,787 |
| 77 | Paul B. Watkins, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Chapel Hill, NC | $41,763 |
| 78 | Robert L. Coleman, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology | Houston, TX | $41,752 |
| 79 | Chad Reichard, MD | Urology | Carmel, IN | $41,483 |
| 80 | Tomas Gerald Neilan, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Boston, MA | $40,640 |
| 81 | Amesh A. Adalja, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Pittsburgh, PA | $40,393 |
| 82 | Thai Huu Ho, M.D./PH.D. | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Scottsdale, AZ | $40,250 |
| 83 | Aaron Charles Miller, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Columbia, MO | $39,998 |
| 84 | Juan D. Diaz, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Altamonte Springs, FL | $39,038 |
| 85 | Mohammad A. Sheatt, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Cincinnati, OH | $38,704 |
| 86 | Guru P. Sonpavde, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Orlando, FL | $37,894 |
| 87 | Charles Leath | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology | Birmingham, AL | $37,517 |
| 88 | Bassam Yaghmour, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Orange, CA | $37,281 |
| 89 | Suphamai Bunnapradist, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Los Angeles, CA | $37,270 |
| 90 | Ryan James Tedford, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Charleston, SC | $37,155 |
| 91 | Vijay Purushoth Balasubramanian, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Fresno, CA | $36,438 |
| 92 | Christopher E. Belcher, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases | Carmel, IN | $35,644 |
| 93 | Vinayak Surendra Rohan, M.D | Transplant Surgery | Chicago, IL | $35,454 |
| 94 | Jeffrey Seymour Sager, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Santa Barbara, CA | $35,360 |
| 95 | Hilary Megan Dubrock, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Rochester, MN | $34,948 |
| 96 | Naomi Grace Habib, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Phoenix, AZ | $34,747 |
| 97 | Abdulrahman Khalil Sinno, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Miami, FL | $34,260 |
| 98 | Mark S. Shahin, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology | Hershey, PA | $34,184 |
| 99 | Rushad Patell | Internal Medicine, Hematology | Boston, MA | $34,023 |
| 100 | Heather Lynn McArthur, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Dallas, TX | $34,001 |
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