Novartis Pharma Ag: payments to clinicians
Novartis Pharma Ag's payments to clinicians rose 81% in 2025, to $292,269 across 52 people. Most of it (77%) was consulting fees, then travel and lodging (23%). The largest single recipient (Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology, Tennessee) received $25,486.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $292,269 | 117 | 52 |
| 2024 | $161,894 | 73 | 40 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Sanford Finkel, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology | Memphis, TN | $25,486 |
| 2 | April Wang Armstrong, MD | Dermatology | Los Angeles, CA | $21,942 |
| 3 | Pam Rajendran Taub, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | La Jolla, CA | $20,692 |
| 4 | Frederick Matthew Howard, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Chicago, IL | $20,016 |
| 5 | Lori J. Wirth, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Boston, MA | $16,275 |
| 6 | Jorge E. Cortes, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Birmingham, AL | $14,955 |
| 7 | Michael John Mauro, MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology | New York, NY | $14,038 |
| 8 | Debbie Louise Cohen Stein, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Philadelphia, PA | $11,860 |
| 9 | Dejan Juric, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Boston, MA | $11,169 |
| 10 | Stephen L. Hauser, M.D. | Internal Medicine | San Francisco, CA | $11,124 |
| 11 | Luke Joseph Laffin, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Cleveland, OH | $8,975 |
| 12 | Sarbjit Saini, M.D. | Allergy & Immunology, Allergy | Baltimore, MD | $8,536 |
| 13 | Maryam Beheshti Lustberg, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | New Haven, CT | $7,756 |
| 14 | Michael Anthony Weber, M.D. | Surgery | El Paso, TX | $5,478 |
| 15 | Dana Rizk | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Birmingham, AL | $5,325 |
| 16 | Neal Shore, DR | Urology | Myrtle Beach, SC | $4,950 |
| 17 | Jai Radhakrishnan, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | New York, NY | $4,525 |
| 18 | Kathryn Eby Beckermann, M.D., PH.D. | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Franklin, TN | $4,200 |
| 19 | Chirayu G. Patel, MD, MPH | Radiology, Radiation Oncology | Boston, MA | $4,200 |
| 20 | Anthony A. Amato, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Boston, MA | $3,713 |
| 21 | Darryl C. Devivo, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology | New York, NY | $3,713 |
| 22 | Sara Michell Tolaney, MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Boston, MA | $3,545 |
| 23 | John West Day, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine | Stanford, CA | $3,362 |
| 24 | Robert J. Fox, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Cleveland, OH | $3,300 |
| 25 | Robert T. Naismith, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Saint Louis, MO | $3,300 |
| 26 | Amit Garg, M.D. | Dermatology | New Hyde Park, NY | $3,200 |
| 27 | Neelam Goyal, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Stanford, CA | $3,038 |
| 28 | Lauren B. Elman, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Philadelphia, PA | $3,038 |
| 29 | Andrew S. Bomback, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | New York, NY | $2,925 |
| 30 | Carla Marie Nester, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Iowa City, IA | $2,925 |
| 31 | Stephen Anthony Strickland Jr., MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology | Nashville, TN | $2,897 |
| 32 | Nobuko Hijiya, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology | Memphis, TN | $2,885 |
| 33 | Joyce Ann O'Shaughnessy, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Dallas, TX | $2,800 |
| 34 | Vivek Subbiah, MD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Stanford, CA | $2,700 |
| 35 | Le Hanh Hua, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Las Vegas, NV | $2,700 |
| 36 | Joseph Robert Berger, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Philadelphia, PA | $2,552 |
| 37 | Joshua K. Sabari, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | New York, NY | $2,363 |
| 38 | Xiuning Le, M.D. | Specialist | Boston, MA | $2,363 |
| 39 | Paul B. Watkins, MD | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,275 |
| 40 | Riley Bove, M.D. | Internal Medicine | San Francisco, CA | $2,248 |
| 41 | Pedram Razavi, MD, PHD | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | New York, NY | $2,100 |
| 42 | Stephanie Lynn Graff, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Kansas City, MO | $1,700 |
| 43 | Bruce A. Cree, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | San Francisco, CA | $1,276 |
| 44 | Zahi Ibrahim Mitri, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology | Portland, OR | $883.90 |
| 45 | Kenneth I. Ataga, MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Memphis, TN | $850.00 |
| 46 | Amit Khiman Pursnani, MD | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | Evanston, IL | $698.48 |
| 47 | Lagu Alfred Androga, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Rochester, MN | $558.82 |
| 48 | Deepa Manwani, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology | Memphis, TN | $329.52 |
| 49 | Crystal Miller Proud, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology | Norfolk, VA | $174.70 |
| 50 | Perry Boryee Shieh, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Los Angeles, CA | $174.70 |
| 51 | Ehab Atallah, MD | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Milwaukee, WI | $96.96 |
| 52 | Phillip Scheinberg, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology | Bethesda, MD | $86.72 |
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